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Your students want to learn about different cultures, travel, business, and discuss real issues affecting them now.
Encourage your students to build English fluency with communicative activities such as role-plays, discussions, and conversations about topics that are essential for them.
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Students are introduced to and review English grammar.
Grammar is taught using fun, communicative activities, matching and gap fill activities as well as scripted conversations and role-plays. Verb tenses, prepositions, conditionals, countable and uncountable nouns, comparatives and superlatives, articles, modals for advice, permission and obligation, and much more!
Conversation Cards (Getting to Know You)
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Class Essentials
When students are learning to speak English, starting a conversation can be difficult. They are often not sure what to talk about. These conversation cards will help your students start a conversation. They are…
I Used to Play Tennis
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Daily Life
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Review the construction of ‘used to’ and ‘didn’t use to’ sentences as well as open and closed questions using ‘use to’. Students talk about their experiences and things they did in the past but…
British and American English Crossword
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Travel
Students practice using well-known words that are different in British English (BrE) and American English (AmE) by doing a crossword. This would make a great homework or quick classroom activity. For example: Gas, gasoline…
Idioms about the Body
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English idioms are often based on analogies and metaphors and are an important part of everyday English. Students can find them difficult to understand even in context. In this lesson, students are introduced to…
Classroom Language
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Class Essentials
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Introduce your students to common classroom expressions and questions that can help them be more effective learners in the classroom. Distribute this handout to your new students and ask they refer to it if…
Asking about Daily Routine
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Daily Life
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Help your students gain confidence asking and answering questions in the present tense about daily routines. This handout focuses on the third person and constructing object questions using the auxiliary verb ‘do’.
Places to Live and Visit
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People and PlacesTravel
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Students are introduced to common places in a village, a town, and a city. They will be able to say what ‘there is’ and ‘there are’ as well as what ‘there isn’t’ and ‘…
Our Current Events series covers news from around the world and includes audio.
These topics are trending now and your adult and young adult ESL students want to learn how to talk about them. Each ‘In the News’ Handout has 2 or 3 pages of lesson material aimed at Elementary: A2 to Advanced: C2 English learners. Each ‘In the News’ current events Handout features an audio track so your students can practice listening to native English speakers.
Sleep deprivation in Japan
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Lifestyle
In many surveys of the average sleeping time of different nationalities, the Japanese are the most sleep-deprived. A common sight in Japan is to see people sleeping on trains; however, trains are not the…
The Gig Economy
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TechnologyLifestyle
Smartphone applications put people directly in contact with workers such as, drivers and teachers, who accept a job on a short-term basis (a gig). This style of work, added to the rise in independent…
EU Proposes Mandatory USB-C on all Devices
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The European Commission has announced plans to force electronics manufacturers to fit a common USB-C charging port on their devices. “Chargers power all our most essential electronic devices. With more and more devices, more…
Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
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According to the World Health Organization, as of January 6th 2021, 235 candidate COVID-19 vaccines have been developed worldwide with 63 of them in clinical trials in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain, and…
Covid-19 Causing Young People to Return Home
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The latest research suggests that the number of young adults who are currently living with their parents is increasing in the USA. The probable cause of this trend is the coronavirus pandemic. The latest…
COVID-19 Human Challenge Study Goes Ahead
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The UK will be the first in the world to run a COVID-19 human challenge study, after receiving approval from the UK’s clinical trials ethics body. Backed by a £33.6 million government investment, the…
Coronavirus Causes Panic Buying
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Many countries around the world are currently experiencing ‘panic buying’ because of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. Some badly-affected countries have recommended or demanded that people stay-at-home leading to people stockpiling supplies of…
Japan Encouraged to Go Cashless
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In October the Japanese government increased consumption tax from 8% to 10%, at the same time, they started a scheme to promote the use of cashless payments. Cashless payments include credit and debit cards,…
Help your students explore new vocabulary and build English fluency by guiding them through a series of activities that challenge and engage them.
Sit back and watch your students using English with enthusiasm. This English series uses original high-quality color pictures that look great and your students will appreciate that, but don’t worry, they look great in black and white as well! Have one of these on hand and we’ve got you covered.
Let’s Go to the Department Store
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Talking about shopping at a department store. Example Questions in this Handout What is the woman with the child thinking about? What is on sale in the Ladies Wear department? How do you feel…
Let’s Go to a Hotel
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People and PlacesTravel
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Talking about hotels and hotel facilities. Example Questions in this Handout When was the last time you stayed in a hotel? Have you heard of or used Airbnb to find a place to stay?…
Let’s Go to Work
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BusinessDaily LifeWork
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Talking about working and your work week. Example Questions in this Handout What do you do on public transportation? Do you have to attend a lot of meetings for your job? How old were…
Let’s Go to the Bank
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Daily LifePeople and Places
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Talking about banks, banking, and money. Example Questions in this Handout What are the bank’s opening hours? What is customer 015 doing at the teller? How much is 1 US dollar worth in Canadian…
Let’s Go Outside
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Daily LifeSeasonal
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Talking about seasons, activities, and weather. Example Questions in this Handout What seasons can you see in the pictures? Which months are these seasons in your country? What is the couple doing in spring?
Let’s Go to a Museum
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People and PlacesTravel
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Talking about museums, art, and exhibitions. Example Questions in this Handout Who are some famous artists in your country? What kind of art do they do? Most museums don’t allow recording devices. Do you…
Let’s Go to the Park
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People and Places
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Talking about parks and outdoor leisure activities. Example Questions in this Handout What was your favorite thing to do in the park when you were a child? Have parks changed since you were young?…
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Easy to use anywhere.
I’m in Japan for one year and teach private English classes to a group of lovely students while I travel around Japan – I love Kyoto. We study in cafes or at students’ homes so I can print lessons before I need them that day. My students and I don’t need textbooks.
Rose Keogh
Living and working in Japan for a year
We like current events
I have been using esllessonhandouts.com for a few months now and check every weekend for new current events lessons.
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Marco Sole
English teacher in Japan
No need to carry textbooks.
The worksheets are great to use and easy for students to follow. I teach weekly private lessons at cafes and I check for new handouts each week. I don’t need to carry or photocopy textbooks for my classes.
Matt Palmer
English teacher in Japan
A break from our textbooks.
I teach English at a few Japanese companies around Nagoya in Japan and use ESL Lesson Handouts to give my classes a break from our business text book. Also, I use worksheets to build on grammar we study in the textbook.
Kazuki Sakamoto
Business English teacher
Great for all ages!
I teach English to medium-sized classes at community centers and businesses in my city. My students are a mix of men and women of all ages. We use your current event handouts in the last week of every month and your grammar handouts to compliment our classroom textbook.
Douglas Kayes
Freelance English Instructor
Great support!
It’s been a difficult year with the switch to online teaching. Thank you very much for your support so far!
Akihiro Iwamoto
Online and Classroom Teacher
Perfect for Online classes!
I started using your site [ESL Lesson Handouts] after switching to Online classes because of Coronavirus. Accessible on my phone, I can easily print lessons before private classes or email them to students.
Mark Taylor
Private English Teacher
Complements our curriculum.
I am an English teacher based in Hong Kong. My students are mostly young company workers who need English in their jobs. We use a popular business English textbook but it’s nice to have worksheets that use English grammar in other ways. My students enjoy the opportunity to speak English.
Kim Fei
Private English Teacher
英会話 classes.
We use [ESL Lesson Handouts] at our English language school. Our students enjoy the interesting topics and conversation based activities. They are perfect for students who don’t attend regular classes and those with specific study requests.
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