Lesson Overview

This A2 ESL lesson explores the topic “What makes a great city?” and helps students talk about places where they live or would like to live. It introduces simple vocabulary for describing cities. ESL students practise speaking and listening skills through easy and engaging activities that encourage personal opinions and everyday language. We recommend using this lesson with all A2 level learners as it is practical, relatable, and supports real-life communication. Activity layout:

1. Warm Up: Quiz
2. City: Key Words
3. City: Adjectives
4. Article: What Makes a Great City
5. Audio: John’s City Life
6. Picture Round
7. Debate
8. Discussion.

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to analyse an interesting article which is linked to the topic of the lesson, before being asked to write answers to challenging questions. Activity layout:

1. Article analysis. 
2. Writing task.