Lesson plans for intermediate level learners in grammar, writing, listening and speaking as well as an other teaching theory and strategies.
Guide to common challenges in classroom management for English teachers in ESL and EFL settings.
ESL printables materials for the English learning classroom which can be printed and used in ESL EFL lessons.
These lesson plans help students learn to use English tenses and conjugate with confidence. Many of the lessons focus on using related verb tenses during conversation, rather than focusing simply on correct verb conjugation. Each lesson includes lesson objectives, step by step instructions and copyable handout materials for in-class use.
Exploding texts takes short texts and 'explodes' them by adding longer modifiers, dependent clauses, etc. to help students improve their creative writing and grammar skills in English.
This lesson uses short excerpts of music as an ESL music lesson to inspire creative writing in the English learning classroom.
English for the food service industry introduction to essential English grammar for this profession.
Beginning to advanced level dictations focusing on different business English sections for use in business English and English for special purposes classes.
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
Grammar Review for Lower Intermediate level English ESL EFL and TEFL courses focusing on the most common grammar objectives and functions, each question focuses on one important and specific aspect of English learning and study
This lesson helps students develop narrating skills by thinking in terms of verb 'groups' that belong together in order to describe a process.
Incorporating reading comprehension and dialogues into a lesson plan to help focus on specific grammar or subject areas. The following lesson plan is a blueprint to using these resources for your classes.
Children's ESL game to help associate and reinforce written and spoken words that rhyme and have been introduced during lessons.
Children's ESL game to help associate and reinforce written and spoken words that have been introduced during lessons.
Lesson plan and exercises for ESL classes focusing on the future with will and going to.
Introduction to using process writing in an ESL EFL setting.
An overview of multiple intelligences and their use in the ESL and EFL classroom. Each overview provides example lessons focusing on the intelligence type.
YouTube offers authentic examples of everyday English used by everyday people. These videos are perfect for use in the ESL classroom.
In depth feature on how to create a multimedia presentation as an ESL project for English learning classes.
In depth feature on how to create a multimedia presentation as an ESL project for English learning classes.
Descriptions of the benefits that can be derived by creating a longer multimedia project in ESL EFL classes.
Newspaper headlines can be difficult to understand. This lesson on newspaper headlines provides help to students on understanding common forms used in newspaper headlines.
Getting students to come to terms with phrasal verbs is a constant challenge. This lesson takes a two pronged approach to helping student learn phrasal verbs. It begins with a reading comprehension, which is peppered with phrasal verbs, followed by a brainstorming session for students to create lists of phrasal verbs to share with one another.
This lesson uses an imaginary biography to get students asking questions and speaking about completed accomplishments (present perfect) and duration of activity (present perfect continuous) in contrast to the simple past.
Lesson Plan based on The Ass and his Purchaser including vocabulary and key phrase explanations and follow-up questions.
Due to popular demand of the lower level 'asking questions' lesson, this 'asking questions' plan is aimed at intermediate to upper intermediate classes to help improve students' question asking ability in a variety of more advanced tenses.
This basic English curriculum can be used for lower level ESL classes. It includes all important grammar, vocabulary, listening and speaking objectives that should be covered in a ESL course.
What makes a good friend? What makes a friend from hell? Have students discuss these important questions while expressing opinions and reported speech using descriptive adjectives and phrases.
This intermediate to upper-intermediate level business lesson focuses on increasing vocabulary used to describe economic trends.
Pre-intermediate to intermediate level lesson. The correct use of the comparative and superlative forms is a key ingredient when students are learning how to express their opinion or make comparative judgments.
Making conditional statements are an important part of fluency. This lesson focuses on helping students improve their recognition of the structure and use it in conversation.
A great conversation lesson that has a lot of success around the world. Students need to discuss whether multinationals are a bane or a boon to local cultures.
Intermediate lesson focusing on solidifying countable and uncountable nouns with appropriate noun quantifiers.
A classic conversation lesson piece, this lesson focuses on having students discuss which laws they would choose when creating a new society. This lesson is a guaranteed discussion generator!
Many students often confuse the usage of the modals 'must' and 'have to'. While meaning is generally maintained in incorrect usage in the positive forms, a mix-up in the negative forms can cause confusion. This lesson uses daily routines and an interviewing game to help students master these important modal forms.
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.
Guest Lesson Plan by John Baker: The first part of the lesson uses collaborative methods in an oral fluency and grammatical accuracy activity where students use deductive reasoning to discover the rules associated with past simple construction. The second part of the lesson is an oral fluency exercise which utilizes the past simple tense and apologies to focus on empathy and dialogical reasoning.
ESL lesson plan helping students distinguish between effect (ed) adjectives and qualitative (ing) adjectives.
Pre-intermediate to upper intermediate level lesson focusing on improving pronunciation by awareness raising and practice of stress-timing in spoken English.
Awareness raising followed by practical application exercises including: function or content word recognition exercise, sentence stress analysis for spoken practice.
Tic-Tac-Toe games are a fun way for students to practise their English while enjoying some competition and reviewing. Three versions are included: Conditional Forms, Question Forms, Time Expressions.
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.
Each day there will be a new lesson for you to practice your English. Lessons are designed with popular topics including: real life, music, eavesdropping (gossip), slang and the movies. Lessons include an intro, listening comprehension, dialogue with idiomatic expressions explained, a discussion section, grammar point and follow-up quiz.
This intermediate to upper intermediate matches descriptive adjectives with famous actors and actresses to build vocabulary.
