Explore the mind of Edward Bernays—Freud’s nephew—to discover how he turned psychoanalysis into a tool for engineering human desire through controversial campaigns. Master the vocabulary of manipulation, from ‘luring people in’ to ‘jumping on the bandwagon,’ and analyse how brands like Nike use social movements to sway public opinion. Wrap up with a debate on whether these techniques are clever marketing or dangerous mind games.
Discover your advice style! Watch a celebrity share the best advice she’s received and analyse different approaches, tone, and impact. Expand your vocabulary with natural expressions for giving and responding to advice, then practise them in realistic dialogues, role-plays, and debates. Reflect on personal experiences, explore when advice helps—or backfires—and finish with a lively Talk & Listen session where students tackle each other’s real-life dilemmas.
Students explore real research on how boredom affects the brain, watch a psychology-based video, and build vivid, natural vocabulary for describing boredom and mental states (mind-numbing, zone out, bored out of my mind). Apply it in debates, ranking tasks, and personal reflection they decide whether boredom kills motivation or sparks creativity.
Decode the blueprint for success! Challenge your students to evaluate the roles of hard work, luck, and connections through iconic entrepreneur stories and a targeted listening task. Learners unpack high-impact vocabulary (beat the odds, pull strings, get a foot in the door) and practise functional language for debating, including expressing opinions, softening disagreement, and backing up arguments.
Discover what really drives success—IQ or EQ (Emotional Intelligence). Students debate dilemmas comparing ‘book smarts’ and ‘people smarts’, practise key emotional intelligence vocabulary (bottle up, tune in, bounce back, clear the air), and watch authentic video on emotional intelligence. Wrap up with reflective discussions to test students’ emotional intelligence in personal and professional situations.
Explore the thrill and challenges of Couchsurfing! Engage your students with daring conversation starters, master practical phrasal verbs (put up with, show around, put oneself out) and analyse real host and guest experiences through authentic video tasks. Wrap up with scenario-based role-plays where students must navigate tricky social situations as either a guest or a host.
Engage your students in an interactive exploration of first impressions and personality traits. Watch authentic video clips from Friends and street interviews to analyse body language, energy, and humor. Build practical vocabulary for describing personalities, master adjectives and expressions to talk about impressions. Finish with engaging discussions to reflect on your own first impressions and the traits you value in others.
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Students watch a psychology-based video on how brands influence identity and decision-making, including a Duke University study on brand loyalty. They practise comparatives, superlatives, and emphasis and build practical brand-description vocabulary. The lesson wraps up with a brand showdown debate that gets everyone speaking, persuading, and thinking critically.
Navigate the chaos of our digital lives! Engage your students with real-life tech problem scenarios, master natural vocabulary and expressions for describing device issues (e.g. acting up, freezing up), and analyse authentic dialogues to see how tech glitches are solved. Wrap up with practical role-plays and discussions that get everyone troubleshooting, advising, and sharing their own tech experiences.
Explore how our screen habits shape stress, focus, and relationships! Engage your students with a personal screen-time self-assessment, master natural verbs and collocations for talking about digital wellbeing, and analyse real digital detox experiences through an article. Wrap up with practical strategies and debates on the realism of ‘going off the grid’ in today’s digital world.
