A lesson on a Canadian family’s travels around the world to create memories for their children. Includes role-plays and speaking activities.

A lesson on Tim Burton’s film and poem ‘Vincent’, which includes vocabulary & speaking activities about childhood and parenting for EFL class.

An advanced video-based lesson from BigThink’s “Devil’s Advocate” series on the Gender Pay Gap. Includes speaking activities for ESL class.

A lesson on The Big Five personality traits (aka OCEAN Model). The lesson includes reading, listening (video), and speaking activities.

A lesson on nutrition, exercise, and mental health for advanced ESL/EFL class including many speaking and vocabulary activities.

This lesson is based on a video by Louise Perry entitled “How porn f*cked our minds.” It contains activities for ESL conversation class.

An advanced lesson based on a video ft. Dan Shapiro explaining how to negotiate & find common ground. The lesson includes speaking activities.

A free lesson on the impacts of AI & AGI on humanity in general, education, and healthcare. For conversational English class (C1/C2 level)

A video-based lesson on language immersion in Middlebury Language Schools designed for conversational English class (EFL). (C1/C2 level)

This advanced lesson discusses body image, self-esteem, and beauty. It contains engaging role-plays and debates for conversational EFL class.

This advanced lesson focuses on trends related to the family, marriage, and reproduction. It includes 4 pages of ESL speaking activities.

A lesson on life’s paradoxes. Includes the prisoner’s dilemma, role-plays, and discussion questions for advanced (C1) ESL conversation class.

A video-based lesson on the tools used by therapist Phil Stutz (from a 2022 Netflix documentary). For upper-intermediate/advanced levels.

Is it ethical to have kids in today’s world? Watch a video discussing this question while learning vocabulary with this advanced EFL lesson.

Review the top news stories of 2022 with this advanced lesson that includes roleplays and other speaking activities for EFL conversation class.

A lesson about optimism (or pessimism) about the future and a summary of Hans Rosling’s book, Factfulness for advanced EFL conversation class.

An advanced lesson on climate change/global warming, energy, & environmental activism. Includes speaking activities for conversation class.

An advanced lesson on a Christmas miracle from the Korean war. The lesson includes a section on lifeboat ethics and other speaking activities.

A video-based lesson on Barcelona’s superblocks, a city planning concept to reduce traffic. Includes vocabulary and speaking activities.

ESL/EFL Level: Upper-intermediate & Advanced Lesson Topic: Creation, the meaning of life, empathy Skill Focus: Listening, Vocabulary, Speaking Approximate Class Time: 1.25 hours Lesson Plan Download: the-egg-short-story-upper-intermediate-advanced.docx Lesson Overview: This lesson is based on a short (7:55m) but powerful animated short story by Andy Weir. The themes include creation, the meaning of life, family, reincarnation, and […]

An advanced lesson on trends in customer service & customer experience (chatbots, self-checkouts, etc.) for EFL conversation class.