Keep your students talking with this stimulating worksheet on the topic of advertising. Students role play a family meeting and use the causative to discuss what their parents will letmakehavegethelp them to do. Each set of discussion questions has not only been selected and tested for quick understanding for upper intermediate students, but consideration has also been given to the students abilities in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and the ability to support ideas. According to fisch 2004, educational television refers to. Listening and speaking activities,grade 7 1 the listening and speaking activitiesbooklet provides five pages of teacher notes and twentythree diverse classroom activities. A discussion activity in which students read and retell short articles and then exchange opinions about the ethics of cloning. Intermediate students requests using if and gerunds. Students give a high five to students they have something in common with.
The 10 activities listed below aim to get your students thinking, moving and working together. Nikos, a highly anxious boy describes feelings created by his exaggerated focus on avoiding language mistakes. Preparing students for public speaking running an inclass workshop on speaking6 resources at the saw center7 using technology and visuals7 preparing notes for speaking. Procedure give each student a different student question card. Activities to get students speaking 27 september 2011 by oxford university press elt 18 comments diana corcos, a teacher and teacher trainer, gives us a few tips on how to get students speaking in class. I started a file of speaking activities because there were too many tasks.
The goal of this book is to take the student from the mechanics of basic sentence writing to the ability to construct a simple paragraph. The most fruitful conversations arise spontaneously and there is an art to listening well and asking the right questions to in order to uncover the nuggets of universal interest which provoke stimulating classroom discussion. Esl speaking activities for newcomers packet will help your students stay in the target language in a comfortable and nonthreatening way. Youll need one set for each group of three students. In this booklet youll find over 30 ideas for warmers and fillers, all of which have come from a british council teacher or manager every one of our teaching. Telpas listening and speaking cognitive lab summary report. Writing skills practice book for efl beginningintermediate level. Some examples of pairwork and survey activities for intermediate include, amongst others, work on passive, phrasal verbs, polite requests and an icebreaker. Worksheet task 7 choosing a school jethro tull high school this is a positive school which believes in student independence. At intermediate level, students should feel pretty comfortable speaking in pairs or moving around the class and this allows the teacher to take a more withdrawn role.
Speaking activities for esl students from start to finish. Top 10 esl speaking activities new american pathways. For example, lessons are optional if you have already studied that topic in a previous course. Focus students explain a situation and offer suggestions and advice. Each monologue contains a script of 400500 words, which comes to 45 minutes of spoken text. This is a set of 40 short speaking activities for learners of english, 35 of which are handouts. The activities motivate the students to persuade and argue in a lighthearted manner. Speaking skills interrupting preparation read this plan, and familiarise yourself with the topic.
This speaking activity for higher level beginners up to upper intermediate. Intermediate b1 listening learnenglish teens british. There arent a lot of rules and students enjoy a lot more freedom than in other school, within reason. I watched my students learn and use new vocabulary in context which naturally came up during the lesson. A handy preintermediateintermediate lesson which introduces vocabulary.
Teacher notes explain the listening and speaking skills that each activity is meant to develop. I started a file of speaking activities because there were too many tasks and. Offers teacher resources including student activities, computer lab favorites. Some can be used to inspire topics of discussion, enabling you to hold an open forum with your students. An easy to project pdf in color with only one card per page is included in case you want to work on the questions as a class. Helping students overcome foreign language speaking. When students practise speaking we want to be sure not to discourage them in any way.
This no prep activity is perfect for small groups or centers. I watched my students engaged and interested in the course of the discussion which they themselves moderated and developed. Role play speaking activities aregreat for freeing students of their inhibitions and encouraging them to have. Efl learners with new experiences and enhance their listening and speaking skills. Language questions, giving reasons, expressing likes. Assessment hint listen to the appropriacy of students responses and their use of should, should have, ought to, had better. Based on the introduction and the objectives, it is assumed that communicative games can improve students english speaking skills. Guidelines for facilitating discussion are included.
When i speak i always make an awful lot of mistakes, and i dont like it. Show the picture to the entire class or provide each student with a photocopy. This page contains activities and worksheets for practising speaking english as a foreign language. The reasons why it is a good idea to give students speaking tasks which provoke them to use. Leave structure or vocabulary students need on the board make sure that students know the aim of the activity. May 24, 2016 esl students can be shy, but a number of speaking activities can help engage even the most ardent wallflowers throughout the course. Tell students that now the person who asked, how was your weekend. Use the below topics to improve your students listening skills. Listen to the teacher giving students advice for exams and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. There are a series of five small roleplays and this activity works best with intermediate students.
