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         <title>July 29th, 2025 - Tuesday</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate </p><p><strong>Unit 4 page 31 + Writing file 1</strong></p><ul><li><p>to contribute ideas collaboratively in a brainstorming activity ✔</p></li><li><p>to write a formal letter of introduction using appropriate tone, format, and structure. ✔</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate </p><p><strong>Unit 5 - pages 32-33</strong></p><ul><li><p>to discuss ethical practices in business ✔</p></li><li><p>to evaluate the social responsibility of companies using topic-specific vocabulary and collocations. ✔</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Homework: Page 33 ex 4</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>This space is where we work <strong>together</strong> to reflect on your progress after each lesson. We’ll add:<br>🔸 <strong>New words</strong> you’ve learned and used<br>🔸 <strong>Pronunciation points</strong> that need extra attention<br>🔸 <strong>Grammar checks</strong> based on your speaking and writing</p><p>Let’s build your progress together!</p>]]></description>
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         <title>August 5th, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate</p><p><strong>Unit 5 - pages 33-34</strong></p><ul><li><p>Identify and classify vocabulary related to ethical and unethical business practices.</p></li><li><p>Use and recognize noun-adjective word forms such as <em>deception → deceptive</em> and <em>ethics → ethical</em>.</p></li><li><p>Apply key vocabulary to describe and evaluate company behavior in real-world contexts.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>August 7th, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate</p><p><strong>Unit 5 page 35</strong></p><ul><li><p>Identify and use language for making, explaining, and responding to plans and recommendations.</p></li><li><p>Listen for specific information related to travel and meeting arrangements.</p></li><li><p>Practice polite and formal expressions for giving advice, making suggestions, and accepting invitations in a business setting.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate </p><p><strong>Unit 5 pages 35-36</strong></p><ul><li><p>Use functional language to invite, recommend, and respond politely in a business context.</p></li><li><p>Listen for and complete key phrases related to planning and explaining arrangements.</p></li><li><p>Role-play giving and responding to invitations and recommendations for business events.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>August 14th, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-Intermediate </p><p><strong>Writing file 3</strong></p><ul><li><p>Identify the structure and typical headings used in short formal reports.</p></li><li><p>Use appropriate formal language and phrases for different sections of a report.</p></li><li><p>Plan and write a short progress report based on given project notes.</p><p><br/></p></li></ul><p>Homework: write a report (use one of your projects as reference)</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate</p><p><strong>Unit 5 - Pages 35-36</strong></p><ol><li><p>Respond to invitations politely by accepting, declining, or delaying an answer.</p></li><li><p>Use different forms (<em>will, going to, present simple, present continuous</em>) to talk about future plans and predictions.</p></li><li><p>Practice inviting classmates to activities and explaining future commitments or plans.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <title>August 21st, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate</p><p><strong>Pages 36-38</strong></p><p>• Discuss future plans and make predictions using appropriate grammatical structures. </p><p>• Reflect on personal standards and ethical considerations in professional and personal contexts. </p><p>• Analyze the decision-making process, considering the role of facts, intuition, and pressure.</p><p><br/></p><p>Homework: Page 38 exercises 2 and 3</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <title>August 26th, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-Intermediate </p><p><strong>Pages 38/39</strong></p><ul><li><p>Identify adjectives and expressions related to personality and decision-making.</p></li><li><p>Classify personality types (e.g., extrovert/introvert, thinker/feeler) and connect them to different decision-making styles.</p></li><li><p>Discuss your own personality type and justify how it influences your decision-making in personal and professional contexts.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate</p><p><strong>Pages 39-41</strong></p><ul><li><p>Identify and use key decision-making vocabulary (e.g., <em>weigh up options, delay a decision, rely on instincts</em>) in professional contexts.</p></li><li><p>Analyze and discuss strategies for making effective decisions in meetings, using target language for agreeing, disagreeing, and managing turn-taking.</p></li><li><p>Evaluate different proposals in a simulated business meeting, justifying your choices with clear reasoning.</p></li><li><p>Create and present a group decision on budget allocation, simulating a departmental meeting with defined roles and responsibilities.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate </p><p>Pages 40/41</p><ul><li><p>Discuss workplace-related scenarios (budget, resources, services) fluently using appropriate quantifiers.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Identify countable and uncountable nouns, and classify them correctly in context.</p></li><li><p>Apply expressions of quantity (e.g., <em>too many, too much, a few, little, enough</em>) in controlled and semi-controlled practice.</p></li><li><p><br/></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate </p><p>Pages 43-45</p><ul><li><p><strong>Identify</strong> key vocabulary and ideas connected to consumer behaviour and decision-making from texts and video.</p></li><li><p><strong>Discuss</strong> factors that influence buying decisions (price, brand, mood, packaging, gender differences) using appropriate language.</p></li><li><p><strong>Apply</strong> research findings to real-life situations by preparing and presenting action points for improving customer experience.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate - pages 44-45</p><p><br/></p><p>By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Identify</strong> key ideas from a video interview on how moods, prices, and gender affect consumer behavior.</p></li><li><p><strong>Analyze</strong> how product pricing, customer moods, and gender roles influence decision-making, and express your opinion on these topics.</p></li><li><p><strong>Discuss and propose</strong> action points for improving customer experience in retail, using evidence from the video.</p></li></ul><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate - pages 46-47</p><p><br/></p><p>By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Identify</strong> the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing from a reading text and listening task.</p></li><li><p><strong>Use</strong> key business and outsourcing vocabulary (e.g., offshore, core activities, cost-savings, vendors) to explain ideas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Discuss and evaluate</strong> different perspectives on outsourcing in a business context.</p></li></ol><p><br/></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://wordwall.net/play/97432/133/970">https://wordwall.net/play/97432/133/970</a></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>By the end of today’s lesson, you will be able to:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Organize</strong> a clear 45-second response about business topics.</p></li><li><p><strong>Speak fluently</strong>, using business vocabulary and connectors.</p></li><li><p><strong>Assess yourself and peers</strong> with a simple TOEFL rubric.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate - pages 48/49</p><p><br/></p><p><em>By the end of the lesson, you will be able to…</em></p><ol><li><p><strong>Identify and use</strong> key expressions for presenting factual information and explaining cause and effect.</p></li><li><p><strong>Understand and discuss</strong> the advantages of outsourcing using facts and figures.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prepare and deliver</strong> a short presentation about outsourcing or investment, using clear structure and language.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <title>September 30th, 2025</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Upper-intermediate - unit 7 - page 49</p><p><br/></p><p>By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Give a short presentation</strong> including facts, reasons, and clear organization.</p></li><li><p><strong>Use linking and presentation phrases</strong> (e.g., <em>Let’s turn our attention to…</em>, <em>As a result of…</em>, <em>Before I go today…</em>).</p></li><li><p><strong>Ask polite and relevant questions</strong> after a presentation (e.g., <em>Could you explain that in more detail?</em> / <em>I’d like to ask about…</em>).</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy</strong> and his role in the Civil Rights Movement.</p></li><li><p><strong>Identify key events and achievements</strong> from his life through a short video and discussion.</p></li><li><p><strong>Recognize and use the passive voice</strong> to describe historical events and social actions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Differentiate between active and passive sentences</strong> and rewrite them correctly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Write a short paragraph about an influential person</strong> using the passive voice.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business Result - Unit 7 - page 50</p><p><br></p><p>By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Deliver</strong> a short, structured presentation on business-related topics (company changes, relocation, investment).</p></li><li><p><strong>Support</strong> your presentation with facts, figures, and cause–effect explanations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Interact</strong> with an audience by answering questions and responding to comments.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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