Introduction English is, in most cases, known as a worldwide language. The main reason behind this is that it’s the most commonly spoken language globally. More than 1.55 billion people globally speak English, either as their native or second language. Additionally, it’s the official language of more than 100 states….
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ESL Vocabulary Activity Worksheet: Dictionary Skills
If you’re on the lookout for a cool and effective way to help your students improve their vocabulary, writing, and critical thinking skills, you’re in the right place. In this blog post, I’ll explain an ESL vocabulary activity that could become your secret weapon in the classroom. It’s all about…
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Prefixes Worksheet for ESL: Conversation Practice
As ESL teachers, we’re always on the lookout for resources that can truly make a difference in our students’ language learning journeys. That’s why I’m excited to share a resource that has not only enriched my classroom but has also contributed significantly to my students’ language skills: the “Prefixes Worksheet…
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NEW: 12 Back to School Games That Foster Teamwork and Learning
As the new school year starts and the corridors buzz with the excitement of a fresh academic journey, educators everywhere are looking for innovative ways to motivate their students, spark their passion for learning, and create a dynamic classroom vibe. When it comes to achieving these goals, back to school…
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Discover TEFL Lesson Plans: TEFLLessons.com’s Exceptional Teaching Resources
Ever seen confetti on a link? Well, not literally, but some links here might have a festive affiliate twist. If you click and end up at an amazing destination, it’s like a mini-party for both of us – you find cool stuff, and we get a little confetti shower too….
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End of Year Activities and Games : No-prep, Easy to Print
It’s June, the most wonderful month. For students, but mostly for teachers. We really need that break. Here are a couple of end of school activities that will help with that, But before you start sipping that cocktail by the pool, have some fun with your students if you can….
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ESL Taboo Cards: Printable Vocabulary Activity
Are you looking for a stimulating and entertaining method to increase your vocabulary and communication abilities in English? Take a look our ESL taboo card games below! ESL Taboo is a frequently played game that’s designed for teams of two or more players. The goal is to get your teammates…
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10 Interactive ESL Online Games for Language and Critical Thinking Improvement
In today’s digital age, online games have become a popular and effective tool for teaching various skills, including English as a second language. Interactive ESL online games, such as digital escape rooms, scavenger hunts, critical thinking games, and media literacy games, are not only fun and engaging but also provide…
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Future Conversation Questions for Engaging Student Discussions: Future Perfect, Future Continuous, Future Simple in the ESL Classroom
If you’re an ESL teacher, you know that getting students to practice speaking is a top priority. One way to do this is by using future conversation questions that focus on future tenses (future simple, future perfect, and future continuous). In this blog post, we’ll dive into why using these…
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More Role-play Ideas for English Classroom
Welcome to Role-play English Resources! Want to make learning English more fun? Try role-playing! It’s a great way for ESL students to practice their conversation, grammar, listening, reading, and writing skills. We’ve got a ton of cool role-play activities, games, scripts, and ideas for you to use in the classroom….
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Travel ESL Conversation Questions
This is an excellent speaking activity for students when engaged in a conversation about travel, as well as for adult students in any program or one-on-one lessons. Travel words on the list include – journey, flights, destination, trip, license, accommodation, backpacking, international, leisure, and countries. The free discussion worksheet for…
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10 No-Prep and Low-Prep Fun ESL Christmas Activities
It’s the time of the year again! I’m slowly getting into the Christmas mood, and nothing says Christmas more than music. Although I love listening to festive music mostly when I’m wrapping presents, planning a holiday lesson isn’t that bad either. So grab a cup of tea or mulled wine,…
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Christmas Vocabulary: ESL Taboo Cards
Learn vocabulary by explaining the definitions. Careful, you can’t use some words, they are forbidden!
Christmas Forbidden Words Card Game.
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Advent Calendar for ESL Students: 24 Ideas To Make Your Lesson Even More Fun!
