ESL Directions lesson plans and other external resources for your online beginners’ classes (CLB 1-4)
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Week of Aug. 10/26
This lesson plan offers engaging activities for your first day of class, focusing on classroom rules, introductions, and cultural exchanges.
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Air travel
Lesson plans
Checking in at the airport
Learn vocabulary related to checking-in (in-person or online) at an airport.
Going through Customs
Learn the vocabulary needed to hold a brief conversation with a Customs officer.
Resources
Links to helpful external resources …
- At the airport:
- Audio English: Air travel (Airport dialogues with audio files.)
- ThoughtCo: Airport dialogue and quiz for beginners (role plays and vocabulary for check-in, security, and Customs)
- Going through Customs:
- BrightHub Education: At the airport lesson plan
- Lanternfish: May I see your passport? (Listening activity and role play.)
- Booking a flight:
- Lanternfish: Language for booking tickets:
- Air Canada: Destinations and flights (Ask students to explain the flights on the page.)
Driving
Lesson plans
Getting a driver’s licence in Alberta
Learn the stages of getting a driver’s licence in Alberta.
Understanding traffic signs
Learn the names (and meaning) of many common traffic signs.
Winter driving
Learn basic vocabulary and safety tips for driving in a Canadian winter.
Resources
Links to helpful external resources …
- About cars:
- 7ESL Learning English: Parts of a Car in English | Learn Names of Different Auto Parts (Video.)
- Janis’s ESL (ISS of BC):
- Cars and driving (ISS of BC videos and teacher’s resources)
- Cars and driving (Resources from external sites.)
- Language Guide: Car (Audio and speaking exercises.)
- Learning Chocolate: Car (Vocabulary for parts of the car.)
- Linguamarina: English vocabulary in my car (Video.)
- Car problems and repairs:
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks: Using a car (A CLB 1L-2L Module with Teaching Materials in pdf format.)
- E-How: Car Maintenance Tips : Basic Car Maintenance Checklist (Video.)
- VideoAnt: E-How, Car Maintenance Tips: Basic Car Maintenance Checklist* (Annotated version.)
- Regina Open Door Society: Car Services Reading Assessment CLB 4.3 (Module on Tutela, a free resource-sharing site for ESL teachers. You need to create an account to access the material.)
- Traffic signs:
- Driving discussion questions:
Taking the bus
Lesson plans
Buying bus tickets and passes
Learn basic vocabulary for buying bus tickets in-person or online.
Talking with the bus driver
Learn how to carry on a basic conversation with a bus driver.
Resources
Links to helpful external resources …
- BBC Learning: Catching the bus
- ESL Fast: Taking the bus (Conversations.)
General travel vocabulary
Resources
Links to helpful external resources …
- Learning Chocolate: Transportation (Vocabulary and practice activities on many forms of transportation.)
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Click on the small arrow on the top of this video to play the videos or go to the YouTube Transportation Playlist.
TRANSPORTATION WORDWALL ACTIVITIES
Wordwall is a very useful interactive lesson-creation site. If you sign up for a free Wordwall account, you will be able to see our “Transportation” folder, which includes ESL Directions activities that you can add to your lessons.
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