During this lesson students will rank their favorite brand names and discuss what they like/dislike about them. They will read and discuss the context of a text about brand naming and complete related vocabulary building exercises. Lastly students will create and brand their own imaginary product which they will present to the rest of the class. 

Topic: Branding and brand names 

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: intermediate and above

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• Expressing Opinions, Likes and Dislikes
• Developing vocabulary through brainstorming and dictionary work
• Developing speaking skills through making a short oral presentation

Plan components

Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

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Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Text
• Discussion task
• Matching task
• Brand evaluation sheet
• Project task

Download worksheets 66k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these BBC sites:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools  

Fiona Lawtie, teacher, British Council

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Students will have the chance to read about Scotland and find out a little about its people, culture and language.

Topic: Scotland

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: Intermediate and above

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• To develop all four communication skills
• To revise language of describing places

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.

Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Six tasks based around Scotland and Scottish culture

For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:

• http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/

Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials Writer, British Council, Spain

The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.

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There is a discussion on where advertisements can be found. The concept of a storyboard is introduced and an example of a storyboard for an advert is examined in detail. In the final stage of the lesson, students are given the opportunity to produce their own storyboard to advertise a product. Extension tasks are also suggested.

Topic: Advertisement

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: Pre-Intermediate and above

Timing: 60-90 mins

Plan components:

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure.

Download lesson plan 75k pdf

Worksheets: exercises and answers, also an example storyboard which can be printed out and used in class. The worksheets contain:

• A matching activity
• A cloze activity
• An example storyboard
• Comprehension questions
• A storyboard template

Download worksheets 542k pdf

By Adam Malster, British Council Taipei

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It also aims to help their ability to take notes while listening to quite a challenging audio script.

Other parts of the UK these lesson plans focus on include Scotland, the Midlands, the North East of England, and London.

Topic: Life in Wales

Aims:

• To develop students' knowledge of Wales
• To develop students' ability to listen to and extract information from a difficult authentic listening
• To develop students' intensive listening

Level: Intermediate +
 

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure with tape script and exercises.

Download lesson plan

Audio files:

Audio file - Interview

Intensive listening clips:

• Clip 1
• Clip 2
• Clip 3
• Clip 4
• Clip 5

By Nik Peachey

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Topic: Getting involved in meetings
 
Level: Intermediate (B2) and above
 
Aims:

• To learn and practise some strategies to increase participation and co-operation in meetings in English.
• To raise awareness of common problems and strategies.
• To introduce and practice useful phrases for interrupting and clarifying.

Plan components
 
Lesson plan: download

Worksheets: download

By Jeremy Day

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The tasks focus students on learning more about London from Google Maps and images and the listening tasks focus them on reading between the lines of what the man says and understanding inferred meaning. Lastly, the lesson finishes with an optional grammar focus with a speaking activity based around ‘used to’ and ‘didn’t use to’.

Topic: London

Level: Intermediate

Aims:

• to develop students abilities to understand inferred meaning
• to develop students' listening skills
• to develop students' ability to use ‘used to’ to talk about past habits and states

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure.

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By Nik Peachey

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Topic: Meetings and getting down to business
 
Level: Intermediate (B2) and above
 
Aims:

• To discuss the importance and drawbacks of small talk at meetings.
• To teach some useful phrases for small talk.
• To teach some useful phrases for starting a meeting.
• To provide practice and feedback of the situation of starting a meeting.

 
Plan components
 
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Worksheets: download

By Jeremy Day

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Topic: Describing animals

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: B1/B2

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• To develop speaking and reading skills
• To revise language of describing animals

Plan Component

Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks

Download lesson plan 113k pdf

Worksheets:exercises which can be printed out for use in class.

• Five tasks based around the theme of pet mania

Download worksheets 70k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:

• http://www.britishcouncil.org/indonesia-common-trend-uk-puppylove.htm
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-pets.htm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/britain/cats.shtml

Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials Writer, British Council, Spain

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It also aims to help their ability to take notes while listening to quite a challenging audio script.

Other parts of the UK these lesson plans focus on include Scotland, the Midlands, the North East of England, and London.

Topic: Life in Dorset

Aims:

• To develop students' vocabulary
• To develop students’ ability to listen to and extract information from a difficult authentic listening
• To develop students intensive listening
  

Level: Intermediate +
 

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure.

Download lesson plan

Worksheets: can be printed out for use in class.

Download worksheet

Audio files:

Audio file - Interview

Intensive listening clips:

• Clip 1
• Clip 2
• Clip 3
• Clip 4

By Nik Peachey

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These cinemas show all the big films from Hollywood in the USA, and a much smaller number from other countries. However, there are many festivals which show films that may normally not be shown at cinemas. The festivals last for several days and show many films. This plan is based on information about two festivals in England. 

Topic: Film festivals in England

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: B1/B2

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• To activate knowledge of types of film / generate interest in the topic
• To develop understanding in details, vocabulary, discussion

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 83k pdf

Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Pre-listening/reading discussion questions
• Complete text
• Comprehension questions
• Vocabulary matching exercise
• Writing and discussion activities

Download worksheets 87k pdf

Audio: the complete text
Note: The audio is not essential for the lesson but you may like to use it in class as an optional element.

• 1.35Mb Mp3 - Film

To download audio, right click on audio file in the Attachment below and save to your computer.

For more information about this topic you can visit the BBC site:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/entertainment/film/documentary/index.shtml

Gareth Rees, teacher and materials writer

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Topic: Fairy tales and stories

Level: intermediate B2

Aims:

• To help students talk about stories
• To expand students’ vocabulary
• To develop students’ writing skills

Plan components

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Worksheets: download

By Sally Trowbridge

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Topic: Modern British cooking and restaurants; the popularity of celebrity chefs

Age: Teenage/adult

Level: Intermediate+

Timing: 60-90 mins

Aims:

• To learn or revise vocabulary relating to food, restaurants, tastes and textures
• To develop reading and comprehension skills
• To develop speaking skills/ discussing preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants

Plan components

Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 118k pdf

Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Brainstorming exercise
• Food vocabulary exercise
• British food quiz
• Reading task (1): article and comprehension questions
• Reading task (2): restaurant reviews, discussion questions and creative task
• Food proverbs exercise

Download worksheets 142k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these BBC sites:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/lingo/lingo_food.shtml
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/video_lunch.shtml

Kate Joyce, British Council

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