ollylama Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 (edited) I've been scouring the net looking for complete lesson plans for adults, not just worksheet or activity sheets, but ready-to-use 2-hour lessons, mainly teaching conversation. Does anybody know any good free resources? Thanks! Edited May 17, 2008 by ollylama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonQuest Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I also need that for highschool and university levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hong Kong Phooey Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 OP, what level are you looking for ? Also, are you teaching general English convo or something specific, such as for tourism, business, etc. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollylama Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 OP, what level are you looking for ? Also, are you teaching general English convo or something specific, such as for tourism, business, etc. ? Actually all sorts of subjects - tourism, business, even engineering, of all things. There should be some website out there where teachers can pool their resources. Otherwise it's just a case of reinventing the wheel each time, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Very few sites have actual lesson plans, however, some worksheets are going to be better than others! onestopenglish.com -some free, but you might consider joining mes-english.com enchantedlearning.com - good stuff for young learners pppst.com - powerpoints on every subject There are many more out there if you click on some of the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hong Kong Phooey Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 ^ Like he said. I've never found any websites with freebie lesson plans available. The ones I have come across want subscriptions. So, if OP finds any we've all missed, please post here and maybe save us some time in future planning. Meantime, I'll add a few which might be useful to the OP: http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans...EFL_Classes.htm ~ some conversation resources here http://www.speakoz.com/english-directory/one-on-one.html ~ designed for 1-2-1 tuition but can be adapted http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-tp.htm ~ topical stuff here http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/conv.htm#Reading ~ good conversation topics here which you could intergrate into your lessons http://iteslj.org/Lessons/ ~ scroll down for conversation resources http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/EnglishP/esllesson/ ~ some resources here if you click links http://hiteacher.com/dir/Teaching_Resource...ties/index.html ~ I've used ESL Lounge before and some of the resources are quite good for conversation work, especially board games HTH [MODS: hope it's OK to post links here, I notice previous poster hasn't, so pls edit if I've broken protocol, thx] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 For these informational kinds of things I think we can leave the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 My advice to any new teachers starting out is to save yourself the time trying to find that website or book that's going to give it all to you on a plate and just plan your lessons yourself. Get yourself a decent coursebook and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Agreeing with withnail. I have known of private adult students who were more than willing to buy a beginner textbook, or they or their kids already had one or two handy. A good textbook is well written by an expert. But I do not mean a Thai textbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I always found this one really good for adult conversation: http://www.english-4u.com/ Soph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataraja Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Try www.breakingnewsenglish. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Even if these links are good, remember that 20 or 30 good, one off lessons put together do not make a syllabus. It's also very likely that you'll find something to fill the first few hours and then be back where you are now. Getting a decent book (Oxford and Cambridge University Press would be a good place to start) will provide you with probably 120 hours of material organised into a logical sequence in terms of topic, grammar and vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustwannateach Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Incidentally, if you're lucky enough to be teaching a subject at some sort of standard level, and lucky enough that your school is willing to buy the real subject texts for your students and a real teacher's book for you, along with support software- then most of the pre-packaged courses from major textbook publishers include full sets of lesson plans which can be individually tweaked for your classes. I realise that at most schools here, those are awfully big IF's, so I fully understand if this sounds like Pie in the Sky to many of our members- but worth noting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizzi39 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I have to agree with withnail. You are much better off tailoring your own lesson plans to fit the needs of your class than finding pre-packaged plans on the web. I use a standard lesson plan template and can knock off four or five lesson plans in no time. For general conversation and listening I use the "New Interchange series". My M-1 and M-2 classes seem to enjoy using Interchange and I find the series to be straight forward assuming that you have the teachers book and tapes (cd's) I am able to get two-three fifty minute classes from each unit (three lessons). I started using "effective Academic Writing'(Oxford U. Press) to teach writing skills to my students. The series starts off with "building a sentence" and progresses to "essay". I must say there are many good textbooks and an equal amount of junk so be careful. Find a textbook that you are comfortable using then it will be easier for you to convey to your students. Well that's my two cents! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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