ESL lesson plans for beginners | A1+
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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Grammar

Teaching plurals

Short forms of the verb to be


Questions with the verb to be


Possessive adjectives


Possessive 's


Short forms of have got


Questions with have got


Position of adjectives


Can for ability


Present simple


Present simple: Questions with do


Prepositions of place


There is & there are

Present continuous


Questions with the present continuous


Prepositions of time

Functional language

Introductions

Asking "What's this?"


Giving instructions

The months of the year

Describing people


Time


Questions about time

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160+ ESL lesson plans
8 Distinct language levels
Offline access through the TEFLHandbook app
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