A2 General Lesson Flow (part 1)

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Part 1 of this pre-intermediate flow should be used with students who already know their basics and are ready to start communicating in English. The lessons in the flow introduce lots of vocabulary and grammar structures which are practised in speaking and provide numerous opportunities for students to work on their listening and speaking skills. Read the full flow breakdown

This is a Lesson Flow, a sequence of 15-20 lessons, with additional ‘follow up’ lesson suggestions. The Flows are compilations of pre-existing ESL Brains lessons, but with a new purpose of helping teachers navigate learning in a more structured way. Learn more about it here.

What’s inside part 1 of A2 General Lesson Flow?

This is Part 1 of the pre-intermediate flow that should be used with students who already know their basics and are ready to start communicating in English. Part 1 contains 20 lessons with fun follow-up lessons and introduces lots of vocabulary and grammar structures which are practised in speaking and provide numerous opportunities for students to work on their listening and speaking skills. You can see part 2 of the A2 General Lesson Flow here.

Developing language skills

With part 1 of A2 General Lesson Flow, your students will work on:

  • speaking skills while talking about learning English, weather conditions and their impact on common activities, daily routines, celebrities and fans, art and paintings, changes in childhood and parenting, hobbies and free time, everyday workplace activities, family and relationships, environment, free time activities, drinks, recipes; explaining how they feel in different situations, making excuses; discussing travelling, altruism and generosity, favourite food; while playing guessing games; while role-play conversations between a manager and an employee; discussing tricky sounds and tongue twisters;
  • listening skills with a video about a family and their breakfast; a funny Uber Eats ad; an excerpt from a sitcom; street interviews in which people answer questions about travelling and favourite food; a video on outdoor pre-schools; a short video in which AI technology animates classic paintings; a news report about a lady who has a hundred great-grandchildren; a video about a message in a bottle; a social campaign video; informational video about environment, a short video about a woman’s workday, a clip from the film ‘Inside Out’; two short videos on hobbies; a clip from a sitcom; an animated story; a ketchup ad; a video about Taiwan; a skit on ordering in a restaurant; a short video with a drink recipe; an ad with Zendaya;
  • reading skills with a text with different suggestions of how to use English outside the classrooms; people’s comments on remembering birthdays; texts about travelling, Montessori education; when reading some excuses, placards and a menu;
  • writing skills when writing a story, funny definitions, an email about a dream holiday, drink recipes, a message in a bottle.

Improving grammar, vocabulary and functional language

Part 1 of the Flow also makes your students learn and practise:

  • vocabulary: related to: weather, travelling, food, days and dates, family and relationships, environment, drink recipes; collocations with ‘give’; adjectives to describe how people feel; vocabulary to talk about kids’ activities and behaviour, nature and free time activities; minimal pairs; 
  • grammar: Present Simple and Present Continuous, phrases to express frequency, prepositions for days and dates, Past Simple and Past Continuous;
  • functional language: functional language at a restaurant, expressing opinions.

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getting to know you lesson
First Lesson

Nice to meet you! – first lesson with A2 students

Get to know your students with this first lesson!

2
conversation lesson plan
Vocabulary, Reading

Become a confident English speaker

Let students talk about their experience with English outside the classroom.

3
weather vocabulary
Vocabulary

Whatever the weather

Teach students weather vocabulary to talk about weather conditions and their impact.

Follow-up
4
phrases to express frequency
Vocabulary

Meeting a celebrity

Have students practise phrases to express frequency and discuss celebrities and fans.

5
practise Present Continuous
Grammar

We are playing! (Present Continuous)

Get students to practise Present Continuous while talking about games.

Follow-up
6
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Grammar

Let’s revise Present Simple and Present Continuous

Teach students to talk about permanent and temporary situations.

7
talking about dates
Vocabulary, Grammar

The date I always remember…

Let students talk about milestones and practise prepositions for days and dates.

8
Functional Language

How do you feel about…? (expressing opinions)

Have students learn phrases for expressing opinions and asking about opinions.

9
adjectives to describe feelings
Vocabulary

Let me tell you how I feel

Get students to learn adjectives to describe how they feel.

10
lesson about childhood
Vocabulary

Was your childhood any different?

Engage students in discussing changes in childhood and parenting.

11
lesson about family and relationships
Vocabulary

We get on really well!

Teach students to talk about family members and friends.

12
basic collocations with give
Vocabulary

What are you glad to give?

Have students discuss the act of giving while practising relevant collocations.

13
ESL lesson on Past Simple
Grammar

A message in a bottle (Past Simple)

Get students to analyse and practise Past Simple forms.

14
ESL lesson on Past Continuous
Grammar

What were you doing this morning?

Let students practise Past Continuous while talking about workplace activities.

15
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Grammar

My dog ate my homework (Past Simple and Past Continuous)

Get students to practise Past Simple and Past Continuous.

16
travel worksheet for pre-intermediate students
Vocabulary, Reading

Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer

Encourage students to discuss travelling and learn useful vocabulary.

Follow-up
17
A2 lesson about the environment
Vocabulary

Save the ocean, save yourself

Let students talk about saving the ocean and learn vocabulary related to the environment.

Follow-up
18
talking about food
Vocabulary

The best food is in…

Get students to learn food-related vocabulary and talk about different cuisines.

Follow-up
Vocabulary, Functional Language

Are you ready to order?

19
talking about drinks
Vocabulary

What’s your favourite drink?

Get students talking about drinks and recipes.

20
ESL lesson on minimal pairs
Vocabulary

She sells shells (minimal pairs)

Have students work on tricky sounds and minimal pairs.

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  1. english online

    HOW CAN I GET E LESSON FLOW?
    I HAVE THE PREMIUM PLAN.

    1. Justa

      Hi! You just need to click the green button in the post above and open the flow. If you experience any problems with opening it, please contact us at [email protected].

  2. Жанар Дарменбаева

    Thank you,its very useful for us

    1. Ewa

      Glad you like it!

  3. Katarzyna_A

    Are you planning on expanding those materials? It typically takes about a year to progress from A2 to B1 and that accounts for ca. 60 lessons and in the current flow I can see only 18… Also, A2 Flow for Teens would come in handy 🙂

    1. Ewa

      Hi, thanks for the comment!
      Our flows are designed to be a starting point for users rather than a curriculum. For instance, we currently have over 90 A2 lessons available, and we are leaving it up to the teacher to decide which will work best for their students.
      And thanks for the idea for an A2 flow for teens!

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