Shopping is a popular activity, both on a daily basis and before big events like Christmas and New Year.
19 November, 2018
17 October, 2018
This lesson was devised to mark International Stammering/Stuttering Awareness Day on 22 October. However, as this is not specifically...
9 May, 2018
This lesson plan for adults and teenagers explores the concept of beauty.
31 July, 2017
This lesson explores what it is like to be left-handed - the advantages, the disadvantages and the prejudices.
4 May, 2017
In this lesson students will discuss issues related to identity and what the future will be like.
4 May, 2017
This lesson takes the Collecting Europe project as a starting point for an exploration of whether a romantic relationship between a human...
20 February, 2017
This lesson helps raise awareness of some of the reasons why women are relatively poorly represented in science.
30 September, 2016
A short series of activities designed to provide students with essential vocabulary and listening practice to help them communicate in...
13 September, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a conversation between a customer and sales person. The conversation is to...
25 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue regarding reality TV in the UK. The monologue provides...
25 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue regarding queuing etiquette in the UK. The monologue provides...
11 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based on a monologue with imaginary conversation. The monologue relays information about...
2 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a conversation between a customer and sales person. The conversation is to...
21 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue about mobile phones. The monologue relays how the speaker feels...
11 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a phone call to a hotel to enquire about reservations.
4 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a telephone message from a woman to her friend. The message relays information...
25 June, 2016
Teaching materials-free has never been easier with these tools from ReflectESOL and others. Try the 'Brexit with a Tree' lesson.
25 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue at a train station ticket office.
19 June, 2016
A great minimal resource activity to get your learners feeling relaxed and comfortable talking.
15 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue in a workplace.
6 June, 2016
A short series of activities designed to provide students with essential vocabulary and listening practice to help them communicate in...
16 May, 2016
This lesson for adults and teenagers is designed to develop fluency skills.
2 December, 2015
Every year as Christmas approaches, thousands of charities launch appeals, asking for donations.
1 November, 2015
This lesson plan for older teenagers and adults at CEF level B1 and above looks at the symbolism and meaning of flags.
30 September, 2015
This is an integrated speaking lesson for higher level adults that involves them taking different roles depending the colour of their hat.
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19 November, 2018
Shopping is a popular activity, both on a daily basis and before big events like Christmas and New Year.
17 October, 2018
This lesson was devised to mark International Stammering/Stuttering Awareness Day on 22 October. However, as this is not specifically...
9 May, 2018
This lesson plan for adults and teenagers explores the concept of beauty.
31 July, 2017
This lesson explores what it is like to be left-handed - the advantages, the disadvantages and the prejudices.
4 May, 2017
In this lesson students will discuss issues related to identity and what the future will be like.
4 May, 2017
This lesson takes the Collecting Europe project as a starting point for an exploration of whether a romantic relationship between a human...
20 February, 2017
This lesson helps raise awareness of some of the reasons why women are relatively poorly represented in science.
30 September, 2016
A short series of activities designed to provide students with essential vocabulary and listening practice to help them communicate in...
13 September, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a conversation between a customer and sales person. The conversation is to...
25 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue regarding reality TV in the UK. The monologue provides...
25 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue regarding queuing etiquette in the UK. The monologue provides...
11 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based on a monologue with imaginary conversation. The monologue relays information about...
2 August, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a conversation between a customer and sales person. The conversation is to...
21 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a monologue about mobile phones. The monologue relays how the speaker feels...
11 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a phone call to a hotel to enquire about reservations.
4 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a telephone message from a woman to her friend. The message relays information...
25 June, 2016
Teaching materials-free has never been easier with these tools from ReflectESOL and others. Try the 'Brexit with a Tree' lesson.
25 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue at a train station ticket office.
19 June, 2016
A great minimal resource activity to get your learners feeling relaxed and comfortable talking.
15 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue in a workplace.
6 June, 2016
A short series of activities designed to provide students with essential vocabulary and listening practice to help them communicate in...
16 May, 2016
This lesson for adults and teenagers is designed to develop fluency skills.
2 December, 2015
Every year as Christmas approaches, thousands of charities launch appeals, asking for donations.
1 November, 2015
This lesson plan for older teenagers and adults at CEF level B1 and above looks at the symbolism and meaning of flags.
30 September, 2015
This is an integrated speaking lesson for higher level adults that involves them taking different roles depending the colour of their hat.
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4 December, 2003
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level and above explores the theme of things to do in a city at night...
1 November, 2006
In this activity, learners attempt to re-write an inappropriately informal business letter in a more appropriate, formal style.
1 January, 1970
This is an idea I learned when I first started teaching and still use to this day. The main focus of the activity is on developing writing...
1 November, 2015
This lesson plan for older teenagers and adults at CEF level B1 and above looks at the symbolism and meaning of flags.
19 September, 2008
Here is an activity to challenge the students' reading skills at intermediate level and give them controlled speaking practice in a role...
22 October, 2008
In this speaking activity students exchange authentic personal anecdotes.
9 January, 2003
This is an idea I got from a workshop that I went to many years ago. I have used it many times since and found it to be a really useful way...
6 June, 2016
A short series of activities designed to provide students with essential vocabulary and listening practice to help them communicate in...
19 June, 2008
This activity is designed to be used as a warmer for Intermediate level learners. It could be used to generate interest in amazing facts as...
24 November, 2009
This activity is based on the real story of Merhan Karimi Nasseri, who found himself unable to leave Charles de Gaulle airport in France,...
22 January, 2010
This activity attempts to challenge some of the preconceptions that people often have about immigrants by looking at a group of artists...
15 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue in a workplace.
30 November, 2010
This is a fun listening activity that can be used with adults and secondary groups. It exploits the Big City Small World audio soap from...
4 April, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about big numbers. Students will...
25 June, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a dialogue at a train station ticket office.
3 December, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of London. Students will develop...
4 July, 2016
This activity provides short listening practice based around a telephone message from a woman to her friend. The message relays information...
21 May, 2008
This activity is designed to be used when teaching or practising the difference between British and American English vocabulary.
23 June, 2002
This is an activity to be carried out before introducing phonemic symbols.
22 July, 2009
In this speaking activity the students tell personal stories which are prompted by pictures.
23 June, 2002
This activity looks at ways of making comparative forms by asking learners to compare things that are usually thought of as opposites.
5 September, 2007
This activity gives students maximum speaking time and helps develop fluency. The slightly ‘unusual’ classroom set-up seems to encourage...
14 January, 2009
This is a speaking activity in which learners answer questions about their past, present and future, and identify how they change.
9 May, 2018
This lesson plan for adults and teenagers explores the concept of beauty.
2 December, 2015
Every year as Christmas approaches, thousands of charities launch appeals, asking for donations.