Who Doesn’t Like Christmas?
This is my twist on a traditional advent calendar.
You will need a Christmas stocking, 24 slips of paper and your creativity!
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Halloween Vocabulary Activity: ESL Video and Speaking Activity
It’s almost here! Our students’ favorite holiday! Halloween! Ok, not everyone loves Halloween, but it’s a perfect opportunity to have a little fun in the classroom. There are plenty of various activities online and for those who don’t like crafts and are not particularly artsy (as myself) I’ve put together…
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ESL Personality Questions and Reading Worksheet
ESL personality questions based on reading activity and 20 conversation questions with personality adjectives. 1 Warm up. Watch the video and do the personality test. Do you agree with the result? 2 Read the text and answer the questions below. Personality is the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors…
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15 Back to School Activities: Icebreakers, Warm-ups, and Energizers
Fun and easy-to-use back to school activities 1) Learn your students’ names New class, new faces, new names – a mess. This back to school activity has saved me multiple times. You can learn 30 new names in minutes, kids have fun and they painlessly learn new adjectives. Start by…
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Conversation Questions for ESL Lessons
This speaking activity contains 30 ESL conversation questions for ES lessons. Great for teens and adult learners. (16+, B1+). It is best for small groups or as a pair-work. The slideshow can be used as a resource for online teaching, just share your screen on Zoom or another app when…
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25 For and Against Essay Topics and Ideas that Double as Conversation Topics
25 for and against essay topics that can be also used for class debates. For and against essay topics: layout. • The first paragraph should be the introduction. Include a thesis statement, which summarises the main issue. In the past, most people lived with their parents until they got married….
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Conversation Questions: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Conversation questions for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives. 1. We use comparatives to compare two things (or people). This movie is more interesting than the one you chose. Susie is smarter than her brother. 2. Superlatives are used, however, to show the difference between more than two things or more…
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Food ESL Conversation Questions and Video Activity
This speaking and listening activity consists of a video warm-up activity and food conversation questions. As a warm-up activity watch this video on the 15 best foods around the world. Have students take notes on each food as they watch. What is it made of? How was it prepared? Where…
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Questions for ESL Conversation: 60 Questions Based on Vogue Interviews
If you’re an ESL teacher, you know that speaking is a difficult skill for students to master. Plus, speaking can be intimidating. It’s one thing to write and another thing entirely to perform in front of others. That’s why these 60 questions for ESL conversation based on Vogue’s 73 Question…
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Storytelling Cards: Imaginative Speaking and Writing Activity
I’ve decided that you deserve a little treat. Read on and find all about it. It’s almost Christmas after all and you’ve been working hard. We love stories. We have always loved them. When our ancestors sat by the fire they told stories of mighty warriors, immortal gods, or wicked…
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Modal Verbs Conversation Questions, Use, and Examples
Practice modal verbs with conversation questions, watch video explanation and study example sentences. What are modal verbs? According to Merriam-Webster, a modal verb is a verb (such as can, could, shall, should, ought to, will, or would) that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and…
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Fluent English: Effective Tips on How To Speak Fluently
One of the most common struggles of every English learner is the struggle to speak fluent English. We all strive to speak confidently and naturally and fluency plays a major role in achieving this. Many times learners of English even prefer fluency to accuracy. Students often don’t mind making a…
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Funny Conversation Starters: 60 Questions
Save time preparing your ESL conversation lessons, try these funny conversation starters. Need a warm-up activity? Looking for something different and fun? No problem, share your screen if you teach online or use a projector when teaching in the classroom. You can also download the PDF and print the questions….
