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Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners

esl LESSON PLANS

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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Buy a Car

Setting: ESL

NRS Level(s): Level 5: High Intermediate

Open entry/exit: Yes

Context: Community

Standard (s): Listen Actively

Benchmark(s): 1.5, 5.5

Objective: To communicate orally to succeed in negotiation.

Materials: Car advertisements, calculator, toy money/credit card, loan application

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson: 30 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 2 hours

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
Class discussion - “Who would like a new car?” Things to discuss with the class could include:

• Where to go
• Buying a new or used car
• Financing the car or paying cash

Teach the lesson:
Vocabulary to emphasize during the lesson should include:

• down payment
• interest rate
• loan
• commission

Practice the lesson:
Divide the class: ½ sellers, ½ buyers. Use ca advertisements to negotiate the sale and purchase of a car. By the end of the activity, there need to be a written offer.

Assess the lesson:
Instructor feedback and class-elected “winner”.

Apply the lesson to the real world:
Negotiate in a real-life situation, such as buying a car or buying a house.

Submitted by: Linda Boldish Castaneda, Brandi Criss-Johns

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