Business tasks
A set of worksheets covering functional language in business, along with business-related grammar practice and language development.
Each worksheet is completely self-contained and provides you with material for 20-30 minutes’ teaching. The worksheets are mostly suitable for classes at intermediate level or above, but as they focus on the language areas not usually dealt with in coursebooks, they can also be used successfully with more advanced classes.
Inside business tasks
Introduction to the series
Adrian Doff introduces a new series of lesson plans specifically designed for teachers of English for business. This article provides an overview of the series, as well as hints and tips on how best to exploit it.
Progress and achievement
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about making progress and achieving something.
Problems and difficulties
A lesson by Adrian Doff focusing on the grammar and functional language of problems and how to solve them.
Talking
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to use common expressions to describe ways of communicating.
Studying and learning
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about subjects of study and to discuss going to college or university.
Ability and skill
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about ability and skill.
Chance and opportunity
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about available opportunities, taking and missing opportunities and about scope for doing things.
Things that often happen
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about frequent events and tendencies and to talk about routines at work.
Risk and danger
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
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.
Business tasks: Success and failure
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
This lesson will equip students with some common expressions for talking about their successes and failures.
Work and responsibilities
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson to help students talk about jobs and what they involve and to talk about what people are responsible for in a company.
Changes
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about how things have changed or been altered.
Contact
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson to help students to use common expressions for talking about contacting people and keeping in touch.
Contrast
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
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.
Decisions
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
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.
Business tasks: Experience
A lesson to help students talk about their work experience and what they have and haven’t done before.
Getting and losing jobs
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
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.
Knowledge
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about knowledge and expertise.
Money
Author: Adrian Doff Type: General lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about making, losing and saving money.
Notes and messages
A lesson to help students learn common expressions for talking about notes, messages, and minutes.
Probability
A lesson plan to use coins, dice and different coloured sweets to teach students how to determine probability.
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Anonymous | Thu, 17 Oct 2019 0:39 am
Where is all the material that's supposed to be posted here?
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