Lesson plans and ideas
Ready-made TEFL lesson plans, ideas and activities tested in classrooms. Practical resources to make English lessons engaging and effective.
How to Use Role-plays in ESL Teaching
Seven classroom-tested ways to use role-plays to lower anxiety, boost fluency, and bridge the gap between classroom and real life.
How to Use Authentic and Graded Materials Effectively in TEFL
Should you stick to the coursebook? Bring in real-world texts? Or create your own resources? The materials you choose can transform a lesson - but only if you choose them with thought and adapt them to your learners’ needs.
25 Practical TEFL Warmers and Fillers
Warmers and fillers are an essential part of an EFL teacher’s toolkit. Choose them well, and they can be the difference between a class that’s engaged and ready to participate, and one that sits silently, half-asleep and distracted.
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".
Why and How to Use Songs to Teach EFL
Music is one of the most powerful - and often underused - tools you can bring into your EFL classroom. Done well, songs make lessons more engaging, memorable, and authentic. But it’s not enough to simply hit play and hand out a worksheet.
How to Teach Word Stress in English
Wrong word stress can often cause more communication breakdown than a grammar or vocabulary error. Yet it's one of the areas teachers feel least confident about. Here's how to approach it clearly.
From Comics to Memes: Using Visual Humour in English Teaching
Visual humour - from classic cartoons to modern memes - can make English lessons more memorable, more motivating, and far more fun. Here’s how to use them creatively and meaningfully in class or online.
Writing with Story Grids
A flexible writing task that needs almost no preparation and works for grammar practice, storytelling, or any writing genre.
