Unexpected situations
This lesson plan is all about the language learners need in the outside world when things do not go exactly according to plan!
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Same as the teacher?
This fun activity can be used as a vocabulary review or to test existing vocabulary knowledge, and generates a lot of lexis.
Using a person specification
This lesson helps learners to be able to use a person specification when applying for work. They will develop their understanding of the vocabulary used to describe personal skills and attributes in an employability context.
Cycling and carbon emissions
Students think about and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cycling. They then consider what else they could do personally to reduce their carbon emissions.
Urban sport
What do you and your students know about the non-competitive urban sport, parkour? In this lesson students read about this activity, focus on informal language, then ask and answer questions about other activities in pairs.
From questions to story writing
When students write a story, they often concentrate too much on the plot at the expense of grammar. This activity helps students with both.
Word association and story writing
This idea can help students with their writing of stories. It gives all them some essential, and some superfluous, vocabulary.
Controversial statements
This free-speaking activity is a great way to start a lesson. ‘ARM exercises’ is simply short for Accept, Reject or Modify statements.
Making it up: phrasal verb stories
A persistent problem area for students is phrasal verbs. This story activity presents the verbs in a context helping the students to work out the meaning. It is also memorable so it's easier for students to remember them too.
Ebooks
Are you for or against electronic books? In this lesson, students read about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic books. They look at language for essay writing and the informal language of blog comments.