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.
The session also encourages interactive learning through discussions and reflection.
This lesson plan teaches the cardinal numbers from one to twenty to beginner ESL students (CLB 1).
Activities help students to learn the English words and to match numbers and written-out forms. Students also discuss their feelings about math and how it is taught in their first country compared to here in Canada.
This lesson plan focuses on teaching your beginner ESL students about small talk in Canada.
Activities include vocabulary building, identifying suitable conversation topics, a short video, and practicing open-ended responses.
Cultural discussions highlight differences in small talk expectations. The class encourages full sentence responses and reflection on personal experiences.
Posted on our new Spotify account, each podcast does a “deep dive” into a specific resource and how you can use it in your online classes for ESL beginners.
These webpages also include helpful external resources to help you create lesson plans for your online class of beginner students.
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Online lesson plans and other resources for your class of adult ESL beginners