Lesson plans and ideas
Ready-made TEFL lesson plans, ideas and activities tested in classrooms. Practical resources to make English lessons engaging and effective.
10 TEFL Activities with Little or No Preparation
10 tried-and-tested TEFL activities that need little or no preparation. Adaptable for grammar, vocabulary, or skills practice at any level.
How to Use Cartoons and Comics in TEFL
Who doesn’t love cartoons and comics? They can be used in English language teaching in a number of ways. So what's the difference and how can we use them?
TEFL Lesson Plan: Teaching Infinitives of Purpose Using a James Bond Film
Here’s an intermediate level Bond-based lesson plan using scenes from Casino Royale, focusing on 'so that…' and 'infinitives of purpose'.
3 Powerful Ways to Add Drama to Your EFL / ESL Class
How to bring role-play, improvisation, and short scenes into your lessons, and why drama makes language learning more engaging and memorable.
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Lesson Plan
This is a one hour situational presentation lesson suitable for elementary level learners, in the context of "famous people".
How to Correct English Writing Errors
How to use Group Writing for error correction so that your students benefit from their peers, learn from their mistakes and the mistakes of others, and make efficient use of their and your time.
This, That, These, Those Lesson Plan
This is a one hour Guided Discovery lesson suitable for elementary level learners, in the context of "classroom objects".
Using Art in the ESL Classroom
Does art have a place in language learning? Children are naturally creative and respond to visual images, so art can assist a teacher with many aspects of teaching English.
Activity to practise Questions and Narrative Tenses
Use this activity at elementary level upwards, either as a warmer or as a practice activity for forming yes/no questions, reported questions or narrative tenses.
How We Met: Storytelling Lesson Plan for Narrative Tenses
This is a one hour lesson to teach narrative tenses to upper intermediate level learners, using the theme of "How We Met".
How to Use Mind Maps in the ESL Classroom
Traditional vocabulary lists don’t always stick - but mind maps offer a more memorable, brain-friendly way to learn and organise new language.
Interactive Story Telling
How to use interative story telling to practise both listening and speaking skills.
