Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners
Teach vocabulary related to life events (e.g., birth, marriage, occupation, birth of children and grandchildren, and death) through this lesson plan that uses the example of one grandmother’s history. Your students will then be able to share their own family history, focusing on their own grandmother’s life story.
Starting to think about your first class of the new term? Get ideas from the “Your first class: Setting the stage” lesson plan.
Do your students struggle to respond to small talk? Two new lesson plans (“Small talk topics” and “Making small talk about the weather”) help students improve their small talk skills. Lesson material includes opening and closing discussion questions, vocabulary practice exercises, audio activities, role plays, and an online board game.
These two new lesson plans introduce your beginner ESL students to the names, locations, and pronunciation of Canadian provinces and territories and their capital cities. These plans include vocabulary practice as well as well as video and audio activities.
Take your students through a medical appointment with three new lesson plans:
1 Making an appointment with your doctor on the phone
2 Checking in at the doctor’s office
3 A check-up at the doctor
Each lesson plan includes vocabulary exercises, role plays, discussion questions, and short videos to help your beginner ESL students practice these real-world activities.
Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners
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