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Video-based lesson plans

Whether your lessons are online or in-person, The English Flows’ lesson plans are the ultimate time-saver for ESL teachers working with adult and Business English students. Cut down on prep work and free up your time for what truly matters – guiding, coaching, and meeting your students' unique needs. Our current and highly relatable topics will keep your students engaged before, during, and after the class. We add 7-8 new video-based ESL lesson plans each month. Ignite their curiosity and inspire them to explore the English language further!

a laptop with cut cable and a slogan "should employers be allowed to contact you outside working hours?"

The right to disconnect

Vocabulary: be on call, on the clock, around the clock, to unplug, outside working hours
Grammar: passives be supposed/expected/required/advised to + verb
Speaking: survey, conversation questions, giving examples about company policies, work-life balance, disconnecting from work

B1 / B2

Business, Technology

2:57

a person controlling smart features of his home on a tablet, and a slogan "would you like to live in a smart home?"

Smart homes

Vocabulary: smart devices around the house and their functions
Vocabulary: verb + noun collocations with “data”
Speaking: your dream house, debate questions about smart homes, describe functions of smart home devices

B1 / B2

Technology

2:30

an electric car charging with a slogan - are electric cards really greener?

How green are electric cars?

Vocabulary: electric vehicles and sustainability (life cycle analysis, a silver bullet, emission-free at the tailpipe, greenwashing, power grid)
Grammar: linking contrasting ideas (although, despite, in spite of, while, yet)
Speaking: conversation questions, debates, evaluating advantages and disadvantages

B2 / C1

Environment, Technology

5:00

seen from behind woman using text to image AI generator with a slogan - how can AI make you more productive?

Productivity and AI tools

Reading: Productivity techniques
Vocabulary: productivity and time management (optimize your workflow, effective task prioritization, overcome procrastination, a state of flow)
Idioms: a game-changer, to do the heavy-lifting, to save the day, at your fingertips

B1 / B2

Business, Technology

3:11

a phone with threads logo on it and a slogan threads or twitter?

Can Meta’s Threads kill Twitter?

Vocabulary: leverage, privacy concern, challenger, buzz, direct competitor
Video: Meta’s new Threads app ignites social media war with Twitter
Speaking: social media platforms, competition

B2 / C1

Business, Technology

3:01

dictionary definition of the word monopoly and a slogan - do big tech companies operate as monopolies

Big Tech monopolies

Vocabulary: economic terms (market share, market power, economies of scale, economic barriers to entry)
Vocabulary: competition (competitive advantage, stifle/hamper competition, to corner the market)
Reading: anti-competitive behaviour (price-fixing, predatory pricing, exclusive dealing)

B2 / C1

Business, Technology

6:04

updated

a homanoid robot in a thoughtful pose and a slogan - what id your boss was an ai-powered robot

Robot appointed as CEO

Vocabulary: personality adjectives (biased, decisive, fearless, selfless)
Vocabulary: verbs (threaten, enable, take over, wear out)
Speaking: conversation questions, debate, evaluating alternatives

B2 / C1

Technology

3:12

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