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Lesson Plans: Functions & Text

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Academic English- Clarification

Added on 15th February 2013

Academic English- Classifying Functions

Added on 2nd May 2013

Academic English- Correcting Emails

Added on 25th September 2013

Academic English- Emails to Academic Staff

Added on 17th June 2013

Academic English- Hedging & Quoting Sources

Added on 9th November 2014

Academic English- Leading seminars & discussions review

Added on 6th June 2015

Academic English- Persuasive Applications

Added on 10th June 2014

Academic Writing Stages

Added on 18th October 2013

Academic Writing- Brainstorming and Tips

Added on 10th December 2013

Academic Writing- Error Correction Pairwork

Added on 13th April 2018

Academic Writing- Giving Feedback

Added on 6th December 2013

Being Sympathetic and Unsympathetic

Added on 17th January 2017

BULATS-Writing about Recruitment

Added on 15th March 2011

Business English Job Interviews- Different Questions and Responses

Added on 10th October 2012

Business English- Brainstorming for Job Applications

Added on 13th October 2013

Business English- Email Functions Review

Added on 5th May 2011

Business English- Ending presentations politeness competition game

Added on 19th February 2015

Business English- Making Proposals & Suggestions in Negotiations Game

Added on 19th January 2015

Business English- Meeting people criteria board game

Added on 16th February 2015

Business English- Meeting People- Line-by-line Brainstorming

Added on 24th September 2015

Business English- Moving on & Changing Topic in Meetings Jigsaw

Added on 12th January 2017

Business English- Phone Conversation Completion

Added on 27th October 2013

Business English- Presentations Tips & Phrases

Added on 6th November 2012

Business English- Taking Minutes

Added on 7th May 2011

Business English- Useful Phrases for Emails to Report on Meetings

Added on 31st October 2012

Business Negotiation Roleplays

Added on 13th May 2015

CAE Reading Paper Part 2 Practice- Match the Famous Quotes

Added on 25th April 2008

Christmas Food- Restaurant Roleplays

Added on 8th December 2016

Christmas Shopping Roleplays

Added on 8th December 2016

Christmas- Away in a Manger Mixed-Up Text

Added on 13th December 2010

Christmas- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Text Re-ordering

Added on 13th December 2010

Christmas- Little Donkey Rhyming Words

Added on 13th December 2010

Christmas- Once in Royal David's City Rhyming Words

Added on 13th December 2010

Cohesive Devices- Errors

Added on 16th August 2013

Collocations with "make" & "do"- giving advice

Added on 1st August 2017

Common Mistakes in Emails Pairwork- Speaking Error Correction Game

Added on 30th January 2015

Comparing and contrasting your weeks

Added on 5th July 2013

Conceding and Counter-Arguing Card Games

Added on 16th March 2017

Dealing with Enquiries- Jigsaw Dialogues

Added on 3rd January 2016

Dealing with Problems and Complaints- Card Games

Added on 29th September 2015

Dealing with problems and complaints- step by step roleplays

Added on 2nd January 2016

Dealing with Requests and Enquiries Responses- Card Games

Added on 19th January 2016

Editing Skills - Unnecessary Words

Added on 1st September 2007 | Answers

Email and Letter Phrases- Sentence Transformations

Added on 22nd January 2014

Email Paragraphing

Added on 20th October 2011

Email- Formality

Added on 14th October 2011

Email- Paragraphing Mistakes

Added on 20th September 2014

Emailing Roleplays

Added on 10th September 2013

Emailing Roleplays 2

Added on 21st September 2013

Emailing- Dealing with problems and complaints

Added on 6th October 2015

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