Beginners lesson plan 1: filling in forms

Lasts about 40 minutes.

You will need: a ball,
Beginners sheet 1

1) Begin with the Welcome warm up names game.

2) Hand out TEFLTips beginners sheet 1

3) Ask members to write down their first name in the space provided.

4) Ask members to write down their surname (their last name) in the space provided. They may have different forms of their names: an English form and a native form. They may have more than one surname.

5) Explain how to write a name clearly (i.e. print a name). Ask them to print their names in the space provided.


7) Explain that when they are speaking to people on the telephone they will need to be able to spell their names aloud using the English letter names. First we need to learn the letter names using a game.

6) Play the Names of English letters game (lasts 15 minutes but probably should last less).

7) Go around the group asking them to point to the letters on the print forms of their names and  spell the letters aloud.

8) Ask them the name of their road. (Some will not know).

9) For homework ask them to find out the name of their road, write it down and spell the name aloud the next week.