What is this lesson about? This A2-B1 functional language lesson helps students talk about their sleep routine in simple, everyday English. Learners react to common sleep habits, assess their own routine, and build a bank of phrases for describing sleep patterns and giving gentle advice. The lesson works towards a guided roleplay where students describe a sleep problem and receive one piece of advice from a partner.

What language will students learn? Students practise simple expressions for describing routines and giving advice, including:

Useful expressions

• I usually go to bed…

• I get up…

• I find it hard to fall asleep

• I wake up in the night

• You should try to…

• You could…

• Why don't you…?

• Maybe you need…

• It might help to…

  
  

These phrases are introduced through a model dialogue and a gap-fill task before being used freely in a partner roleplay.

How do students practise? Learners build fluency through a describe-and-advise sequence:

• Reacting to simple statements about sleep habits

• Comparing sleep preferences in a forced-choice warm-up

• Reflecting on their own current sleep routine

• Learning phrases for describing sleep and giving advice

• Reading a model dialogue between two friends

• Completing sentences with the target phrases

• Discussing their own sleep patterns and habits

• Rating how different things affect their sleep

• Responding to a simple situation about a friend's sleep habits

• Roleplaying a conversation that gives a partner advice on sleep

  
  

Why is this lesson useful? By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Describe their own sleep routine using simple, natural English

• Give simple advice using phrases like you should, why don't you and it might help to

• Understand and use a short everyday dialogue about sleep

• Talk about the everyday factors that affect sleep quality

• Take part in a short roleplay giving a partner advice

  
  

Who is it for? This lesson is designed for adult ESL learners at A2-B1 level who want to build confidence describing daily routines and giving simple advice in English, through a clear, guided speaking sequence.