We have put together a collection of ESL lesson plans with fun ideas for activities and games to help students learn and improve their language skills. Find practical ideas for the ESL classroom with simple to use and implement ideas that require little or no preparation time.
You can use these for last-minute ESL lessons that can be adapted for any class from complete beginners (pre A1) to advanced (C1) levels.
All of these ESL lesson plans are complete with games, activities, and printable materials. You will also find links to other useful resources at the bottom of each lesson plan.
Unlike some websites, all our TEFL lesson plan ideas and recommendations are totally free.
Check out our recommended ESL lesson ideas below.
- Compliments
- Countries
- Colours, objects and positions
- Create a popstar project
- Harry Potter introductions
- Who, what, where, when questions
- General descriptions
- Character descriptions
- Describing people
- Activities in schools
- Travel lesson idea
- TEFL games for all ages
Here are some more general tips for teaching English abroad.
- Icebreaker classroom ideas
- First TEFL lesson advice
- Using movies in the ESL classroom
- How to teach slang
- How to help students improve their pronunciation
- How to motivate teenager learners
- Classroom management and discipline
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