Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners
This updated page on Canadian weather includes online lesson plans and other resources for your class of ESL beginners. Lesson plans focus on building your students’ understanding of weather forecasts and extreme winter weather. Each plan includes opening and closing discussion questions, vocabulary practice, comprehension activities, and review exercises.
Teach your beginner ESL students how to engage in a standard conversation at the grocery checkout. This lesson plan includes vocabulary practice exercises, comprehension questions, set and open role plays, and video activities.
Fall is almost here — time to get back into making soups and stews! Use the “Following a recipe” lesson plan to teach your beginning ESL students the basic vocabulary needed to follow a recipe for making vegetable soup.
Your students will learn the difference between recipe ingredients and instructions (and will also learn some common cooking verbs, such as chopping, pouring, stirring, etc.). This lesson plan includes a short video and a variety of vocabulary practice exercises (including audio activities).
Help your students navigate the basic language needed to understand and participate in a job interview. This video is part of the lesson plan, “Job interviews: Understanding and responding to interview questions.” This lesson plan also includes opening and closing discussion questions, vocabulary practice, audio activities, and set and open-ended role plays.
So, it’s back to school time! Your students with children (or grandchildren) will appreciate this lesson on parent-teacher interviews.
Your students will understand the purpose of parent-teacher interviews. They will also learn the basic vocabulary needed to participate in or understand a standard parent-teacher interview. They will also watch a video role play and participate in an open-ended dialogue.
Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners
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