Functional Skills English Speaking and Listening Lesson Plan with Resources

It can be difficult to engage learners when it comes to Speaking and Listening. Students must make relevant and extended contributions to a discussion and so it is important to choose a subject which will engage them. So I created this lesson plan where they more or less talk about themselves - or teenagers at least - and what they should do before they turn twenty. The scenario gives students the chance to allow for and respond to others’ input, make different kinds of contributions to discussions and to present information/points of view clearly and in appropriate language

This can easily be adapted for an adult class where they reflect on what they would have liked to have done…

All documents are editable. They are:

• Lesson plan for the session
• Formal discussion - handout explaining the scenario and with space for the students to make notes
• A reflection sheet for students to fill out once the discussion is over
• An additional task in which students can write the article they have discussed
• A couple of pages of possible comments that can go on the assessment record sheet for individual students

Plus there is a video to give the students some visual stimulation when they are gathering their ideas for the discussion.

I have done this many time with classes - and it works very well!

Hope you find it useful!