Access this page for online lesson plans and resources for your beginner ESL students (CLB 1-4) to enhance their speaking skills. Lesson plan topics include greetings, small talk, and first-day activities. Each lesson features discussion questions, vocabulary practice, role plays, and various multimedia elements to facilitate learning in social contexts.
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Week of Aug. 24/26
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.
Week of Aug. 17/26
Understanding weather forecasts
This newly revised lesson plan for ESL beginners teaches the basic vocabulary needed for understanding weather forecasts.
The plan includes various activities, including two short videos, focused on weather vocabulary and comprehension tasks.
A new section, “Building sentences,” encourages students to produce short sentences using the lesson vocabulary. The lesson also includes reflection questions and emphasizes the significance of weather forecasts for safety in Canada.
Week of Aug. 10/26
This lesson plan offers engaging activities for your first day of class, focusing on classroom rules, introductions, and cultural exchanges.
The plan includes lesson objectives, warm-up exercises, two short videos, and a range of needs assessments to tailor learning to students’ interests. Activities encourage interaction, sharing, and vocabulary development for beginner English language learners.
Week of Aug. 3/26
Teach your beginner ESL students the names for seasons and months, with a focus on the seasons in Alberta.
Activities include identifying and describing seasons and months, discussing appropriate clothing for each season, and comparing Alberta’s weather with their home countries.
Check out the new “Building sentences” section that will help your students move from learning vocabulary to producing short sentences.