Use this lesson plan to teach your beginner ESL students the basic vocabulary needed to read classified ads for apartments. Audio, video, and written role plays help your students practice speaking with an apartment manager about an advertised apartment.
Week of Apr. 7/25
Understanding Canadian taxes
It’s tax time! This lesson plan teaches your beginner ESL students key vocabulary for filing personal income taxes in Canada. The plan includes warm-ups, skill-building and skill-using exercises, a short video, assessment tasks, and reflection questions. After this lesson, your students will better understand basic tax terms and filing requirements.
Week of Mar. 31/25
Create digital resources for your class of ESL beginners
This webpage explores some free digital-friendly websites designed to make teaching resources for beginner ESL students.
Included are sites to help you make audio and video resources, flashcards, games, and annotated maps, as well as free image sites and AI activity creators. Check out the AI-generated podcasts highlighting some of the main resources.
Learning focus: ElevenLabs
Want to know more about how to use ElevenLabs in your ESL classes? Listen to this podcast (created by AI at Google NotebookLM) about the benefits for ESL teachers of using ElevenLabs.
Week of Mar. 24/25
At a clothing store
This lesson plan aims to teach ESL students how to ask basic questions about colour, fit, and size in clothing stores. Activities include vocabulary practice, video and written role plays, and discussions about personal shopping experiences.
Week of Mar. 17/25
Rooms in my house
This lesson plan teaches your beginner ESL students the names and functions of various rooms in a house.
The lesson includes activities for vocabulary building (including video and audio exercises) and sentence formation. Students also discuss cultural differences in housing.
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