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Whether your lessons are online or in-person, The English Flows’ lesson plans are the ultimate time-saver for ESL teachers working with adult and Business English students. Cut down on prep work and free up your time for what truly matters – guiding, coaching, and meeting your students' unique needs. Our current and highly relatable topics will keep your students engaged before, during, and after the class. We add 7-8 new video-based ESL lesson plans each month. Ignite their curiosity and inspire them to explore the English language further!

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a person preparing a vaccine and a slogan - viruses and vaccines

Mpox (monkeypox)

Vocabulary: symptoms (rash, swollen glands, fever)
Vocabulary: viruses (spread, outbreak, strain)
Video: Why is mpox a global health emergency?

B1 / B2

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a photo of a solar eclipse and a slogan "have you evr seen a total solar eclipse?"

Solar eclipses and other natural phenomena

Vocabulary: solar eclipses
Functional language: talking about things that amaze and impress us
Grammar: irregular plurals

 

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

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3 oscars statuettes, and a slogan "and the oscar goes to ..."

The Oscars 2024

Vocabulary: words related to the Oscars (e.g. a nod, to be snubbed, to take home, an acceptance speech)
Grammar: should/shouldn’t have + past participle
Writing: a film review

B2 / C1

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

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a clipboard with the words abortion law and a gavel on a wooden table, and a slogan "France enshrines abortion rights in constitution"

France makes abortion a constitutional right

Collocations: verb + noun, and adjective + noun collocations with “law” (e.g. to pass, to overturn, to abolish, to amend a law; stringent, unenforceable, lenient, obsolete, draconian law)
Speaking: discussing constitutional rights, reproductive rights in student’s countries, proposing legal reforms, debates
Video: “France makes abortion a constitutional right”

 

B2 / C1

Business ESL lesson plans

2:30

tractors on the road and a slogan "why are farmers protesting in Europe?"

Farmers’ protests in Europe

Vocabulary: food production and climate (yield, harvest, crop diversity, drought, flood, pests)
Vocabulary: regulations (subsidies, red tape, tariffs, tax breaks, environmental regulations)
Vocabulary: protests (to take to the streets, go on strike, a march, to boycott)

B2 / C1

Environment ESL lesson plans

1:41

flags of Israel and Palestine

Israel declares war on Hamas

Speaking: conversation questions
Vocabulary: military conflicts (retaliation, civilians, shelling, humanitarian crisis, siege, militants)
Video: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is so complicated

B2 / C1

4:15

devastation and collapsed buildings n an aftermath after an earthquake

Morocco earthquake

Vocabulary: earthquakes (tremor aftershock, collapse, warning signs, to be prone to, magnitude, death toll, devastating)
Video: Why Morocco’s earthquake was so deadly
Speaking: conversation questions, brainstorming

B1 / B2

Environment ESL lesson plans

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