ESL Directions

Week of June 15/26

Teach your beginner ESL students how to sing “O Canada.” This lesson plan includes vocabulary building, understanding the anthem’s meaning, a short video, and pronunciation practice. Activities involve listening, singing, and reflecting on personal experiences with national anthems.

Week of June 8/26

This lesson plan focuses on the Canadian version of a famous folk song,. The lesson includes interactive activities such as warm-ups, vocabulary building exercises, a short video, and a class sing-along.

Week of June 1/26

Teach your beginner ESL students (CLB 1) the cardinal numbers from 1 to 20. Lesson plan activities (including a short video) help students to learn the English words and to match numbers and written-out forms.

Students also discuss their feelings about math and how it is taught in their first country compared to here in Canada.

Week of May 25/26

This lesson plan for ESL beginners focuses on common flowers in Alberta gardens.

The lesson includes activities for vocabulary development and practice (including learning singular and plural forms), a short video, information about annuals and perennials, and understanding bloom times.

Discussion questions encourage students to compare information about flowers in their first countries with those they have seen in Alberta.

Week of May 18/26

This lesson plan for your beginner ESL students focuses on how to say hello in English.

Students will learn various greetings, appropriate responses, and the distinction between formal and informal interactions, enhancing their conversational skills in English. A new video sums up what we have learned in this lesson. We will also explore cultural differences in greetings.