Six vocabulary activities for the english language. A lot of the tasks sprang from my own imagination, stimulating me to go into the classroom, feeling motivated by the freshness that accompanies a new inspiration and being eager to share it with my students. Esl and efl teachers thinking about using songs and lyrics to teach english grammar. This is a movies language exercise for english language learners to practice the present simple tense. The main aim of these talking point conversation worksheets is to promote english fluency by presenting students with stimulating discussion questions. Its makaylas first day at a new school and shes lost. These esl activities will encourage your students to stay in the target language. Not all classroom activities are designed for pair work. Our classroom activities are a rich teaching resource designed for school pupils. The global mark out of 4 is for you to give your students an overall mark. Activities to get students speaking oxford university press.
Nancy bachman, sheri bartlett, mary beauparlant, gretchen bitterlin, jim brice, elissa claar, catherine coxey. Intermediateadvanced level worksheets for the esl student. Buy all 18 esl activity packages at 50% off published by. Practice your writing while improving your english listening with our fun lessons using english dictation. Conversation activities for intermediate students intermediate esl activities package includes 3 fun activities a trip to canada, the windfall, and seeing the world. Pdf speaking activities to foster students oral performance at a. While a basic level of vocabulary will allow learners to communicate some ideas to a certain degree, better communicationwhether in speak. Beginner a1 speaking learnenglish teens british council. The lesson plans detailed in this chapter provide you with ideas you can use to help your ell students ways improve their. View preintermediate listening lesson plans on the premium site.
Speaking activities are later tested in the same group of students and evaluted. You can use this activity as a way ofputting students into pairs for another activity. If your students are stronger, you may want to drop the language focus. The students then stand up and go around the class, asking and artswering questions about their pictures until they find the student who has the identical card. Listen to the speakers and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. Iib groupwork speaking board game 3040 askmg and answering questions about mutmes bourne anivfl. Click on the image or the link to download the pdf file. This set of 32 conversation cards will help your students continue speaking with each other for more exten. Campuses were asked to include students from a variety of proficiency levels and grade levels, so that results will be applicable to beginning, intermediate, advanced, and advanced high students and all grade levels within a grade band.
Practical downloadable worksheets in pdf format for vocabulary practice. It can be used for making b2 or upper intermediate level learners spea. Esl intermediate level 83 conversation cards and speaking prompts no rating 0 customer. Communicative game is a set of well fundesign activities can stimulate students interaction in the classroom. This packet of listening and speaking activities contains just a few of the. English listening lessons for esl students with audio files. Instructions for the students, listening strategies, comprehension questions, and optional activities are part of each pdf download.
Classroom discussion as a speaking tool classroom speaking activities2 mount holyoke facultys creative use of speaking assignments3 small group work4 3. In this section of preintermediate, you will find such materials. Are you a beginner cefr level a1 learner of english. Even though none of the topics presented below is likely to surface during the speaking portion of an ielts or toefl exam, these lessons still allow for practicing the speaking skills needed to undertake these exams successfully. Conversation worksheets esl worksheets englishclub. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about speaking, speaking. Pdf vocabulary worksheets esl worksheets englishclub. Students at preintermediate level are able to express themselves better and there is more need for resources that prompt or guide communication and not dictate it so much. The speaking activities in this text come from a variety of sources. About this booklet every teacher has a warmer or filler that they really like. Then, they can have short conversations discussing the business activities they like and dislike.
Helping students overcome foreign language speaking anxiety in the. Students can be hesitant to speak for a wide variety of reasons fear of mistakes, peer pressure, or lack of selfconfidence are some of the main factors. Click on the image or the link to download the printable pdf file. Tell the students not to show their cards to anyone else. This is based on how well they do the three parts of the test, and their use of. Communicative game is a set of well fundesign activities. Esl intermediate level 83 conversation cards and speaking. These topics allow students to get used to practicing the present simple tense with topics that. English esl speaking worksheets most downloaded 1443. High intermediateadvanced listening, speaking, reading and writing program design and components overview the eal 701d curriculum is based on the foundation for the atlantic canada english language arts curriculum 1999 and adapted from the newfoundland esl 3205 course and its curriculum. If the other person had a good weekend, the questioner can answer with one of these sentences. Listen to the conversation about the human body and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. This oral story creating and relating activity works best with intermediate level and above learners.
