Summary
This ESL lesson for A1 English students explores Emergency situations. Using a real article as the basis for discussion, students develop reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.
The grammar focus is Imperatives and 'Can you...?' requests. Key vocabulary includes emergency (noun), police (noun), hospital (noun) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You are in a new city and you have a problem. You need to ask a stranger for help..
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking about the topic before watching or reading.
- Comprehension exercises based on the article to check understanding of the main ideas and key details.
- A grammar focus on Imperatives and 'Can you...?' requests. We use imperatives to give instructions or commands. The imperative is the base form of the verb.
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Emergency situations not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You are in a new city and you have a problem. You need to ask a stranger for help., with exercises to practise using them naturally.
- A speaking task where students role-play a real-world scenario, applying vocabulary and phrases from the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces A1-level words and phrases related to Emergency situations. Key terms include emergency (noun), police (noun), hospital (noun), help (verb/noun), lost (adjective). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on Imperatives and 'Can you...?' requests. We use imperatives to give instructions or commands. The imperative is the base form of the verb.
