I teach ESL in a junior high in Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan. I have also taught kindergarten, elementary, high school, adults, and English for special purpose. I am frequently required to design and plan my own entire courses from start to finish.

Please email me, and I will be pleased to give you some pointers that may or may not be useful to you.

You’re right about the overkill. It is better to “tailor” your work to your specific students.

The difference between your work and mine is (I guess) that your students speak a variety of languages and are trying to learn English.

About half of my students are Ami (local aboriginal folks), and the other half are ethnic Chinese. They all speak Taiwanese instead of Mandarin.

I’ll see what I can do when I hear from you.