Intermediate Vocabulary Lesson Plans for English Learners

Learn the difference between commonly confused verb pairs in English such as talk - speak, say - tell, etc. for English language learners and ESL EFL classes.

Pre-intermediate to intermediate lesson focusing on better understanding those all important questions with "like".

One topic of discussion is sure to be popular no matter where you are in the world: food! One of the most important things that your students need to learn for traveling is food vocabulary. This lesson focuses on building vocabulary and then having students use the vocabulary by preparing one of their favorite national dishes.

This spelling game helps ESL classes and students learn and - or review new vocabulary that may be learned during a unit, or a given period of time such as a week or a semester.

This plan for young learners, also works well in adult classrooms. The lesson focuses on recognizing that stereotypes do contain some truth, but also can not be applied across the board, is central to this lesson. The lesson also helps them improve their descriptive adjective vocabulary while they discuss perceived differences between nations through stereotypes.

This lesson (activity) focuses on understanding students' approach to using a dictionary. Once you have understood how students use their dictionary, you can then make suggestions and plan lessons based on a deeper understanding of how your students approach vocabulary acquisition.

Lesson which can be used by all levels. This lesson uses an image of a final scene in a western as the basis to orally review grammar studied throughout the year.

This intermediate level lesson employs a fun questionnaire to focus on developing personal description vocabulary.

Top choices of books for teaching English vocabulary to English as a Second or Foreign Language classes. These books can be used to develop activities, complement class exercises or give students extra vocabulary practice at home.

Upper level reading comprehension provided as a means for students to learn chunksof relevant language as well as appropriate vocabulary.

ESL lesson plan helping students distinguish between effect (ed) adjectives and qualitative (ing) adjectives.

This lesson plan focuses on building vocabulary in English by using a wide variety of internet English vocabulary tools to learn important word combinations.