Summer holidays are coming to an end and it is high time to switch on “back to work” mode. Of course, not all of us had holidays this year, and not all adult learners took a break in summer. But in case you are going to meet your students after the holidays, you need to prepare well for the first lesson. Here you will find some tips and ideas on how to have your first online lesson with adults. Lesson ideas introduced in the article are suitable for Pre-Intermediate+ levels.

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Tips

  1. The lesson must be as light and fun as possible.
  2. No new complicated constructions, grammar, vocabulary or tests.
  3. Positive and relaxed atmosphere.
  4. More speaking activities and games.

Lesson ideas

Task 1 (Warm-up)

  1. Show the pictures of different summer holiday activities to your students and ask them to describe how the people spent their holidays.
  2. Ask them to choose one picture which describes best how the student spent the summer holidays.


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Task 2 (Discussion)

Discuss the questions with your students:

  1. Did you have a vacation this summer? Did it go the way you had planned?
  2. Did you go anywhere? Where did you go?
  3. Was it the first time you’d been there? Did you see anything really interesting?
  4. How different were your summer holidays from the previous ones?
  5. Did the pandemic influence the way you spent your holidays? How?

Task 3 (Video)

Ask your students to watch the video and answer the questions.

  1. How has organizing holidays changed in times of corona? What are the main things that are different now?
  2. Do you think despite all inconveniences it is worth travelling nowadays? Why?
  3. Would you rather stay at home or go on holiday in times of corona?

Task 4

Ask your students to watch the video and answer the question: What are the most popular destinations for travelling in the time of corona?

Keys:

Places that were not popular before the pandemic and are considered new gems. People tend to choose locations, where few people go.

Task 5

Get your students to watch the video again and mark the sentences True/False/Not mentioned.

  1. The main trend of vacation is getting in your car and staying close to home.
  2. The places that are in demand are the most popular gems around the country.
  3. You need to have two plans while travelling.
  4. Before travelling, there are some questions you should find out from the travel agency and the hotel. For example:

— Are masks required?

— How are vacation rentals cleaned?

— Are you leaving rooms empty between guests?

— Will people sit next to me on the plane?

  1. You shouldn’t take kids with you when you go travelling.

Keys:

True

— False

— True

— True

— Not mentioned

Task 6

Ask your students to choose a suitable topic to talk about for 2 minutes.

Provide them with useful vocabulary.

  1. You shouldn’t risk your health for the sake of rest in times of corona.
  2. If I had a chance to restart my summer holidays, I would…
  3. The best holiday in times of pandemic is being a couch potato.
  4. A person gets healthier and stronger due to travelling and having some rest.
  5. No virus is dangerous when you spend your time with your lovely people.

Words to use: Wear masks, use sanitizers, keep social distance, socialize, to be at high risk, socialize, communicate, healthy relationship, immunity, restart one’s life, online communication, face to face communication, handshaking, touching.

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