Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers is designed for A2 ESL students. This class material focuses on the practical language needed to arrange, confirm, and change meetings, making it ideal for professional and general English classes.
This practical lesson plan helps students master the language of scheduling. Activities include a vocabulary matching game, a listening exercise with phrasal verbs, a grammar drill on prepositions of time, and a reading comprehension task about a "no-meetings" policy. The lesson culminates in a guided role-play where students must negotiate a meeting time based on their conflicting schedules, solidifying their communication skills for professional settings.
Activities
- Students begin with a warm-up discussion about their weekly plans and a vocabulary matching exercise to learn key terms like "schedule," "confirm," and "reschedule," building a strong foundation for the lesson.
- The lesson includes a listening gap-fill activity where students learn common phrasal verbs for scheduling, such as "push back" and "pencil in," helping them understand natural, everyday business English.
- A reading comprehension task about a company's "Focus Fridays" policy is followed by a structured speaking practice. In this final role-play, students must arrange a meeting, applying all the vocabulary and phrases learned.
Vocabulary focus
The lesson focuses on essential vocabulary for scheduling and time management. Students will learn and practice words such as "schedule," "available," "appointment," "cancel," "confirm," and "reschedule." It also introduces useful phrasal verbs like "pencil in," "push back," "move up," and "free up" to make their language more natural and fluent in a business context.
Grammar focus
The grammar section concentrates on the correct use of prepositions of time: "at," "on," and "in." A clear explanation is provided with examples, followed by a gap-fill exercise to ensure students can accurately use these prepositions when discussing specific times, days, dates, and longer periods like months or parts of the day.
