First lessons articles, lesson plans and worksheets
Needs analysis worksheets and articles page
Articles
Planning a first kindergarten English class
Preparing for your first business or ESP class
Preparing for your first preschool English class
First lessons with IELTS classes
Very young learner first lesson problems and solutions
Preparing to teach your first EFL exam class
Questions to ask before a new kindergarten English class
Business English first lessons (wish list, problems and solutions and lesson plans – on Onestopenglish but viewable for free)
Teaching children: Classroom management: The first day (also Onestop, but need subscription to view)
First lesson games (part of the article above, so also need subscription)
The Yes Game, Question Chains and One Lie, described near the top of this article on Speaking Games for False Beginners.
Man and Wife (based on the old game show Mr and Mrs)
Finding things in common games
15 variations on Find Someone Who and mingling games
Finding variations to Find Someone Who - extended version of the article above, written for MET
15 Business English games for describing your company and job
Worksheets
IELTS needs analysis and Speaking Part One review
IELTS Speaking Part Three questions about language learning (to link needs analysis with exam content)
BULATS Writing First Lesson (good way to combine writing and needs analysis)
Talking about your job and company First class
Meeting people and greetings worksheets
BULATS Speaking and writing first lesson
Form filling games (GTKY with speaking and writing)
Lesson plans