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Best English Games to Play in Your ESL Classroom
Here is an extensive list of my favorite English games to play with my students. Board games Yes, you read that right. Cards Against Humanity. But! This is a family edition, so it’s clean. You can download if for free and print, but, make sure you feel comfortable using it,…
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Icebreaker Questions for ESL Classroom
Icebreaker questions are a great speaking activity that can be used not only at the beginning of the new school year but whenever there is a need for a warm-up activity, group speaking activity, pair work, or a quick fun speaking activity. This speaking activity contains 20 icebreaker questions for…
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Conversation Questions Passive Voice: ESL Speaking Activity
Passive Voice Conversation Questions Form: a form of the verb ‘to be'(used to change the tense) + past participle Tense Active Passive Present simple I make dinner. Dinner is made (by me). Present continuous I am making dinner. Dinner is being made (by me). Past simple I made dinner. Dinner…
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Taliban Take over Afghanistan: Dare to Educate Afghan Women(UPDATED)
If you don’t live in a cave you know what’s happening in Afghanistan right now. If you don’t know, you can find out here. No matter what your political preferences are, or what do you believe in, I’m sure you agree that education is important. What is happening in Afghanistan…
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English Speaking Practice: 20 Conversation Topics
These conversations topics and questions will help any learner practice and master speaking English. Age or level of English doesn’t matter, what matters is practice, practice, practice. So here you go, find a speaking partner, choose a topic and have fun! Starting a conversation 1. Current situation How are you…
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20 Fun Discussion Questions for (Not Only) the ESL Classroom
I don’t know about your corner of the world, but here in Central Europe summer has arrived with full force. It’s scorching hot. I finally understand the 3-hour siesta they have in some countries. Who would want to move, or think in this heat? So I cut my students some…
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Popular ESL Conversation Topics for English Practice
This activity for adults and teenagers contains five ESL conversation topics and fifty conversation questions. It starts with everyone’s most favorite topic: Tell me something about you. People love to talk about themselves, so let them! You can also watch this interesting Ted Talk about being ourselves. If you love…
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Conversation Starters: 30 Interesting Conversation Questions Not Only For ESL Students
These interesting and deep conversation starters are not only intended for ESL students but also for everyone who would like to start chatting with a stranger, neighbor, colleague, someone they fancy, partner, friend. No matter how well you know somebody, these deep conversation starters will help you connect with them…
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Conversation Questions Gerunds and Infinitives: ESL Speaking Activity
We use gerunds (verb + ing): After certain verbs – I enjoy drawing After prepositions – I drank a beer after running. As the subject or object of a sentence – Jogging is good exercise We use ‘to’ + infinitive: After certain verbs – We decided to buy the house. After many adjectives – It’s easy to do it. –…
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30 Hypothetical Conversation Questions for ESL Students
Here is another set of conversation questions, this some for more advanced students as the questions are hypothetical, so it requires a knowledge of conditionals and a certain level of creativity. I’d recommend it for 16+ (B1, B2, C1). The questions for this activity are used with the kind permission…
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ESL Role-play Worksheet: Food
In this post, you will find role-plays on various topics connected to food. With these role-plays, your students will be discussing the best dishes in the world, ordering food they don’t know, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of delivery and cooking, and choosing the best diet. There is another restaurant-themed…
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50 ESL Conversation Questions for Teens and Adults
This speaking activity contains 50 ESL conversation questions for teens and adult learners. (16+, B1+). It is best for small groups or as a pair-work. This activity contains 50 questions and a YouTube video, so students can practice listening to real language and you can also play the game from the video with…
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Quiz: Which Teacher Are You? Do You Teach Like Einstein or Montessori?
Is your teaching style or personality similar to one of the famous teachers? Let’s find out! Which famous teacher are you? Share your results with your friends! Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and originator of the educational system that bears her name. The Montessori system is based…
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Conversation Questions: Future Tenses
The focus of this activity is to practice grammar while speaking. These conversation questions with future tenses will help the students better understand when to use various future tenses. When we want to talk about the future we can use these tenses/structures: We can use the Present Simple when we…
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Role-play Scenarios for ESL: Discussing Different Topics and Situations, Even Vaccination!
