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Beginner English - 20 Point Program

English Lesson Plan N° 2 – February 13, 2019 – 3:00 – 4:00 pm. - Martín Urueña

Teaching and Learning Numbers in English:

ESL Beginner Lessons

byKenneth Beare
Updated June 21, 2018

The use of numbers for beginners is important. These exercises can be done almost like
a grammar chant. The back and forth of a chant helps to memorize the numbers more
quickly.

Learning the Numbers 1 to 20

Start by with numbers one through 20. If you are teaching in a classroom, you can write a
list on the board and point to the numbers, asking student to repeat after you as you
point. Once students have learned these numbers, you can move on to other, larger
numbers.

LISTENING EXERCISE: http://www.languageguide.org/english/numbers/

 1 - one
 2 - two
 3 - three
 4 - four
 5 - five
 6 - six
 7 - seven
 8 - eight
 9 - nine
 10 - ten
 11 - eleven
 12 - twelve
 13 - thirteen
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  14 - fourteen
 15 - fifteen
 16 - sixteen
 17 - seventeen
 18 - eighteen
 19 - nineteen
 20 – twenty

Learning the 'Tens'

Next, students learn 'tens' which they can use with ever larger numbers. If you are teaching,
you can write out a list of the tens and point to them one by one, asking the students to
repeat after you:

 10 - ten
 20 - twenty
 30 - thirty
 40 - forty
 50 - fifty
 60 - sixty
 70 - seventy
 80 - eighty
 90 - ninety
 100 - One hundred

Contrasting 'Teens' and 'Tens'

The 'teens' and 'tens' can be tricky because of difficulties is distinguishing between similar-
sounding pairs like 13 - 30, 14 -40, etc. Write the following list of numbers and as you point
to the numbers, exaggerate the pronunciation, emphasizing the 'teen' of each number and
the unaccented 'y' on the 'tens'.

 12 - 20
 13 - 30
 14 - 40
 15 - 50
 16 - 60
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  17 - 70
 18 - 80
 19 - 90

Practicing Random Numbers

You can write a list of random numbers on the board and point to the numbers as you work
your way around the classroom.

 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?

 Martín: 15
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 2
 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?
 Martín: 24
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 57
 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?
 Martín: 62
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 73
 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?
 Martín: 89
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 94
 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?
 Martín: 89
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 100
 Teacher: Martín, what number is this?
 Martín: 101
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 200
 Teacher: What number is this?

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  Martín: 1000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 10,000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 100,000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 1000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 1,000,000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 1,000,000,000
 Teacher: What number is this?
 Martín: 1,000,000, 000,000

Math Vocabulary
Updated March 17, 2017
https://www.mathsisfun.com/basic-math-definitions.html

It's important to know the right math vocabulary when speaking about mathematics in
class. This page provides math vocabulary for basic calculations.
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Basic Math Vocabulary

video: Math Vocabulary for English Learners –

math operations-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQjmPieFjQ

The Basic Operations

Symbol Words Used

+ Addition

− Subtraction

× Multiplication

÷ Division

+ - plus

Example:

2+2
Two plus two

- - minus

Example:

6-4
Six minus four

5
 x OR * - times

Example:

5 x 3 OR 5 * 3
Five times three

= - equals

Example:

2+2=4
Two plus two equals four.

< - is less than

Example:

7 < 10
Seven is less than ten.

> - is greater than

Example:

12 > 8
Twelve is greater than eight.

≤ - is less than or equal to

Example:

4+1≤6
Four plus one is less than or equal to six.

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 ≥ - is more than or equal to

Example:

5 + 7 ≥ 10
Five plus seven is equal to or greater than ten.

≠ - is not equal to

Example:

12 ≠ 15
Twelve is not equal to fifteen.

/ OR ÷ - divided by

Example:

4 / 2 OR 4 ÷ 2
four divided by two

1/2 - one half

Example:

1 1/2
One and one half

1/3 - one third

Example:

3 1/3
Three and one third

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 1/4 - one quarter

Example:

2 1/4
Two and one quarter

5/9, 2/3, 5/6 - five ninths, two thirds, five sixths

Example:

4 2/3
Four and two thirds

% - percent

Example:

98%
Ninety eight percent