ESL Writing Lesson: Paraphrase and Vocabulary

This ESL writing lesson is has two sections. First, the students will finish the first paraphrase writing worksheets which we started last week. That exercise used synonyms to paraphrase sentences.

While working on the first few questions of that worksheet, I noticed the students had a hard time. At that time, I noticed the students struggled with the questions because they did not have enough vocabulary.

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ESL Listening Lesson: Solar Power

This ESL listening lesson helps students learn English listening. This listening lesson comes from Breaking News. This lesson has gap fills, vocabulary and discussion questions about about solar power

ESL Listening Lesson

The reading comprehension, listening gap fills, vocabulary and discussion questions for this listening exercise can be found here: solar power energy lesson.

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Advanced English Conversation Lessons: Week 9

Exam are done. It’s time to get back to the business of learning to speak English well.

ESL Lessons

Group Work Mystery

This is a small group activity. It is a murder mystery. Work in a small group of 4-5 people.

One person reads one alibi card. Use the list of characters and house plan to eliminate people. Find the murderer after reading the clues.

Pair Work Lesson: Movies

In pairs, create summaries of 10 movies. Make one sentence per movie. For example

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