What do you know about Edmonton?
A new lesson plan helps beginner ESL students to test their knowledge of local landmarks, shopping malls, and parks.
What’s new: Week of June 10/24
New video!
Edmonton wildlife video
Basic vocabulary about some common wild animals in Edmonton for your class of beginner ESL students.
This video is part of the updated and expanded “Edmonton (Alberta) wildlife” lesson plan.
What’s new: Week of June 3/24
Updated webpage:
All about numbers
This updated page includes full lesson plans and external digital and interactive resources for your beginners’ classes on numbers, money, dates, and time.
Topics include Canadian money, opening a bank account, common banking vocabulary, using an ATM, paying Canadian taxes, telling time, and seasons and dates.
New video!
Describing your community video
This new video helps beginning ESL students to learn the vocabulary they need to describe their neighbourhoods. This video is part of the “Talking about my community” lesson plan.
What’s new: Week of May 27/24
Updated webpage: Alberta
Visit our newly updated page on “all things Albertan.” Each lesson plan now includes a length suggestion, learning objectives, and opening and closing discussion questions. We’ve also added new online activities to most lesson plans.
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