ESL Lesson Plans for Adults

Explore six struggles of highly intelligent people in this C1 listening lesson. Includes audio clips, vocabulary practice, and a silent debate activity.

Teach your C1 students about shrinkflation with this lesson plan. Covers 12 vocabulary items, a video on hidden inflation, and Reddit examples.

Could AI run a government? This C1 lesson plan covers AI in politics with advanced vocab, an article, hot takes, and a creative party-building activity.

Is 10,000 steps really the magic number? This C1 lesson plan covers walking and health with vocab, a video, Jean Beliveau's world walk, and synonym practice.

Real or fake tree? This C1 lesson plan on Christmas trees gets students debating, building collocations, and pitching their pick.

What's the deal with CBD oil? This C1 lesson plan covers how CBD works, key health vocabulary, and gets advanced learners debating.

Teach housing affordability, income vocabulary, and policy debate with this C1 lesson plan on the global housing crisis.

SAD or just sad? C1 students read, discuss, and debate seasonal depression in this vocabulary-rich lesson plan on winter and mental health.

5,280 feet in a mile? Why? C1 students laugh and learn with this lesson plan on metric vs. imperial measurement and idioms.

From 1960s uniform to feminist flashpoint, the Playboy bunny suit tells a bigger story. A C1 Halloween lesson plan on costumes and culture.

Sarcasm meets style in this C1 fashion lesson. Students learn clothing vocabulary and debate hot takes about how not to dress.

From flipping a switch to nuclear fusion, this C1 lesson plan answers the question: how much power does humanity need?

Do we stop getting happier after a certain income? Find out in this C1 lesson on hedonic adaptation, money, and happiness research.

What happens when internet slang takes over real conversation? This C1 lesson explores brainrot through reading, vocab, and debate.

C1 lesson on Airbnb privacy and hidden cameras. Watch CNN investigation, learn advanced vocabulary, discuss rental safety, detection techniques.

C1 lesson on toilet history covering sanitation vocabulary. Watch video, practice advanced terms, debate public health through the ages.

C1 business English lesson on workplace red flags. Analyze corporate scams, debate policies, and learn vocabulary for discussing work culture.

C1 lesson teaching the SIFT method to spot fake news, featuring advanced vocabulary, media literacy discussions, and critical analysis activities.

Explore retirement planning challenges at C1 level. Students analyze rising costs, changing expectations, and financial realities.

Examine software piracy's global impact in this advanced C1 lesson with authentic reading, ethics debates, and cybersecurity vocabulary.