Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners
Lesson Plan Bank
esl LESSON PLANS
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
