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Playing a different game: The Nintendo business model
Explore Nintendo's unique business model to teach strategy, innovation, and market competition. Students watch a video, learn key business vocabulary like 'subsidize' and 'recoup,' practice comparisons, and analyze business models to make recommendations.
Making and canceling appointments
This A1 English lesson teaches students to make and cancel appointments. Activities include vocabulary, listening, 'can/can't' grammar, a reading task about a clinic app, and role-play. It builds practical communication skills for beginners to manage arrangements.
Expressing feelings: talking about regrets and annoyances
Expressing feelings — a B1 English lesson. Practise using 'I wish I hadn't' and 'I wish you wouldn't' and expand vocabulary around regret and annoyance.
Disputing a bill: polite requests and problem-solving
Disputing a bill — a B2 English lesson. Practise polite requests and expand vocabulary around customer service issues.
Making a doctor's appointment: essential phrases and vocabulary
Making a doctor's appointment — an A2 English lesson. Practise making polite requests and expand vocabulary around health and medical visits.
Renting an apartment: discussing obligations and advice
Renting an apartment — a B2 English lesson. Practise using modals of obligation and advice and expand vocabulary around housing and leases.
Telling past stories: using the past perfect for clear sequencing
Storytelling — a B1 English lesson. Practise using the past perfect tense and expand vocabulary around narrating past events.
Office needs: discussing countable and uncountable nouns
Office needs — an A2 English lesson. Practise countable and uncountable nouns and expand vocabulary around office management.
Daily routines: using adverbs of frequency
Daily routines — an A1 English lesson. Practise using adverbs of frequency and expand vocabulary around daily habits and schedules. Learn to talk about your day.
Business narratives: recounting success and challenges
Business narratives — a C1 English lesson. Practise narrative tenses and expand vocabulary around startups and corporate success.
Giving instructions: using the imperative mood
Giving instructions — an A1 English lesson. Practise using the imperative mood and expand vocabulary around following simple commands.
Persuasive communication: using emphasis structures effectively
Persuasive communication — a B2 English lesson. Practise using emphasis structures and expand vocabulary around effective speaking.