1-Hour Chinese New Year Lesson for Kids
Use this super fun and simple Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year) lesson with your next children’s ESL class. Note: Depending on which country you’re teaching in, people will use Lunar New Year...
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Advanced Conversation Lesson for Giving Advice
Use Dear Annie letters to have an English conversation class about giving advice. Step 1: Introduce language advice. (5-10 minutes) Go over some advice phrases at the beginning of class, such as… Ask students...
Simple Intermediate Conversation Lesson about Planning a Trip
This lesson is super simple to set up, but guaranteed to get your students talking about what your friend should do or see. 1. The Set Up (10 minutes) Tell your class that a...
Funny ‘How to’ Lesson for ESL Beginners
This fun speaking lesson is sure to be memorable and it requires very little planning on the teacher’s part. Materials Bring a few sandwich materials to class, such as mustard, ham, cheese, and bread....
Infomercial Lesson to Get ESL Students Talking
This exciting, advanced conversation lesson will last one hour and give students the opportunity to practice being a salesman. Materials Bring a box of random objects to class. Step 1: Watch infomercials (5-10 minutes)...
Engaging ESL Speaking Lesson about Personality
This intermediate conversation lesson about personality is designed to take at least 1 hour. It provides plenty of opportunities for speaking throughout, a bit of grammar practice, new vocabulary, and even an interesting short...
Friendship Idioms Lesson for Intermediate ESL
This one hour conversation lesson plan includes a warm-up, short reading, friendship idioms practice, and partner discussion. There’s also a video for an additional optional discussion. Download the PDF and answers and print it...
Fun Kids’ ESL Lesson about Asking Questions
This easy conversation class is fun for young learners and gives them lots of practice asking and answering questions. You will need one big dice and a lot of little dice for this lesson...
Scary Stories Low-Prep Halloween Lesson
This spooky one hour conversation class is low-prep and perfect for Halloween or any time you and your students need a little fun. Note that this lesson can be easily stretched into 2 classes...
Free Intermediate Lesson about Playing Hooky
This entertaining 60-minute intermediate lesson includes vocabulary, a video, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and a bonus video. Have fun discussing “playing hooky” with your students! Warm-up Questions (5 minutes) Playing hooky, blowing off, cutting,...