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The top requested change content-wise by far were low-level (A2) lesson plans. And in the beginning of this year, we decided it’s high time we tried to tackle that.

Goodbye March, welcome April! Last month, we were busy creating new worksheets and preparing something brand new for April. And today we can announce it.

It’s great that it’s March already! For us, it means more sunny days and the first signs of spring.  OK, but before we go for a walk, let’s sum up February: 6 lesson plans in total in both printable and digital versions ️ publishing the first lesson plan by the second amazing content writer we got on board: Olia Korinets  For those […]

January is over! It was a busy month for us and a lot of things happened: launching our redesigned website which now includes new features and our own integrated payment system,  publishing the first lesson plan by a new author on ESL Brains, Katherine Bilsborough,  creating 5 lesson plans in total in both printable and digital versions. For […]

We’re happy to officially announce that we start 2021 with a new redesigned website. It took us much more time than expected but we wanted to make sure things are right and that we listened to your feedback. Last week, we had some of you test the new website but now we want to share […]

If you are new here and you’ve never seen ESL Brains lesson plans, then you’re in the best place to discover what we do. At ESL Brains we publish ready-to-use ESL lesson plans and worksheets for adult learners that tackle up-to-date and thought-provoking topics. The core of our content is based on authentic videos from YouTube/TED.

What’s the story? For some time, we’re wondering how many teachers out there are also material writers and wanted to discover their approaches to creating lessons. We figured  that to motivate some of you, but also to recognize your work and talent, we’ll do it in a form of a competition. And that’s how we […]

Teaching English online now I started teaching online three years ago and I came to really enjoy this format. Despite its downsides, there are many benefits for teachers of doing lessons online. The obvious one is just the sheer amount of time you save when you don’t need to commute endlessly across the city. Plus, […]

As you probably have already realized we love using videos for teaching English. You may wonder why? First of all, that’s how people consume media nowadays. We stopped reading and turned to video (YouTube) and audio (podcasts) as the primary type of online content we get, whether these are vlogs, how-tos, educational videos or news […]

Technology has become an integral part of the classroom. Whether you teach online or in more traditional setting, technology is changing the way we teach and students learn. Such things as videos, smartphone apps or e-learning platforms enrich the learning environment as well as engage and motivate students. Teachers all over the world have been […]

Why writing about teaching senior learners? A few weeks ago, when I was thinking about my experience as an ESL teacher and knowledge that I’ve acquired over the years, I must admit that I had a problem with finding something which would be eye-opening or that would surprise you. There are so many resources, professional […]

Apart from being a teacher of English, I’m also a student of other languages. It means that I can experience the teaching as well as learning process first-hand. I observe myself, students and other teachers, and try to draw conclusions. One of them concerns revising vocabulary and grammar.Some time ago I noticed that as a student […]