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 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.
Writing with Story Grids
A flexible writing task that needs almost no preparation and works for grammar practice, storytelling, or any writing genre.
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.
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.
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.
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 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".
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.
