Lesson Overview

This ESL lesson plan on fears is perfect for your beginner ESL students. It provides all the necessary language and scaffolding to ensure students are able to participate fully and enjoy it. 

The class begins with a fun warm-up exercise. Next, they are introduced to new words related to the topic, which they are then challenged to use in the next exercise. 

The grammar point of synonyms and antonyms is explored as learners are given a series of tasks related to the topic. Afterwards, there is a reading exercise in which students read about a man’s fear of public speaking. 

There is an awesome video-based activity which enables students to practise their comprehension skills. This ESL lesson plan on fears finishes with two excellent speaking activities which your students will love!

1. Picture round. 
2. Common fears.
3. Facing your fears. 
4. Reading: Public speaking. 
5. Video: Fears
6. Synonyms and antonyms. 
7. Grammar practice. 
8. Let’s talk.

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome ESL lesson plan on fears. Students are challenged to complete a series of past tense exercises which follows on from the lesson. 

1. Writing practice. 
2. New words recap and practice.