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ESL Lessons – Effective Lesson Plans are the Key

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | Learning English at LCI | No Comments

English as a Second Language (ESL) institutions have constantly engaged themselves in the activity of imparting knowledge to those who approach them. They provide an excellent platform, where it’s just not about learning but where you feel yourself turning into a completely new person by mastering yourself in English.

Have you ever thought about learning in a way that could be different and interesting? Where you are taught with pictures instead of lecture videos that are played, where your brain is put into constant action by quizzes and crossword puzzles? Now are you asking yourself whether there could really be such a place for learning?

Then, it’s my duty to inform you the answer is YES. Let’s now see how ESL lessons are able to do this magic!

ESL lessons are able to create this magic with their well-constructed and unique syllabus combined with an innovative style of teaching. An effective ESL program could be  created with lesson plans, inspired by thousands of unique lesson plans contributed by teachers from all over the world.

ESL lesson plans for kids includes teaching through the use of materials like coloring worksheets, handwriting worksheets, crossword puzzles, and word search puzzles, text mazes for reading, flashcards, phonics materials, video lessons, self-grading exercises and drawing sheets. Can you think of any better way where your child will be happy about learning?

ESL lesson plans for adults include reading, listening, writing, speaking, pronunciation, and grammar activities, offered in three basic levels: Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced Students.

The following are some examples of lesson plans commonly used in all three levels:

Living in English: This plan deals with everyday issues like employment, health, and recreation and is the most suited plan for teenagers and adults living abroad or those about to move.
Level: Lower to Upper-intermediate

Mini Debates: Here discussion and debates take place on current events, which certainly calls for a variety of reading and is expected to enhance the speaking skills of the participants.
Level: Upper-Intermediate

Everyday Idioms: It is a type of conversation practice in which ongoing stories are discussed through dialogues. Each lesson includes new idioms, comprehension task, and a dialogue.
Level: Lower to Upper-intermediate

Holidays: Under this lesson plan, people are asked to choose a specific holiday and activities like vocabulary development, framing idioms are carried out after a thorough reading.
Level: Beginner and Intermediate.

Business in English: This is indeed a very interesting lesson plan in which the exciting events in the business world are discussed whereby the floor is opened for debate as well.
Level: Upper-intermediate – Advanced.

Office Life: Here the students are given an option to experience the office setting in which case the students engage in business writing, negotiations, telephone conversations, and also learn to construct meaningful English sentences and phrases.
Level: Intermediate – Advanced.

Grammar Exercises: Under this plan, various grammar exercises like grammar practice worksheets, grammar stories, and easy grammar exercises are provided to enhance the grammar skills of the individual.

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