Lesson plans and ideas
Lesson plans, activities, games, practical ideas and tips for you to use in your TEFL classes.
Activity to practise Questions and Narrative Tenses
Use this activity at elementary level upwards, either as a warmer or as a practice activity for forming yes/no questions, reported questions or narrative tenses.
10 TEFL Activities with Little Preparation
10 ideas for activities that don't need a lot of preparation, and can be adapted to many different language points, giving you something that can be used again and again.
Three Fun Ideas for Teaching Grammar
Here are some ideas to help you make grammar teaching interesting, pleasant or at least as painless as possible.
3 Great Ways to Add Drama to an EFL Class
How to add drama to your ESL class using role-play activities from text books and acting out video scenes from coursebooks or movies.
Fun EFL Class Projects
How projects such as class magazines and surveys can provide a welcome break from the norm for both teacher and students.
My Favourite EFL Classroom Warmers
An effective warmer could make the difference between an alert and participating class, and a group of zombies who decide to catch up on the sleep they missed out on from partying the night before.
7 Reasons to Use Ready-Made Lesson Plans in Your ESL Classes
As a teacher, you face numerous challenges when it comes to planning and delivering engaging and effective lessons. One valuable tool that can significantly help you in overcoming these hurdles is the use of ready-made lesson plans.
How We Met: Storytelling Lesson Plan for Narrative Tenses
This is a one hour lesson to teach narrative tenses to upper intermediate level learners, using the theme of "How We Met".
This, That, These, Those Lesson Plan
This is a one hour Guided Discovery lesson suitable for elementary level learners, in the context of "classroom objects".
Writing with Story Grids
This activity needs minimal preparation and can be used as a filler, as written practice of a grammar point or to practise writing in different genres.
How to Use Cartoons and Comics in TEFL
Who doesn’t love cartoons and comics? They can be used in English language teaching in a number of ways. So what's the difference and how can we use them?
Mind Maps in Language Learning
Why traditional note-taking may be ineffective, and using mind maps to help learners remember vocabulary may be a better way.
