Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners
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.
The lesson plan focuses on Edmonton landmarks, shopping malls, and parks. Activities include vocabulary and identification tasks, a short video, and discussions about personal experiences. Designed for CLB Stage I learners, the plan encourages students to reflect on their new city versus their home cities or towns.
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.
This lesson for ESL beginners (CLB 1-2) focuses on Canada’s three Prairie provinces. Your students will learn basic facts about the geography and economy. of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Activities include vocabulary exercises, map labeling, a short video, and reflection questions comparing this Canadian region with their own home countries.
Watch this short video role play about winter weather. This video is part of a complete lesson plan on the ESL Directions website.
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