A2 General Lesson Flow (part 2)

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Part 2 of this pre-intermediate flow builds on the language and skills introduced in Part 1. The lessons help students expand their vocabulary, develop their grammar and become more confident communicating in English. Students have plenty of opportunities to practise listening and speaking, use new language in context and discuss a variety of everyday topics. 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 2 of A2 General Lesson Flow?

This is Part 2 of the pre-intermediate flow that should be used with students who already know their basics and are ready to start communicating in English. This part contains 20 lessons with fun and useful follow-up lessons for more practice. You can see part 1 of the A2 General Lesson Flow here.

Developing language skills

With part 2 of A2 General Lesson Flow, your students will work on:

  • speaking skills while talking about celebration ideas, social media, applications, big cities and transport, describing houses and cities, describing someone’s appearance, comparing devices, giving directions, life experiences, talking about shopping and spending money, invitations and events; discussing experiences of losing or finding items, giving and receiving compliments, making decision and decision fatigue, stress issues; talking about places to live and visit, renting a flat, clothes, films and books; role-playing interviews; playing a guessing game; describing plans; practising pronunciation, playing various games;
  • listening skills with a video guide around a large shopping centre, a news report from an airport lost and found, a video in which people play a guessing game; a video about favourite rooms; two videos about technology; a video about the cost of living; a street interview in which people answer questions about summer plans; a news report about city transport, videos about San Diego and Oslo, an Uber app ad and clothes ad; a celebrity interview, a video in which a man compliments strangers; an animated video; a self-help video; a street interview in which people answer questions about their dream home; recordings of a dialogue about renting a flat and people making and responding to invitations; a video clip from Friends;
  • reading skills with a text about Opposite Day, an article about decision fatigue, a text about trends in gift giving; phonetic transcriptions;
  • writing skills while writing answers to questions.

Improving grammar, vocabulary and functional language

Part 2 of the Flow also makes your students learn and practise:

  • vocabulary: related to: shopping centres, money, places in town, appearance, city and transport, home, films; opposite verbs; vocabulary to talk about applications; useful phrases for city activities; ‘make’ and ‘take’ phrases; expressions with ‘gift’;
  • grammar: comparatives and superlatives, ‘be going to’ and ‘will’; quantifiers, asking and answering basic English questions, Present Perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’; prepositions of place, the structure ‘would rather’, the phrases ‘but in fact’, ‘look’, ‘look like’ and ‘feel like’, articles; 
  • functional language: expressing opinions, giving directions, advice structures, filler words, giving and receiving compliments, useful phrases to use when asking and answering basic English questions, making and responding to invitations.

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opposite verbs
Vocabulary

Opposites attract

Have students practise opposite verbs and read about “Opposite Day”.

2
be going to
Grammar

I’m going to be quite busy this summer (‘be going to’ & Present Continuous)

Let students work on future tenses (‘be going to’ & Present Continuous).

3
vocabulary for giving directions
Vocabulary, Functional Language

Excuse me, where is the food court? (giving directions)

Teach students how to ask for and give directions.

Follow-up
4
comparative and superlative adjectives
Grammar

Better. Faster. Stronger (comparative and superlative adjectives)

Teach comparative and superlative adjectives to your students.

5
talk about Instagram in English
Vocabulary

Are you living an Insta lie?

Engage students in talking about Instagram while using the phrase “but in fact”.

Follow-up
Vocabulary

How apps work

6
ESL lesson about money
Vocabulary

How much does it cost?

Help students to learn and practise verbs connected with money.

Follow-up
7
ESL lesson on big cities
Vocabulary

Big cities, big plans

Have students talk about pros and cons of large cities.

Follow-up
8
quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns
Grammar

What is your city like? (too much, too many, enough/not enough)

Help students practise ‘too much’, ‘too many’, ‘enough/not enough’.

Follow-up
9
describe people’s appearance
Vocabulary

What do they look like?

Give students a chance to practise vocabulary to describe people’s appearance.

10
A2 speaking activities
Vocabulary

When I want to feel comfortable, I wear…

Teach students how to use the verbs look (like) and feel (like).

11
basic English questions
Grammar

That’s a good question!

Focus on basic English questions while exploring the interviews of famous actors.

12
film vocabulary
Vocabulary

The types of films I like

Have students practise key film vocabulary and share their preferences.

Follow-up
13
make and take phrases
Vocabulary

Making the right decision

Encourage students to discuss making decisions and practise ‘make’ and ‘take’ phrases.

Follow-up
14
Present Perfect with ever and never
Grammar

Life experiences (Present Perfect + ‘ever’, ‘never’)

Have students work on Present Perfect with ever and never.

15
practise advice structures
Functional Language

What to do when you’re stressed

Talk about stress with students and have them practise advice structures.

16
adjectives to describe rooms
Vocabulary

The room where I love to hang out

Teach students the adjectives to describe rooms in a house.

Follow-up
Vocabulary

In the kitchen

17
describing homes
Vocabulary

What is your dream home?

Get students to talk about their dream homes and revise vocabulary for describing homes.

Follow-up
18
making and responding to invitations
Functional Language

Fancy coming to the party?

Teach students to make and respond to invitations.

Follow-up
Vocabulary

Gift giving

19
pronunciation practice
Speaking

Pronounce it if you can

Focus on pronunciation practice and teach students to read IPA transcriptions.

20
A2 review games
Vocabulary, Grammar

Games, games, games!

Get students to review vocabulary and grammar while playing games.

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