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Negotiations 4: Bargaining
For many people, negotiating is all about bargaining, the give-and-take between two sides. In this lesson students discuss bargaining in small groups, do a reading activity, focus on conditional...
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Socialising 3: Social networking
Why is it that when you go to a conference or business gathering, everyone else seems to know each other already? At least part of the answer to the puzzle seems to be social networking: getting to...
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Negotiations 3: Questioning and clarifying
In a negotiation, it’s very important to know when to speak, when to ask and when to shut up and listen. In this lesson students rank and discuss the stages of negotiation, do a reading activity and...
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Negotiations 1: Building relationships
When we think of negotiations, we tend to focus on the hard negotiating skills connected with bargaining. In fact, many professional negotiators will confirm that the most important skill is effective...
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Meetings 1: Getting down to business
The beginning of a meeting presents a major dilemma: is it better to get straight down to business, or is it important to allow or even encourage small talk? The texts in this lesson present arguments...
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Playing with lexical cards
Very often students know the meaning of a word but don’t know how to use it correctly. This is often because they don’t know what words go with what other words, i.e. collocations.read more
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Ali and the magic carpet
A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the short story 'Ali and the magic carpet' from LearnEnglish Kids.Further reading: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-kids/tips-using-storiesread more
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Dinosaur dig
A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the short story 'Dinosaur dig' from LearnEnglish Kids.Further reading: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-kids/tips-using-storiesread more
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Word Family Framework
The Word Family Framework (WFF) places 22,000 words on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).read more
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Superlative noughts and crosses
I like to use this activity to promote the use of the superlative form. It utilises a well-known game that students find stimulating and fun to play.read more
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