How to plan as ESL reading lesson in 5 simple steps | Planning TEFL reading lessons

If you’re looking for how to plan an ESL reading lesson plan, then you’re in the right place. In this video, I give 5 easy steps to creating an ESL reading lesson plan, so keep on watching! I talk about how to plan a TEFL reading lesson in just five simple steps, including setting the context, vocab or grammar focus, comprehension questions, and more. Want more information about ESL Reading Plans, including lesson plans and TEFL lesson plan templates? Check out this blog post for examples: https://www.eslactivity.org/an-esl-reading-lesson-plan-template/ Want to find ESL Reading Activities for Teenagers and Adults? Check out my book: https://amzn.to/3PvgaiW https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #esl #teachingenglishwithjackie #teachingEnglish #readinglesson Timestamp: 0:00 Intro 0:17 Step 1: Set the Context 1:01 Step 2: Pre-reading task 1:32 Step 3: Gist Reading activity 2:38 Step 4: Main reading task 3:18 Step 5: Post-reading activity 3:53 Conclusion Transcript for how to plan an ESL reading lesson: Hi everybody, this is Jackie from eslactivity.org. So today I'm going to talk about how to plan an ESL reading lesson. There are a few simple steps that you can follow. Step number one is to set the context. Whatever students are reading about, you want them to be able to relate that to their normal real lives. This helps them activate their prior knowledge about that topic and makes whatever they're read going to read easier to understand for them. So for example, if your reading is about maybe a travel disaster, someone lost their wallet and then they got something stolen from them, you can ask students to talk with their partner for one minute about any kind of travel disaster that they've had. For example, they missed the bus, their wallet was gone, they lost their passport, something like the plane was delayed, etc. And then after that, give students a pre-reading task. The second thing that you can do is to get students to do a prediction activity. So get students to read the headline and then they can talk for maybe one minute with their partner about what the article will be about. Then step number three is the gist reading activity. So you want students to practice reading more quickly. Reading very, very slowly, word for word for word is not actually how people read. People skim through stuff looking for the information they want so we want to give students some practise doing that in English in our classes. So with a gist reading activity, maybe you could give students a very simple task like answering these three true or false questions. You want to deal with the big picture or maybe like what are the names of the two people in this story. Any just very, very simple question that you might want students to answer and then give them a short amount of time to read it, 30 seconds one minute, etc. Students will complain a little bit but I force them to do it and by the end of my class they kind of get used to it and it's not actually a big deal. And then students very quickly compare with their partners the answers to say those true or false questions and then quickly go over them as a class. Alright the next step, number four is the main reading task. So this is when students read for detail. I give students some comprehension questions and of course, I let students read the questions before they do the reading. They want to know what they have to read for. This is kind of a key thing that students will have to do for say their TOEFL or TOEIC or IELTS exam. They'll always teach your students to read the questions first and then I give them a few minutes to go through the reading in more detail and then students can compare their answers with a partner. And then as a class. All right so the next step is a post-reading activity. So there are a ton of games and activities and things you can do after students do a reading to get the most out of it. There are a bunch of ideas and please be sure to check the blog post for some of my best ideas for that. After that is an optional activity homework or review of whatever you've taught in that reading exercise. It kind of depends on the students. It's really up to you but a nice homework activity to follow a reading would be to give some writing homework related to the topic. Okay, so if you like this video, please be sure to hit like subscribe and leave a comment below with your favourite ESL reading activity. Also, be sure to check out my book ESL Reading Activities for Teenagers and Adults. Okay, I hope you enjoyed this video on how to plan an ESL reading lesson. Until next time, bye everybody.