02/01/2023
There are days when churning out another ESL lesson plan feels like an impossible feat. Thank goodness, there are so many great teachers out there sharing ideas, exercises and activities for ESL students at every level. 🙏🏻
This list is your way of coping with any last-minute ESL lesson planning which means you can get inspiration on demand. Even if you know how to write lesson plans, that doesn’t mean you don’t want access to free, pre-made plans to mix it up in class and also save time. ⌚
So here's the list of our go-to resources for lesson planning:
🔗 https://plainenglish.com/lessons/
Plain English features 460+ lessons based on current events and trending topics like business, technology, science, health, travel, culture, politics, and more. Although the website is designed for self-study, it might give you an idea how to turn one of their articles into a lesson plan.
🔗 https://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/le…
Select from 1350 free downloadable PDF lesson plans, with answers and teachers' notes where needed, for all levels, including exam lessons for ESL/EFL teachers.
🔗 https://freeenglishlessonplans.com/
Tim, an English teacher and materials developer, made this site to give a little something back to the international community having ransacked various teaching blogs and sites on countless occasions.
🔗 http://www.englishisapieceofcake.com/ind…
If you are looking for free lesson plans and English teaching resources for intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced and proficiency level English, you'll appreciate this website. There you will find lessons for conversation classes, reading lesson plans, listening exercises, lessons that use videos, grammar lessons, tips on vocabulary revision, general teaching techniques, as well as ideas on how to write your own lesson plans.
🔗 https://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/
This is where you'll find ready-made lesson plans complete with worksheets, handouts, activities and other ideas to help you animate any class. Some of these are arranged by level, but you can often adapt them quite easily to another (usually higher) level.
🔗 https://eslbrains.com/lesson_plan/free-e…
ESL Brains was created to publish teaching materials that include thought-provoking topics, stimulate critical thinking and spark discussions about the modern world. Practically all of the materials published there are based on authentic videos to show students the variety of real-life English and are designed with adult learners in mind.
🔗 https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-p…
On Lingua House teachers can find a variety of general English and business English worksheets, lesson plans and resources, created by the team of British and American native speakers. All lessons are suitable for the classroom, one-to-one and online teaching.
🔗 https://eslpals.com/free_lessons
Whether you are teaching business, general or kids English ESL Pals offers complete lesson plans for you. Each adult lesson plan makes use of a video or article to introduce a relevant and interesting topic, and are all complete with a set of homework exercises, a Student Version and a Teacher Version. Their kids lessons include a lot of fun games and activities to keep kids engaged.
Whether you plan to use these pre-made lesson plans as-is, tweak them to fit your own teaching style, or simply get ideas for cool lesson plan structures to make your own, I hope they will make your life as a teacher a bit easier. 😸
What are your favorite resources? Feel free to share them in the comments below! 👇🏻
