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    Celebrations: Christmas Cracker Quiz

    In this lesson and Christmas quiz, students read about the history of a great British tradition—the Christmas cracker!

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    Lesson Share: My bucket list

    Karolina Wyrzykowska wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson about discussing things students would like to put on their bucket list.

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    Job advertisements

    A group and pairwork activity to write job advertisements.

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    Curriculum Vitae

    A speaking activity to complete a CV.

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    But you said ...

    A pairwork speaking activity to act out a meeting between two companies about a problem with an order.

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    A business crossword

    A writing and speaking activity to complete a crossword by inventing and exchanging clues.

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    Virus

    A reading and speaking activity to act out a negotiation based on a complaint.

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    The test

    A writing and speaking activity to write questions and use them to test each other’s English.

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    The credit line

    A reading and speaking activity to act out a meeting between a bank manager and a customer.

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    Selling English

    An information exchange activity to act out a series of sales visits then report on them.

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    Quiz

    A pair and groupwork activity to answer a quiz about economics and then write a quiz.

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    Problems

    A groupwork activity to discuss a set of business-world problems and suggest solutions to them.

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    Press conference

    A reading and speaking activity to act out a press conference related to a dangerous product.

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    Phrasal verbs 2

    An activity to match up a set of sentences containing phrasal verbs and then write and act out a conversation including phrasal verbs.

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    Phrasal verbs 1

    An activity to match up a set of sentences containing phrasal verbs and then write and act out a conversation including phrasal verbs.

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    Japan

    A reading and speaking activity to discuss differences in business culture between Japan and the student’s own country.

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    Franchise

    A reading and speaking activity to act out a meeting between investors and salespeople selling a franchising operation.

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    Corporate culture

    A reading and speaking activity to discuss four archetypes of company culture and compare them to the students’ company/ies.

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    Company policy

    A groupwork speaking activity to run a meeting deciding on employment policy for a new (imaginary) company.

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    Communication crossword

    A speaking activity to complete a crossword by exchanging clues.