Its usually more suitable for lowerlevel students but can also be used in intermediate or upperintermediate students, especially for the other variation of the activity described below. Elementary english language speaking activities focus on likesdislikes. Preparation download and make copies of the roleplay cards. All talking point conversation worksheets are designed for use with students who have reached pre intermediate level, though they are also very successful with intermediate and more advanced. This is especially important if students are not being taught in an english speaking country and where they will not be exposed to real world english outside the class. Students can ask for repetition and clarification, if necessary. Upperintermediate speaking test health and safety 10. Page 1 of our free intermediate level pdf lesson plans and worksheets for english. The best time to use pair work is during oral activities, as these activities allow students to get more speaking time than they would in a class setting.
When each pdf file opens, you can print it out or save it to your computer. Using communicative games in improving students speaking skills. Intermediate b1 listening learnenglish teens british council. This ppt consists of diverse tasks for practising speaking e. Lets dive into seven quick and easy esl speaking activities you can integrate into your lessons to practice speaking with teens or adults. Comic, activities and speaking game teacher version premier skills english podcast. It includes business role plays, icebreakers and problem solving. Listen to a paragraph about various topics and answer multiple questions.
Speaking activities are essential for english language speaking classes obviously. And, of course, a competitive element never hurts, does it. However, designing the right speaking activity for a topic is not always an easy task. At upper intermediate level, students are better able to cope with more open role plays which you will find in this section. With the use of these conversation cards, youll see your students break down barriers and begin to flourish. Discussing business activities pdf 8 elements of common work conversations with answers. Many of our speaking worksheets can be used in a variety of different ways. This is an esl speaking and writing lesson for talking about common business activities and tasks first, students match the expressions to the pictures. Practise your speaking with these interactive videos. The following committee members developed andor revised the esl student guide and activities. Check students understand the activity and that they should give a short response to their.
On these pages you will find ideas for classroom activities which involve speaking 1 staged roleplay jeff fowler, teacher, trainer, british council naples this is a series of engaging roleplays based on the concept of the gap year a round the world trip. One board is for beginning students and the other is for intermediate students. Six vocabulary activities for the english language classroom t o improve their second language proficiency, english language learners ells need a solid knowledge of vocabulary. Weve released 5 new upper intermediate speaking activities for you to teach. Comic, activities and speaking game student version worksheet 2.
It is recommended for elementary to intermediate students. Whether your students are elementary, intermediate or advanced, the interactive activities for esl students discussed below will help your students practice their listening and speaking skills from the beginning through the end. Staging speaking activities during the activity arouse the students interest. Click on the image below or the link at the download the printable pdf file. Upper intermediate speaking activities off2class blog. Listen to the audio file and write down what you hear. The questions are developed to help beginning level. It includes a large variety of engaging activities that students will enjoy throughout the entire school year. The activities in this book are intended to facilitate and support rich and stimulating conversation and are not designed to produce standardised lessons.
This first chapter starts with some lower intermediate classroom activities that can help. Each set of discussion questions has not only been selected and tested for quick understanding for upperintermediate students, but consideration has also been given to the students abilities in terms of vocabulary, grammar, and the ability to support ideas. Upper intermediate learners can, of course, access any of these easier english articles by themselves, but these ready lessons might encourage them to get interested in topics of global justice, and sometimes its just a lot less effort. Each unit contains many possible branching off points which can be either pursued in more depth or accepted at face value. It was based on gr ammar and did not help students speaking ability.
The guide and activities were originally developed for the 20042005 school year and have been revised on an annual basis. This could be compared to cooking on impulse rather than. This is a book for teachers and students who wish to create a classroom. Talking about humor this is an esl discusssion exercise useful for talking about humor. Impact of prespeaking activities on iranian intermediate efl learners oral performance. For beginners, its best to play after youve taught them the. High intermediate advanced listening, speaking, reading and writing program design and components overview the eal 701d curriculum is based on the foundation for the atlantic canada english language arts curriculum 1999 and adapted from the newfoundland esl 3205 course and its curriculum. A pdf version of the alt handbook is also available on the jet. One particularly successful format is based on our love of lists. The former are useful for acquainting your learners with the actual examination, and the latter have been. This photo entered a steady rotation of my speaking prompts for conversation and regular classes for advanced students. Teachers need to be aware of the students abilities and personalities as well as the language and grammar they will be presenting.
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