All ESP articles – Page 8

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    Business Spotlight: Moving down under

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, Nerida Frost talks about how she made the move from Germany to New Zealand with her family.

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    Business Spotlight: Making a start

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, deals with the stages of kick-off meetings and their importance for the success of new projects.

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    Business Spotlight: The case against self-employment

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, deals with the advantages and disadvantages of having a full-time contract and being self-employed. 

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    Progress and achievement

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about making progress and achieving something.

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    Problems and difficulties

    A lesson by Adrian Doff focusing on the grammar and functional language of problems and how to solve them.

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    Talking

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to use common expressions to describe ways of communicating.

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    Studying and learning

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about subjects of study and to discuss going to college or university.

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    Ability and skill

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about ability and skill.

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    Business tasks: Probability: Lesson plan

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about probability: to talk about things you expect or don’t expect to happen, and to say whether things are likely or unlikely.

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    Getting and losing jobs

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about looking for, finding and getting jobs, changing jobs and being promoted and leaving and losing jobs.

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    Contrast

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about contrasts, to contrast opposing ideas and to say how things are different from what people believe or expect.

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    Chance and opportunity

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about available opportunities, taking and missing opportunities and about scope for doing things.

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    Decisions

    A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff, for students to talk about decisions they have made and to say whether people are good at making decisions.

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    Knowledge

    A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about knowledge and expertise.

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    Risk and danger

    A lesson for students to learn and practise common expressions for talking about risk and danger and to talk about whether or not to take risks.

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    Business tasks: Success and failure

    This lesson will equip students with some common expressions for talking about their successes and failures.

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    Contact

    A lesson to help students to use common expressions for talking about contacting people and keeping in touch.

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    Work and responsibilities

    A lesson to help students talk about jobs and what they involve and to talk about what people are responsible for in a company.

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    Notes and messages

    A lesson to help students learn common expressions for talking about notes, messages, and minutes.

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    Business tasks: Experience

    A lesson to help students talk about their work experience and what they have and haven’t done before.