What is a role-play scenario? Role-play is any speaking activity when you either put yourself into somebody else’s shoes, or when you stay in your own shoes but put yourself into an imaginary situation, also called a scenario! I put together my favorite role-play scenarios and speaking activities which I…
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Phrasal Verbs Activity and Exercises, Conversation Questions and PDF Worksheet
I sometimes watch, or more accurately, watched (because Covid) Netflix with friends. We always use English subtitles, as my friends want to improve their English. Sometimes they ask me to translate a word or a phrase, sometimes I don’t mind and sometimes it bothers me. But my lack of patience…
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ESL Presentation Topics: 12 Mini Presentations
ESL presentation topics for intermediate and upper intermediate students. Great as a warm-up or a speaking lesson. You can use the slideshow and share your screen on Zoom or other app when teaching online. Just click on the full screen option in the top right corner of the slideshow. I…
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Food and Travel ESL Lesson: Interactive Online Lesson
In this food and travel ESL lesson students will discuss their travel experience and plans. They will watch a ten-minute video and learn about different etiquette rules. We can’t travel anywhere(even if we can, it’s still very limited) because of the current Covid-19 pandemic, however, there are plenty of activities…
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ESL Exam Speaking Picture Description and Questions
This ESL exam speaking task based on picture description and questions will help students prepare for a number of international exams, as well as local school leaving examinations – e.g. Matura. In many English exams including FCE students will have to talk about/describe pictures. The format varies, the examination paper…
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Engaging Online Teaching: ESL Activities and Games
Here are a couple of ideas for online teaching ESL activities and games that can be assigned to students so they can work independently as well as used during your video meeting. 1. Artist in your own home Students have to take 10 photos of anything they consider beautiful. You…
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Conversation Questions: Present Perfect and Past Simple
Present perfect vs. simple past Present Perfect Simple Past Simple Unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present: I‘ve known my wife for fifteen years (and I still know her). Finished actions: I knew my friend Anne for fifteen years (but then she moved abroad and we lost touch)….
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10 Rules To Help You Become a Better Teacher
How can you be a better teacher? When I say better teacher I don’t mean the horrible CPD workshops every teacher experienced. Did you shudder? I’m sure you did. Rebecca Allen writes about the bad CPD here. She asked teachers on Twitter about their worst CPD and got some interesting…
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Online ESL Video Lesson : Can Sci-fi Predict the Future?
Can science fiction predict the future? Let’s find out it this ESL video lesson. What do you think of when you hear sci-fi? What do you associate it with? Do you like sci-fi? Why? What is your favorite sci-fi movie or book? Do you think that science fiction writers need…
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Business English Role-play Activity: Annoying Coworkers
There are certain types of annoying coworkers that can be found almost everywhere. You might be one of them. Do you know which one you are? Take this quiz. The most frequent types are: The Gossiper The Wannabe Boss The Talker The Energy Vampire The Kitchen Slob These business English…
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ESL Communication Activity: Science Role-Plays
Communication Activity: Science Role Plays. Download this free PDF worksheet with three role plays discussing controversial opinions on vaccination, cancer treatment and so-called chemtrails.
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No Time? 10 No-prep ESL Activities, Warm-ups and Energizers
Sometimes I don’t have time or energy to print extra resources or activities. Some days, like today, the printer in my office runs out of ink, the printer in the common area is jammed and while two colleagues are trying to repair it, I quietly leave to copy some activities…
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Conversation Questions Conditionals: ESL Speaking Activity
Conversation Questions Conditionals: First, Second, Third Conditional First Conditional Second Conditional Third Conditional Download here>>>>>Conditionals Speaking Activity Other speaking activities: ESL Speaking Activity: Business English Role Plays No-prep Speaking Activity: Warmer And Filler For ESL Classes 32 Inspirational And Creative Job Interview Questions For ESL/Business English Students ESL/EFL Speaking Activity:…