Hello,

I am a bit confused and I want your opinion and comments about my brief lesson plan.

I am going to start my first class with a level 1 beginner student (I don �t know about his background knowledge in English language) who is an accountant in a firm in Montreal , Canada.

I have made my own  lesson plan, of 60minutes, so I suggested the following (briefly):

Warm up: where I introduce myself at the same time have an idea about student �s ability to introduce oneself. Then I reinforce greeting skills  ....15mnt

step 1, .....20mnt
To get motivated, I show him/her, as a game, three colorful cards with questions in degrees of importance,like :GREEN CARD what is your ful name? Are you an accountant? where do you work? ORANGE CARD: Do you like travelling? what is the name of your pet? what is your favourite colour? then RED:.....
Student will answer the questions orally and write the answer on a sheet. (to see his speaking, listening and writing skills, grammar....etc)

Step 2, .....15 mnt
student this time will ask the questions to the teacher.(a kind of conversation)

 Step 3,......10 mnt
Student uses his previous answers to write a paragraph. (OR Teacher asks the student to find 5 words related to each of the following categories and write them in a table down on a sheet. eg, office, family, school, travel, and clothes . Then form sentences of his/her own)

What do you think ??

manonski is right, it �s more or less an elemantary plan, not beginner.�

one more thing, I don �t think the first parts will last that long, especially warm-up and part 2. they will probably last 5 minutes each. however, writing could take 20 minutes or so (depending on how much you want him to write, of course) because writing is usually the hardest thing to do for lower levels. and as an adult, he would probably want to make a perfect writing. so, it will take more time. and I recommend you to adapt your lesson according to his needs. Will he use English in daily speech, business talks or letters etc. good luck!

@Phil - You would be surprised how many people born  in Canada don �t speak English.

May I emphasize that Nancy is refering to people living in QUEBEC.  Very few people OUTSIDE Quebec are absolute beginners and if there are any, it would be perhaps the ones living in eastern Ontario, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.  Yes Philip, many people do not speak english in Montreal.   Montreal is often portrayed as an english-speaking cosmopolitan city when in fact French is spoken by the majority.  However, English made substantial gains over the past twenty years.  Canada as a country is often ill-understood when it comes to what language is used.  Let me break it down for you.  Quebec-French  Other provinces-mostly English.  New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province.  If you teach ESL in Canada, you probably are from Quebec.  Ask any of the top members.