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English Lesson Plan with videos for ESL EFL teachers. “ Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful ….”

English Lesson Plan with videos for ESL EFL teachers

―Norman Vincent Peale In this lesson your students will learn the differences between Christmas traditions in England and America. They will get a grasp of the particular and sometimes strange rituals that are used in England, while watching a short documentary. Grammar point discussed within this lesson- conjunctions: although,though, but. This Xmas themed lesson plan focuses on listening and speaking skills. Language level: intermediate B1 Learner: teens, adults Activity: listening, speaking Time: 60 mins Topic: How to have a British Christmas Explain that you’re going to talk about Christmas traditions, particularly in England.

You can use the following prompts to generate the discussion: What do you do for Christmas? Allow 5 mins for pair work, and later elicit some details. After watching the video, invite the students to come and complete your whiteboard scheme. For example: Teachingenglish.org. Lesson Plans Digger - Free English Lesson Plans and Teaching Tips. Tense and Aspect: Past Simple Versus Past Progress. NaN by Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan | 18 Oct 2013 Resource Description: This lesson plan will help students change from simple past to past progressive using a very timely news article along with a topic very much debated.

Tense and Aspect: Past Simple Versus Past Progress

The target population of this lesson is comprised of adult ESL students who have Bachelor’s level education and intend to improve their English language proficiency, in order to meet the expectations of an undergraduate program and integrate well into the socio-academic life in the school (e.g., in the US). The lesson exemplifies an implicit and explicit grammar teaching segment, which an ESL program can offer.

It is pertinent to review or brush up learners’ knowledge of the past simple before the past progressive can be introduced or discussed. Audience: Adult, University Audience Language Proficiency: Intermediate Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes. Past Simple (Irregular Verbs) Lesson Plan. Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, K-3 In the BrainPOP ESL movie, I Had a Cool Dream (L1U6L2), Ben dreamed that he and Moby were sailors, sailing around the world.

Past Simple (Irregular Verbs) Lesson Plan

He uses irregular verbs in the past simple to tell Moby about where they went and what they did in his dream. In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-8, students use irregular verbs in the past simple tense to write a Story Impression paragraph and also sequence events from the movie. Students will: Distinguish between regular and irregular verbs in the past simple.

1094190081LessonPlantemplate. Lesson plans, printables and other resourses. Designer lessons. How to Write a Lesson Plan: 5 Secrets of Writing Great Lesson Plans. Course planning. Pre-service teacher training courses typically focus on the detailed planning of a 40 minute or 60 minute lesson and don’t focus attention on how to go about planning a much longer scheme of work.

Course planning

This is also an important area to consider though, because most teachers are involved in teaching courses, which may typically last anywhere between 30 and 120 hours. The aim of this article is to share some of the conclusions of a recent project I was part of, with the hope that it might enable other teachers to plan a little faster too! Why do we plan our lessons? I think that most teachers plan lessons in order to feel more confident in the class itself. If we know what we’re trying to achieve in the lesson, we are freed up to spend more time with the learners rather than worrying about our next step.

When it comes to planning a whole scheme of work, it is important to ensure there is a balance of different skills work over the course. Why, What and How? What about the ‘How’? Keeping it fresh. TeachingEnglish.