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Where did you go on your last trip? Learn the English you need to describe places, tell travel stories, and bring your adventures to life with past simple and vivid adjectives.
Your flight is canceled — now what? Learn the English you need to ask for help, get a hotel voucher, and handle airport problems politely with this practical A2 speaking lesson.
Your bag is overweight. Your flight leaves in 30 minutes. What are you going to do? Learn the English you need to handle a real problem at airport check-in.
Running late again? Stuck on the subway? Learn to talk about your daily commute in English. Vocabulary, a phone call dialogue, present simple vs. continuous, and a role-play.
Build confidence talking about weather in English through beginner-friendly vocabulary, realistic dialogues, grammar practice, listening and speaking activities, and interactive role-plays designed for adult ESL learners.
Two friends can’t agree on where to go for vacation. Can they find the perfect trip? A fun B1 ESL lesson on travel vocabulary and future plans.
Going on vacation? Learn how to describe what you and your family are doing right now with this fun A1–A2 English lesson about travel activities and the present continuous tense.
Talk about food you love (and don’t!) in this A1 ESL lesson. Learn subject and object pronouns through fun speaking, listening, and vocabulary practice designed for beginner English learners.
Learn English for shopping with this A1 ESL lesson. Practice vocabulary, listening, and speaking for buying electronics, asking for help, and talking to a cashier.
Practice describing your home in English with simple vocabulary, grammar, and speaking activities. Perfect for beginner learners building confidence in real-life conversations.
Students explore professions and daily routines while mastering Present Simple grammar rules in this interactive A1-A2 lesson plan featuring listening and speaking tasks
This engaging A1-A2 ESL lesson plan covers hobbies and creative talents. Students practice expressing preferences (love/like + -ing) and abilities (can/can’t) through vocabulary matching, grammar exercises, and podcast interview role-plays.
This Elementary A1-A2 lesson enables students to describe skills using “can” and “can’t.” Activities include work vocabulary matching, pronunciation drills, listening comprehension, and interactive role-plays about talents,,.
A tense investor meeting turns uncomfortable when a language app demo fails, exposing nerves, mistakes, and quiet judgment while students practice advanced storytelling and business English through a realistic, modern scenario.
Practice describing fear in English with this B2 ESL lesson. Includes doctor-patient dialogue, role plays, listening tasks, and discussions to boost fluency and confidence.
Improve business English fluency with a humorous C1–C2 role-play lesson about a driven newcomer receiving advice from a charismatic mentor, building confidence in professional conversations and developing advanced speaking skills.
In this A2-level ESL lesson, students practice ordering food in a restaurant using common phrases, key vocabulary, and role-play. Builds real-life speaking confidence in dining situations.
Practice real-world English with this B2 ESL lesson about gap years vs. university. Learn casual expressions like “low-key,” through role-play, and vocabulary activities.
In this C1–C2 ESL lesson, students learn home renovation vocabulary, practice real estate conversations, and role-play speaking with a contractor about repairs, damage, and renovation timelines. Great for fluency!
Learn how to negotiate in English with this fun, ESL lesson. Students mediate a pirate conflict using informal language, key negotiation phrases, and role-play to improve real-life fluency.
Stuck in an elevator with a conspiracy theorist, students explore absurd theories, sarcasm, and advanced vocabulary while practicing tone, disagreement, and creative improvisation in a high-level role play.
This lesson helps advanced learners use natural, casual English to describe roommate problems. Students practice real-life vocabulary, informal expressions, and storytelling through dialogue, discussion, and role-play.
In this realistic fiction lesson, students read and listen to a proposal story disrupted by stormy weather. The focus is on understanding and using advanced vocabulary in real-world, emotional contexts.
In this dystopian tale, students explore themes of surveillance and resistance while practicing advanced vocabulary related to danger, distance, and disruption through matching, gap fills, and discussion.
In this dystopian short story, learners will practice advanced vocabulary through immersive reading and listening, while engaging with themes of survival, resistance, and the harsh realities of a collapsed society.
In this nature-travel story, students follow Maya’s mountain journey, encountering serenity, struggle, and spiritual refuge—while learning advanced vocabulary through vivid settings and emotionally rich experiences.
In this lesson, students explore how economic challenges like inflation, debt, and housing costs impact younger generations, and analyze key vocabulary and ideas related to financial systems and generational change.
Millennials and Gen Z face major financial challenges due to inflation, housing costs, and changes in student loan policies. These economic pressures are eroding traditional middle-class goals like homeownership and higher education, causing stress and frustration.
An unhappy customer returns to the dry cleaner to to find out how his clothes were damaged.
In this podcast, we explore how rekindled friendships activate memory, emotional depth, and identity, showing why reconnecting after years apart feels surprisingly natural and meaningful.
A financial advisor discusses the best ways to budget your money. Students will learn common expression used to talk about money and financial planning.
A patient is hit with an unexpected medical bill for a recent procedure. Listen to find out how he disputes this unexpected bill.
A customer service representative tries to help an angry customer. Listen and learn common English phrases used in customer service.
Workers discuss a problem they’re facing with a project. Listen and learn common English expressions you can use to discuss work problems.
Two friends try to make plans on what to do together.
Three people talk about their daily schedule. Listen and practice how to tell time.
Mark and Emma learn each other through small talk.
Practice English Listening and Vocabulary with this casual plumber-client dialogue. Perfect for English learners who want to improve real-life conversation skills, understand natural speech, and boost everyday vocabulary. Great for B2 level!
A young lady would like to see the doctor but is surprised at the cost of a simple consultation.
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