an english lesson plan for adults

1. LESSON PLAN
No OF STUDENTS: 9
LEVEL: intermediate
SKILLS: integrated skills: reading, listening and speaking
LESSON TITLE: unit 2: “TOURISM AND TRAVELLING” – LANGUAGE LEADER
MATERIALS: textbook, whiteboard, handouts, CD
TIME: 50 minutes
OBJECTIVES: by the end of the class Ss should have:
1. Extended their vocabulary within the topic of travel and tourism
2. Practiced extracting specific info from the listening and reading text
3. Focused on the fluency and accuracy in speaking
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: time managing
WARM-UP
Predict the topic from the pictures (textbook page 16)
T asks the Ss about their travel habits;
T focuses on the photo on page 16 to start a discussion :
• Where are the men and what are they doing?
• Why people might go on long journeys (as in the movie “Easy Riders”)?
• Discuss the quotation in the lesson “A man travels the world in search of what he needs
and returns home to find it.”
TIMING: 10 min
ACTIVITY 1
AIM: to extend the Ss vocabulary within the topic of travel and tourism
INTERACTION: T – S
TIME: 15 min
PROCEDURE:
• T elicits vocabulary terms related to travelling
• T introduces the new vocabulary terms : Ss listen to a recording and fill in the gaps with
the correct words ex 1; they make notes and solve ex 3a (vocabulary)
• Ss and T explain the new words by using synonyms or definitions
ACTIVITY 2
AIM: To extract info from a reading text
INTERACTION: T – S
TIME: 15 min
PROCEDURE:
• Ss predict the topic of the text from the title
• In pairs they discuss the questions from the ex 4a (pre-reading)

2. • Ss read the text and choose the best heading (while-reading)
• T checks vocabulary comprehension (S find synonyms of the new vocabulary terms);
after-reading
ACTIVITY 3
AIM: To focus on fluency and accuracy in speaking
INTERACTION: S-S (pairwork)
TIME: 10 min
PROCEDURE:
• Ss practice speaking by interviewing their colleagues about their travel experiences.
Then, they report to the rest of the class.
HOMEWORK
Think of as many travel tips for visitors to your country as you can and write a 120-word
text including the five most important.