Pride Month ESL Lesson – Celebrate Diversity and Build Vocabulary
This Pride Month ESL lesson is designed to help students understand key vocabulary related to LGBTQ+ identity, history, and equality through listening, speaking, and vocabulary tasks. It offers a supportive, respectful introduction to themes of identity and social justice — ideal for adult and teen learners.
This lesson comes with:
Fillable Fields – This worksheet can be completed digitally or printed.
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Perfect for sharing via email for online lessons.
This is most suited to B1/B2– level.
1 hour +
What’s in the Lesson?
Learners start with discussion questions to activate prior knowledge and generate interest. Then, they complete a matching task where they explore terms like cisgender, heterosexual, and gender identity, using definitions and contextual clues. This task builds both vocabulary and cultural awareness.
The core of the lesson features a listening activity focused on the origins and significance of Pride Month. Students answer comprehension questions, complete a gap-fill task, and review key terms heard in the audio. Words such as honour, courage, healing, and parades are explained and practised with pronunciation support.
The lesson closes with speaking questions that allow learners to reflect on the themes and use new vocabulary naturally.
This lesson supports empathy and inclusive classroom discussion while developing core ESL skills.
Why teach this Pride Month ESL Lesson?
Celebrating Pride Month in your ESL class encourages respectful conversation, introduces essential cultural knowledge, and expands vocabulary related to identity and equality. It also develops listening and speaking fluency around meaningful topics.
Try this Pride Month ESL Lesson in class today!
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