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Business and ESP

Business News Lessons: How start-ups have used Instagram to build $1bn businesses

By Tim Bowen

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December 2019: In this lesson, available at two levels, students read an authentic article from the Financial Times and learn language associated with marketing, start-up business advertising and social media marketing.

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  • 1-to-1
  • Adults
  • Advanced
  • British English
  • Business / ESP
  • Group Work
  • Integrated Skills
  • Intermediate
  • Pair Work
  • Printable Worksheet
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  • Teenagers
  • Up to 90 mins
  • Upper-Intermediate
  • Whole Class
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