EFL - ESL lesson plans for beginners | A1 Mid level
Welcome to our collection of ESL lesson plans and resources for teaching beginners. These lessons cover some of the fundamental grammar and functional areas of the English language and are aimed at younger learners, although they can be adapted and used with adults. Depending on the class size and level of your students, lessons should take between 60 and 90 minutes. Each lesson plan contains suggested board work, several low-prep classroom activities and a game.
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LESSON 1 | Grammar
Alphabet and spelling
Practical ESL activities, games and resources for teaching the alphabet and spelling to young learners or beginners.
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LESSON 2 | Functional language
Numbers 20 - 100
ESL activities, games and resources for teaching the numbers 20-100 to beginners.
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LESSON 3 | Functional language
Family and relatives
Free ESL activities and games for teaching family and relatives.
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LESSON 4 | Grammar
Possessive adjectives
A collection of practical ESL activity and game ideas for teaching possessive adjectives to beginner-level students.
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LESSON 5 | Grammar
This, that, these and those
An ESL lesson plan that focuses on the correct usage of the pronouns this, that, these and those.
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LESSON 6 | Grammar
There is and there are
This collection of ESL activities gives students the opportunity to practise using the verb 'to be' to describe their current location.
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LESSON 7 | Grammar
Have got
An A1 ESL lesson plan for teaching 'have' and 'have got' to beginner level students.
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LESSON 8 | Functional language
Always, sometimes and never
This ESL lesson plan is a great introduction to adverbs of frequency for beginners and young learners.
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LESSON 9 | Functional language
Asking for things
Students learn to make basic requests in this role-play ESL lesson plan for beginners.
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LESSON 12 | Grammar
Comparing ages
A collection of beginner level ESL activities and games that give students further practice using comparatives.
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LESSON 13 | Functional language
Places in town
ESL activity and game ideas to teach the places in a town to beginners.
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LESSON 14 | Grammar
Prepositions of place
This ESL lesson plan introduces prepositions of place to beginner level students.
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LESSON 15 | Functional language
Directions: How do I get to the...?
In this ESL lesson plan for beginners, students practise the functional language related to asking and giving directions.
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LESSON 16 | Functional language
Likes and dislikes 1
A collection of free ESL activity and game ideas for expressing likes and dislikes with beginner level students.
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LESSON 17 | Functional language
Likes and dislikes 2
Practical classroom activity and game ideas for teaching beginners how to express likes and dislikes in the third person.
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LESSON 18 | Functional language
Talk about your week
Students get the chance to apply some recently learned language structures in this creative ESL lesson plan for beginners.
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LESSON 19 | Functional language
What's the time
In this beginner level ESL lesson plan, students learn to ask and respond to some simple questions about time.
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