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Likes and dislikes (The first person)

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Beginner/A1
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Functional Language
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45-60 min
Low-resource ESL lesson plan
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Overview

In this beginner-level ESL lesson, we will focus on personal preferences and how to express them in the first person. Students will learn to articulate their likes and dislikes, as well as ask others about theirs, encouraging meaningful conversations.

Our lesson plan provides a clear boardwork example to guide educators in teaching the target language. It also includes several low-resource activities that encourage students to discuss their preferences and interview their peers. To wrap up the session and reinforce their understanding of the topic, a classroom game idea is included.

Lesson Outline
Activities
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Boardwork
1Classroom questions
2What do I like?
3Interview preparation
4Interview
Games
1Memory: Likes and dislikes
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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

The students learn to express their likes and dislikes and question others about theirs.

The board below is one suggestion on how you could present the target language for this lesson. You should modify it as you see fit.

Start off by eliciting the affirmative and negative for like and adding it to the board along with the L1 translation. After that, step through each of the constructions eliciting as much as possible either through the use of L1 or actions. Use the colour coded text to give you an idea of what you should try to elicit.

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Classroom questions

For this activity, you'll demonstrate the functional application of the target language by asking your students questions.

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What do I like?

The students will work on their own statements for this writing activity.

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Interview preparation

Students prepare some interview questions that they'll use to interview a partner in the next activity.

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Interview

The students interview a partner using the questions that they made during the previous exercise.

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Classroom games

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Memory: Likes and dislikes

A fun little memory game that uses the target language for the lesson, while introducing the structure of the third person.

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