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Playing with words: a vocabulary lesson for B2/C1/C2 students

August 10, 2025December 5, 2023 by Luiz Otávio

This lesson is based on one of my most popular Instagram post to date. You can use it with B2+ students and higher. Use it/Adapt it to your heart’s content. If you use it, leave your comments below! 🙂    

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Categories Ready-to-use materials, Listening + lexis 29 Comments

Social media detox: a video lesson

August 10, 2025December 4, 2023 by Luiz Otávio

This is a video-based lesson for intermediate and upper-intermediate students, focusing on listening, speaking and vocabulary. Use it to your heart’s content.

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Categories Ready-to-use materials, Listening + lexis Tags authentic material, classroom materials, video excerpts 25 Comments

Song to teach “must have”

August 10, 2025December 2, 2023 by Luiz Otávio

Looking for a song to teach must have? The Day Before You Came, by Abba, contains as many as 15 examples. This is input flooding taken to a whole new level. It’s more like input tsunami, really. The bad news is that The Day Before You Came never really made it to the top of … Read more

Categories Ready-to-use materials Tags classroom materials, modals, songs, teaching grammar 7 Comments

Video lesson: Negotiating in English

August 10, 2025September 3, 2015 by Luiz Otávio

This is a ready-made, video-based lesson you can use with your upper-intermediate / advanced adult students. Copy and paste whatever you want and use it to your heart’s content.

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Categories Listening + functional language, Ready-to-use materials 22 Comments
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