{"id":6138,"date":"2018-01-25T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2018-01-25T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:02:00","slug":"engaging-content-for-your-business-english-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=6138","title":{"rendered":"Engaging content for your Business English lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What\u2019s the point of talking about this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because exploring a topic with your class that they are interested in and passionate about can spark some great conversations. Discussing content that students don\u2019t want to engage with is, in contrast, nowhere near as valuable.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, Business English author\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oupeltglobalblog.com\/tag\/john-hughes\/\">John Hughes<\/a>\u00a0looks at the types of topics and texts which will get students speaking.<\/p>\n<p>In Business English, most of our students want plenty of speaking practice and the opportunity to talk. However as teachers, we are all too familiar with the real challenge of finding a topic that students will be interested in speaking about \u2013 it\u2019s never as easy as it sounds! This is a challenge for all teachers, but in Business English you also have to find topics that have relevance to students from all sorts of different business backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>One typical approach to any speaking lesson is to start by giving students a reading or listening text, or a short video to watch. 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