Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers is perfect for A1 beginners. This ESL class material focuses on learning how to ask for and give simple directions within an office environment, a key skill for any professional setting. This lesson helps students develop practical communication skills for the workplace. Through a series of engaging exercises, learners will master vocabulary for office locations and phrases for giving directions. Activities include vocabulary matching, a listening gap-fill, a reading comprehension task, and a final communicative role-play that allows students to use the language in a realistic context. The lesson is structured to build confidence from simple recognition to active production.
Activities
- Students begin by matching key vocabulary for office locations like 'reception desk' and 'meeting room' with their definitions, building a foundational understanding of the workplace environment.
- A practical listening exercise challenges learners to fill in the gaps in a set of directions using prepositions and directional phrases, improving their comprehension of spoken instructions.
- Learners read a short article about a company moving to a new office and answer true/false questions, reinforcing their understanding of the vocabulary and grammar in a new context.
- The lesson culminates in a guided speaking activity where students work in pairs to role-play asking for and giving directions, activating all the language they have just learned.
Vocabulary focus
This lesson introduces essential vocabulary for navigating a corporate environment. Students will learn the names of common office locations such as 'reception desk,' 'meeting room,' 'break room,' and 'manager's office,' as well as directional phrases like 'turn left/right,' 'straight ahead,' and 'upstairs.'
Grammar focus
The main grammar point is prepositions of place. The lesson provides clear explanations and practice exercises for using 'next to,' 'opposite,' 'behind,' and 'at the end of' to accurately describe where something is located in relation to other objects or places within an office setting.