Intermediate to upper-intermediate lesson focusing on developing intensive reading skills through close examination of texts containing inconsistencies of syntax and other vocabulary problems (such as homophones).
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that intermediate level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
I call this lesson "grammar banging" as it is a review for intermediate level classes of many of the most important points touched on during the year. Each question focuses on a specific grammar goal - some, any, present perfect , gerunds, infinitives, prepositions, etc.
More review for intermediate level classes of many of the most important points touched on during the year. Each question focuses on a specific grammar goal - some, any, present perfect , gerunds, infinitives, prepositions, etc.
More review for intermediate level classes of many of the most important points touched on during the year. Each question focuses on a specific grammar goal - some, any, present perfect , gerunds, infinitives, prepositions, etc.
Use this maze as a review test of students' knowledge of English while having fun.
This intermediate level lesson employs a fun questionnaire to focus on developing personal description vocabulary.
"Guilty" is a fun classroom game which encourages students to communicate using past tenses. The game can be played by all levels and can be monitored for varying degrees of accuracy.
Lesson aimed at helping students identify the different types of reading skills required for different reading situations. These skills are naturally used when reading in the native language, but are often forgotten when applied to English reading.
Lesson aimed at helping students identify contextual clues that will help them improve their reading skills. This lesson helps students get away from reading word by word and focus more on the whole. It will also help them activate vocabulary learning skills while reading.
Students read about various teen problems and then use modal verbs of deduction to understand the problem in groups. Students follow-up by offering advice on what should be done to resolve the various problems.
Intermediate to upper intermediate lesson focusing on identification and written production of sentences based on the correct usage of time expressions.
Pre-intermediate to intermediate lesson focusing on better understanding those all important questions with "like".
Intermediate to upper-intermediate lesson aimed at helping students develop a strategy for writing concise sentences leading to well-formed descriptive paragraphs.
Getting students to talk about the differences between the past and present is a great way to get students using a variety of tenses and cementing their understanding of the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses.
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that lower-intermediate level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
This subject is especially useful with younger students who might be hesitant to speak about their own lives. Speaking about films provides an almost endless font of possibilities for conversation.
i-to-i Online TEFL Course review by Kenneth Beare about.com's guide to English as a second language for ESL and EFL teachers wanting to get teaching credentials via an online course.
Paired conjunctions are often used in both spoken and written English to make a point, give an explanation, or discuss alternatives. Unfortunately, not only are they difficult to use, but their structure is also rather strict!
This minimal pairs lesson focuses on four lists of some the more difficult changes in vowel sounds. This exercise is followed up by some listening comprehension and pair work.
Students who are often very familiar with standard object questions can have problems with subject questions, indirect questions, and question tags. This exercise uses a quiz to help students identify and improve their understanding of the differences i0 structure among the various question forms.
Intermediate level lesson focusing on the use of question tags. Question tags not only help students confirm information, but they also help them hone their auxiliary verb recognition and usage skills.
People learn English for many reasons. Unfortunately, learners often think that there is only one way to learn English and that the same things are important for everyone. Students who are aware of why they are learning English can also be persuaded that different things are important for different learners.
Recommendations for every intermediate level English learner including course book, grammar books, exercise book, dictionary and appropriate software.
Upper-intermediate part grammar, part speaking lesson focusing on helping students to actively use reported speech.
This lesson plan improves speaking ability through the teamwork aspect of developing a class writing project over a period of time.
Holding 'Sentence Auctions' is a fun way to help students review key points in grammar and sentence construction while having some good fun.
This guided writing lesson is intended to help bridge the gap from simply writing sentences to developing a larger structure. During the course of the lesson students become familiar with the sentence connectors 'so' and 'because'.
The lesson encourages to students to discuss when / if shoplifting is ever acceptable and includes role cards for group discussions.
The idea of this exercise is to get students to quickly write about a topic they choose (or you assign). These short presentations are then used in two manners; to generate spontaneous conversations on a wide range of topics, and to take a look at some common writing problems.
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.
A discussion of when and how to correct students in English learning classes, especially ESL and EFL classes. After a short look at current techniques, the article ends with suggestions as to when and how it is appropriate to correct, while not curbing students' enthusiasm.
Intermediate level lesson focusing on the differences between the standard object question and the sometimes confusing subject question.
Top choices of books for teaching English reading skills to English as a Second or Foreign Language classes. These books can be used to develop activities, complement class exercises or give students extra reading skills practice at home.
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.
Top choices of books for teaching English writing to English as a Second or Foreign Language classes. These books can be used to develop activities, complement class exercises or give students extra writing practice at home.
Teaching telephone English can be frustrating as students really need to practice their skill as often as possible in order to improve their comprehension skills. This lesson focuses on making telephoning practice as "authentic" as possible.
Telling true stories is a basic English usage task that we use on a daily basis. Unfortunately, students sometimes get caught up in trying too hard to speak English 'correctly' and can get lost. This at the cost of the story becoming difficult to understand or even incoherent. This lesson plan is aimed at helping students give structure to their relating of true stories.
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.
If there is one thing that young English learners and ESL classes have in common around the world, it's their passion for playing video games. Taking cue from this passion for video games, this lesson is devoted to getting them to talk about video games - but in English!
This intermediate level lesson focuses on introducing and / or reviewing defining and non-defining relative clauses. Exercises include a recognition and punctuation drill as well as a text expansion exercise.
