All Lessons
Ted Talks
Lessons which include a TED Talk with tailored activities
- TED IELTS: Young People and the World of Work, Includes IELTS Essay Plan
- Ted Talk Discussion: Are We Over-medicalized?
- TED Talk Discussion: Everyday Cybercrime — and What You Can Do About It
- TED Talk Discussion: How A Driverless Car Sees the Road
- TED Talk Discussion: How Protest Is Redefining Democracy Around the World
- TED Talk Discussion: How to Use Data to Make a Hit TV Show
- TED Talk Discussion: How We’ll Earn Money in a Future Without Jobs
- TED Talk Discussion: New Insights on Poverty
- TED Talk Discussion: Where is Home?
- TED Talk with IELTS Vocab and Writing Task 2: Housing Crisis
- TED Talks Lesson Plan: A Radical Experiment in Empathy
Developing Discussion
Tailor-made lessons, all unique, check posts for more details
Elementary Discussion Questions
Includes: conversation questions, conversation dialogue, gap-fill exercise and role-play.
Intermediate Discussion Questions
Includes: quotations, conversation questions, and a mini-presentation
- Adoption
- Advice
- Aging / Ageing
- Aliens
- Amazon.com
- American Presidents
- Animals
- Appearance
- Architecture
- Art
- Australia
- Banks
- Beauty
- Biscuits
- Books
- Brains
- Camping
- Canada
- Cars
- Censorship
- Change
- Charity
- China
- Choices
- Cities
- Cloning
- Colours
- Communication
- Consumerism
- Credit Cards
- Crime
- Debt
- Disabilities
- Dreaming
- Emails
- Empathy
- Entrepreneurs
- Equal Rights
- Ethics
- Europe
- Family
- Farming
- Fear
- France
- Freedom of speech
- Future
- Germany
- Health Care System
- Hotels
- Immigration
- India
- Jobs
- Journalism
- Language
- Learning English
- Love
- Manners
- Marriage
- Music
- Natural Wonders
- Obesity
- Pornography
- Privacy
- Qualifications
- Recycling
- Refugees
- Religion
- Restaurants
- Robots
- School
- Science Fiction
- Seasons
- Selfies
- Shopping
- Slavery
- Sleep
- Solar Power
- Taxation
- Tea
- Technology
- Tourism
- United States
- Video Games
- Voting
- Weapons
- Zombies
Advanced Discussion Questions
Includes: quotations, conversation questions and a mini-presentation
Reference Articles:
- How to maximise use of images in the ESL/EFL classroom
- How to teach debate phrases
- How to teach quotations in the ESL classroom
- How to teach using online comments and vox pop replies
- How to teach with infographics in the ESL classroom
- How To Teaching Reading Comprehension In The Classroom?
- How to Use Conversation Questions In The ESL/EFL Classroom
- How to use elementary lesson plans
- How To Use Presentations In The ESL/EFL Classroom
- Phrases for conversations, debates and discussions
- Presentation signposting / linking words / signalling phrases cheat sheet.
Activities Reference
- 15 Free Ice Breaker Worksheets and How to Use Them in Your ESL Class
- 3 TEFL/ESL Presentation Scripts For Use In The Classroom
- Backs To The Board
- Balloon / Rocket Debate
Reading Comprehension
Grammar Talking Points (any level)
Includes: quotations, conversation questions, and a mini-presentation
- Adjectives -ed / -ing
- Adverbs of frequency
- Adverbs of manner
- Already, yet, ever, never, just, since, for
- Have you ever
- When was the first time
Business Lessons (intermediate and above)
Includes: quotations, conversation questions, mini-presentations, vocab, an article, grammar points, a scenario and a video
Discussion Pyramids (any level)
Includes:
Quotation Talking Points (pre-intermediate and above)
Includes: 12 quotes from famous people or topic. Ready-to-cut and printer friendly PDF
- Albert Einstein
- Coco Chanel
- Dalai Lama
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Happiness
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Marlon Brando
- Muhammad Ali
- Steve Jobs
- Tim Berners-Lee
- United States
Infographic Talking Points (Intermediate and above) Includes: Infographic image, discussion / conversation questions, presentation idea and task
Video Talking Points Includes: Video and discussion questions
Vox Pop Talking Points (advanced) Includes: real comments from English speaking users online. Ideal to create conversation
- Anti-war Protests
- Domestic Violence
- Fighting Terrorism
- Homework: Should parents help?
- London Congestion Charge
- Vitamin Pills: Just a waste of money?
- Workplace Drinking
Role-play activities Includes: Short article/scenario, images and role cards
Blogging
