A selection of English ESL small business ppt slides

Here we use the action verbs where students can identify them playing. they have to look at the picture and choose the right option. they can work in groups with small board game. the group that guess the meaning win.

ACTION VERBS GAME

A PowerPoint presentatiion for the beginning of the lesson. Present three slides : Types of Holidays, Travel by , Describe your holiday. This presentation is a good warm-up. Elicits some basic vocabulary and follow each slide with a small discussion (i.e. what type of holiday do you prefer? How do you usually travel? ) and write the key vocabulary on the board. 

Holiday Vocabulary

These slides contain some of the most common useful expressions to teach beginners or as a review for any other level.

I really hope it can help you to encourage your students to use them more frequently in class while practicing their skills. 

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

A great and fun lesson/game for Halloween! This Jeopardy game has 5 different categories and is great for large and small classes alike! Have kids team up and play! If they answer correct they get the amount of points promised, if they answer incorrect it is negative points! I

Halloween Jeopardy

The presentation gives your students a chance to improve their speaking skills or prepare for a speaking part of an English exam.

It includes FCE-like tasks: 

-compare pictures and answer some questions

-make a dialogue with a partner to decide which option would be the best

-discussion

Talking about holidays

This presentation contains explanation of Present Continuous, its comparison with Present Simple tense and a small exercise  (picture description). Hopefully it can be of help!

Present Continuous

A presentation that goes introduces the fundamentals around small talk.



It includes things to talk about, not to talk about as well as plenty of examples to be used as prompts to get the student to practice.



It will definitely work better in 1-1 lessons with students who can at least have a conversation with you however, you can adapt the content to work in pair/group activities as well.

Small Talk

A Business English presentation outlining the purpose of a job interview.

Students will learn what to say and what NOT to say at a job interview. The presentation also contains what to do BEFORE the job interview, and a small action to do AFTER the interview-an action that has gained many people the job over other applicants.

Suitable for Intermediate and above level students, and best presented by a teacher.

JOB INTERVIEWS

The objective of this lesson is to increase the comfort of casual speaking.

START your lesson with your own small talk (how are they, how was their weekend etc.). 

This lesson is engaging and has many open-ended questions to help your students learn

I've added a couple of slides/games about what is OK and not OK to talk about

Don't forget to laugh, laugh and have fun!

Small Talk B1-C2

For Business English Students and for Intermediate level students.  It gives a brief outline of the basic functional language items which can be used to express agreement and disagreement in various contexts. 

expressing agreement and disagreement

The main objective is to review the basic etiquette rules with your sudents. Another goal is to encourage students to  discuss these rules and to compare them in different countries. 

Basic Etiquette Rules

Summary:



In this presentation, we go over some language related to air travel, vacations, overland travel, and sea/ocean travel.



This is by no means a full/complete list of vocabulary. It contains commonly-used words with an example sentence. 



More info:



Additional words are highlighted with the intention of having students describe, define, use or think about them.



There are prompts to aid teachers/students in eliciting more information out of the students.



Time:



I have used this presentation and when involving students and getting them engaged with the content available, I was unable to get through the entire presentation and ended up getting a  full second hour out of it.



Method:



Works best by letting students read the sentences, followed by you asking them to describe the orange words, use them in sentences or whatever brilliant activity you can think of. As they give you information, you then use this to elicit further information from them. 



For example, mileage points. 



-> ask them how often they fly, and whether they have accumulated points and if so, how many, or whether they have used their points before. 



Do NOT:



Just read out the bold black words, then the sentence and move on to the next word. 



You will bore them to death. 



The presentation works best as an interaction, conversation-based lesson.

Travel Language

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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40 Small business English ESL powerpoints