Blog & News
Website updates, ESL Brains news as well as some tips and tricks on teaching English.
We've added B2 and C1 levels to ESL Brains Lesson Flows- the extended sequences of lessons that help with class planning and structure. Read More
After months of hard work, ESL Brains have finally started publishing A1 Lesson Plans! Covering all essential topics, vocabulary, and grammar for elementary students, these lesson plans are perfect for your A1 learners. Read More
Lesson Flows are large sequence of lessons, designed to take your student on a particular learning journey. They contain 15 lessons per sequence, with additional ‘follow up’ lesson suggestions. Read More
Lesson Sets will save you loads of prep time and allow for a more structured teaching and learning experience, while allowing for flexibility (because we know that each student or group is different). The lessons in each set are connected by topic or function. Read More
While it's common to ask students to ponder their year, draw conclusions and reflect, we have some additional ideas that will not only make your lesson engaging and useful but also inject an element of fun into the process. Read More
We are excited to present the new PDF design: user-friendly, clear and professional. This is how the lessons published from September 2023 onwards will look! Read More
These five ESL speaking games are simple and fun. They can be used as fillers, vocabulary revision or warm-up tasks. You can test them out straight away with our 2 ready-to-use guessing games worksheets. Read More
Let’s talk about activities that will make teaching phrasal verbs more effective. Here are some of our favourite easy-to-implement activities. Read More
We are excited to announce that we have added a new feature to our standard and flipped lesson plans! Read More
Take a look at the tips for a successful ESL role play to see what to do before, during and after a role play to make the most of it. Read More
Read about a few ideas on how to make students practise writing in English and integrate it seamlessly into their lives. Read More
Read about some ideas of practising irregular verbs that will help your students remember them once and for all. Read More
Check our tips and guidelines on how to browse ESL Brains to find the lessons you need in the easiest way possbile and discover new lessons. Read More
Advanced ESL students aren’t always super fluent in English and confident about their language skills, and they all have different strengths and knowledge gaps. Here are some tips on how to make their learning experience more enjoyable and rewarding. Read More
Your students want to speak English but you struggle to find good (if any) ready-made speaking lesson plans. Sounds familiar? In that case, the new ESL Brains lesson format might be a game-changer! Read More
New e-lesson plan design is here! It's more functional, clearer and more appealing. Read more about the changes in our blog post. Read More
Why not use your students' favourite TV shows and create fun, engaging and more memorable ESL activities? Discover Olia's low-prep tasks ideas based on TV series! Read More
Instead of giving your students pages of exercises, use these ESL homework ideas to help them make English their own. Read More