LESSON PLAN: Asking for and Giving Personal Information

/ A1, A2, Speaking and Conversation, Teachers

This is a lesson plan with worksheet for A1-A2 classes who are learning or revising how to ask for and give personal information. BULLETPOINTS: Level: A1-A2 (Elementary); Age: adults; Group size: any; Aim: to practice question formations – to ask questions about personal information; – to give information about personal details; Skill: speaking; Grammar: questions, to be, have got; Vocabulary: personal details; Length: 90 min; Preparation time: 5 min (print and cut student’s worksheet); Material: student’s worksheet (one sheet per two students), whiteboard + marker.

Home-made YL Listening Task – Animal Definition Game

/ A1, Exam training, Listening training, Pre-A1, Teachers, Young Learners

A quick listening activity you can prepare in 10 minutes for your YL classes to make them practise animal definition. BULLETPOINTS: Level: Pre-A1, A1 (Starters, Movers); Age: Young Learners; Group size: any; Aim: to train student’s ability to listen for keyword and identify animals or the order they are mentioned; Skill: Listening; Grammar: has got, can, to be; Vocabulary: describing animals; Length: 30 min; Preparation time: 10 min (print worksheet, think of sentences); Material: worksheet attached.

Very YL Vocabulary Game to Revise Winter Clothes

/ A1, Pre-A1, Teachers, Vocabulary training, Young Learners

Quick worksheet – and a really useful website for educators – to revise winter clothes vocabulary with very Young Learners. BULLETPOINTS: Level:  Pre-A1/A1; Age: small children; Group size: any; Aim: to check understanding of winter clothing vocabulary; Skill: listening and colouring; Grammar: -; Vocabulary: winter clothes; Length: 5 min; Preparation time: none; Material: worksheet attached.