- Levels: A0A1
- Lesson Types: Lesson Plans
- Recommended for: Download and GoSimple to Teach
- Themes: Basics
🕑 30-45 minutes
🎚 A0, A1
🎯 hello and goodbye, vocabulary, conversation
🕑 0-5 minutes
– Print one worksheet for each student.
– You may want to print the Teacher’s Insights to have the answers at hand.
Kickoff: speaking introduction about greetings in students’ languages
Vocabulary I: learn different ways of saying “hello” and “goodbye” in English
True or False: check students’ understanding
Vocabulary II: identify the correct word for each greeting or farewell action in pictures
Speaking I: discuss cultural differences in greetings and farewells
Vocabulary Extension: practise polite expressions when meeting someone new
Speaking II: students practise greeting and saying goodbye to each other
Let’s teach our students to say hello and goodbye with this engaging ESL lesson plan for absolute beginners with printable worksheet.
Detailed Description
In today’s lesson, students will learn and practise vocabulary related to greetings and farewells through engaging activities and conversation.
The lesson begins with a kickoff conversation about saying “hello” in different languages, followed by a vocabulary exercise where students categorise words as either “hello” or “goodbye.”
Next, students will answer true or false questions to test their understanding of the vocabulary and expressions learned.The class will then participate in a visual activity to identify the correct word for various greeting or farewell actions using pictures.
After this, they will do a speaking activity to discuss cultural differences in greetings and farewells, followed by a vocabulary extension on polite expressions to use when meeting someone new. Lastly, students will practise greeting and saying goodbye to their classmates through a speaking activity.
This lesson plan is suitable for A0 beginners and A1 students. It can be adapted for online classes.
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