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ESL teens lessons (advanced level)
Our full course lessons for teenagers are available to download as PDF mini-textbooks and PowerPoint slides. Supplementary PDF worksheets accompany these lessons. The lessons on this page are for the advanced (C1 – C2) level group.
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Full course teens lessons: Advanced (C1 – C2) »
Over 60 English lessons for teenagers at an advanced level of English. These lessons are available as printable mini-textbooks and PowerPoint slides. Supplementary materials accompany lessons for extra practice or homework.
All these lesson materials are in American English and British English (use the language switcher in the menu to toggle between languages).
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Rules and rights
Rules, regulations and codes of conduct.
(Unit 1, Lesson 2A – Level: Advanced C1–C2)
The magic circle
Magic and learning new skills.
(Unit 3, Lesson 3A – Level: Advanced C1–C2)
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Unit 1: Off to a good start
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1A: Real character. Introductions, personal and academic future plans, writing a personal statement.
1B: Personal statements. Writing a personal statement, personal characteristics and adjectives.
2A: Rules and rights. Rules, regulations and codes of conduct. FREE SAMPLE!
2B: Crime, criminality and the law. Crime, the law and legal systems. Evaluate a book review.
3A: Describing selves. Debating issues, expressing your own beliefs.
3B: Taking positions. Taking a stance on an issue, expressing opinions, personality traits.
4A: Setting the tone. Understanding ‘integrity’, infringements of rules, informal conversations.
4B: Style and genre. Style and register in reading texts, [hide_on_uk]summarizing[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]summarising[/hide_on_us].
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Unit 2: Around the world
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1A: Our neck of the woods. Local amenities, tourist destinations.
1B: On our way. Travel experiences and preferences.
2A: Domiciles and dungeons. Houses and homes, [hide_on_uk]summarizing[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]summarising[/hide_on_us] main ideas.
2B: Urban inspirations. Home design and decoration, using suffixes.
3A: Frontiers. Creating a new community.
3B: Horizons new. Population and movement of people, giving an informal presentation.
4A: Explorations. Maps and exploring places, passive clauses.
4B: Arrivals. Present and future travel trends, airports, paraphrasing numbers.
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Unit 3: Join the club
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1A: A form of recreation. Recreational activities.
1B: Data mining. Researching free-time activities.
2A: A sporting chance. Sporting activities.
2B: A little encouragement. Benefits and problems associated with sports.
3A: The magic circle. Magic and learning new skills. FREE SAMPLE!
3B: The collectors. Collecting things and obsessions.
4A: A skilled performance. Skills and talents.
4B: Recreation cultures. Clubs, societies and memberships.
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Unit 4: Read all about it
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1A: Discrete messages. Media and news.
1B: Fake fidelity. Real and fake news.
2A: Making a statement. Journalism and online news writing.
2B: Storylines. Storytelling and traditional stories.
3A: The Cheshire cat’s grin. The information age.
3B: Technically viable. The internet and virtual reality.
4A: A tweet in time. Social networking and hierarchical social structures.
4B: Algorithmic realities. Outlining the steps in a process.
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Unit 5: Food for thought
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1A: Pecking orders. Dietary habits.
1B: Dietary matters. Different types of diet.
2A: A night on the town. Journalism and online news writing.
2B: Getting it to the table. Storytelling and traditional stories.
3A: Family time. Family and ancestral roots.
3B: Cultural identity. Cultural differences.
4A: Food for thought. Global food issues.
4B: The great population debate. Overpopulation and statistical information.
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Unit 6: Let me entertain you!
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1A: The highest tier. Celebrities and personal qualities.
1B: Highly entertaining. Entertainment and famous entertainers.
2A: Bollywood and beyond. Forms of entertainment, Bollywood [hide_on_uk]movies[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]films[/hide_on_us].
2B: Just for kicks. Learning and personal achievement.
3A: Comic value. Comedy, jokes and amusing stories.
3B: It’s the way you tell ‘em. Humor in different cultures.
4A: Musical notes. Musical instruments and musical genres.
4B: Counterpoint. Dance and its connection to music and culture.
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Unit 7: Get down to business
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1A: Dreams of avarice. Products and services.
1B: Building allies. Branding of companies, products and services.
2A: The descent of money. Money and finance.
2B: Sales force. Sales and marketing.
3A: Start up. Making a business plan for a start up business.
3B: Dragons await. Negotiating a funding deal.
4A: Take it to market. Successful entrepreneurs and decision-making.
4B: Partnerships. Teamworking and leadership.
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Unit 8: Past & present
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1A: All in the past. Designing a museum space.
1B: Inheritance. Historical events and objects.
2A: Movement of peoples. Historical issues, history on TV and in books.
2B: Remembrance. Cultural events, poems.
3A: A place in history. Memory and history, presenting an event.
3B: Distant mirrors. Objectivity in telling history.
4A: Picture this. Art and artistic styles.
4B: Art and illusion. Debating modern and contemporary art.
Download full unit: Unit 8
