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Complete self-study lessons with dialogues, grammar, and exercises.
A Long Way Down
- B2+
- Listening/Speaking
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.
Making a Name for Yourself
- C1+
- Listening/Speaking
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.
Eating out
- A2
- Listening/Speaking
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.
Taking a Gap Year
- B2
- Listening/Speaking
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.
Talking to a Contractor
- C2
- Listening/Speaking
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!
Pirate Peace Talks
- B2+
- Listening/Speaking
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.
The Conspiracy Theorist
- B2+
- Listening/Speaking
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.
Your Worst Roommate
- B1 +
- Listening/Speaking
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.
The Economic Reality for Young Americans
- B2 +
- Listening/Speaking
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.
