Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for B2 ESL students focuses on mastering the future perfect tense within the context of project management. This English class material uses listening and reading exercises related to project milestones to teach students how to discuss actions that will be completed by a specific time in the future.
This lesson helps intermediate students apply a complex grammar structure to a practical, professional scenario. Activities include a warm-up discussion on project planning, a listening comprehension task, and key vocabulary matching for project management terms. Students will practice forming the future perfect through various exercises and use it in a final speaking activity to talk about future goals and deadlines.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion where students share their experiences with different types of projects and the challenges of meeting deadlines.
- A listening comprehension exercise where students fill in gaps in a project update, focusing on hearing the future perfect tense in a natural context.
- A drag-and-drop vocabulary task to match key project management terms like "milestone," "prototype," and "launch" with their definitions.
- A grammar focus section with a clear explanation of the future perfect tense, followed by multiple-choice questions to reinforce understanding.
- Sentence transformation and gap-fill exercises that require students to actively construct sentences using the future perfect.
- A guided speaking activity where students use the future perfect and lesson vocabulary to discuss future achievements in personal and professional contexts.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces essential language for project management. Key terms include "milestone," "prototype," "launch," "finalize," and "execute." Students learn how to use these words to discuss the different stages and key achievements within a project timeline.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on the future perfect tense (will + have + past participle). The grammar is presented in the functional context of project management, helping students use it to talk about tasks and goals that will be completed before a specific deadline or future event.
