The Educational Chat Network
EST. 2010
Discussion and media network with a focus on education.
Initially started for University students and graduates to collaborate, in 2020 we opened our doors to the public to learn & share alike.
You’ll find lesson plans, ideas, resources, videos, inspiration and can write on the wall below.
Discussion and media network with a focus on education.
Initially started for University students and graduates to collaborate, in 2020 we opened our doors to the public to learn & share alike.
You’ll find lesson plans, ideas, resources, videos, inspiration and can write on the wall below.
English as an additional language (EAL)
Overview
This is a revision lesson, although it can be used as an introduction to the Present Continuous, Past Continuous and Future Continuous Tenses. The assumption is that students are already familiar with the Present Continuous, although the lesson revises this. The lesson also introduces...
- Lesson Duration
- 90-120 minutes
Overview
This is a revision lesson, although it can be used with a beginner’s class as an introduction to the Present Simple. The assumption is that students have some knowledge of the Present Simple, although the lesson revises the positive and question forms. Students will also need to be...
- Lesson Duration
- 90-100 Minutes
Overview
This is an introductory lesson that concentrates on communication. Students get to know each other and start to experience the dynamics of the class by talking about their experience. The assumption is that students can form questions and can uses most English tenses. The lesson is...
- Lesson Duration
- 90-120 minutes
Overview
This is an introductory lesson. Students get to know each other and start to experience the dynamics of the class by talking about their experience. The assumption is that students can form the present perfect simple and the past simple, although the lesson revises these forms. There...
- Lesson Duration
- 90-120 minutes
Overview
This is an introductory lesson. Students get to know each other and start to experience the dynamics of the class by talking about their likes and dislikes. For the vocabulary, the teacher can select suitable words as they come up in the Noun Tennis activity, although some of the more...
- Lesson Duration
- 90-100 Minutes
A1|Elementary
Clothing Items Vocabulary for Kindergarten Level and Up—Interactive Music, Sound and Body-Based Class
Overview
In this lesson students will master vocabulary describing the most common clothing items: t-shirt, shirt, pants, shoes, dress, skirt. The teacher will first show the flashcards of the six target clothing items, get the students to recognize them and point to the clothing items they...
- Lesson Duration
- 60-80 minutes
Overview
It is important for higher level student to understand and use collocations correctly. Teaching students how to look at word combinations and what to extract from them is a valuable skill enabling students to excel at autonomous language learning. As the old saying goes, "Give a man a...
B2|Upper-Intermediate
Describing different ways of walking—learning synonyms with ICT and mind maps
Overview
In this lesson students will work in groups or pairs (depending on the student number) to master words related to describing different ways of walking (wander, stride, tiptoe, etc). They will use a mind map and a dictionary to find the meanings of the key words and sentences...
Overview
In this lesson, students will learn several transactional words and phrases connected with visiting a bank in the UK. The idea of lexis lesson focusing on transactional situations is to help students overcome difficulties that they may face in English-speaking countries as EAL...
- Lesson Duration
- 60-75 minutes
Overview
In this lesson students will work in groups on a creative writing task. They will listen to a song and write down words and phrases they hear. They will then work in groups to write a poem, following some simple guidelines and using their collective words and phrases as a starting...
- Lesson Duration
- 50-60 minutes