This is a great ESL group speaking activity (16+/adults, intermediate/upper intermediate). It covers various topics: education, jobs, communication. It teaches the students to co-operate, voice their opinion, it fosters creativity and gives the students enough room to make their own decisions and maintain a certain level of independence. It is…
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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:…
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No-prep Speaking Activity: Warmer And Filler For ESL Classes
This is a quick no-prep activity that can be used as an ice breaker or a regular activity. Students usually like to talk about themselves and maybe boast a little so this activity is quite popular. At the beginning of the lesson, ask them to pull out their mobile phones…
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32 Inspirational And Creative Job Interview Questions For ESL/Business English Students.
Great speaking activity for older students when teaching jobs, or for adult students in Business English classes, or for your one-to-one lessons. These questions are everything but boring and I can guarantee that they will spark interest in your students. The questions are real interview questions compiled from different websites….
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ESL/EFL Speaking Activity: Role Play Debate
I do a lot of speaking activities with my older students. We do a lot of simulations, discussions, role plays, games, etc. and this ESL debate is one of them. One of the activities I do is an argumentative debate where they can utilize everything they’ve learned, and another great…
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Will Your Students Steal A Car?: ESL/EFL Simulation Activity
This ESL simulation activity is for a group of four students, B1-B2 level, 15+ age. I find it’s best to use this activity after teaching crime vocabulary, and after teaching some basic concepts of peer pressure, argumentation, and manipulation. What I like about this activity is that the character cards…
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Picture Based Speaking Activity For ESL/EFL Classes
I got the idea for this ESL picture speaking activity after we came across a well-known photograph in our textbook, and I was surprised how many students didn’t know it. Sure, young people are overwhelmed with photos all day long. Take Instagram for example, but it is usually photos of…
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Picture Prompts for Speaking and Writing: An ESL Activity
Picture description activities can be rather boring after some time and it occurred to me that usually, the pictures are not very creative. I came up with an idea of how to spice it up a bit. The picture prompts for speaking and writing in this activity are unusual, imaginative…
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ESL Picture Description: Exam Skills Practice
I put together picture prompts on different topics that can be used when practicing general speaking with your students or preparing them for various certificates and exams. I will later add more resources on different topics. Download the PDF >>>>ESL Picture Description: Exam Skills Practice Similar resources ESL Picture Storytelling…
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5 Apps To Learn English Without Knowing It
There are 2.2 million apps in Android store and 2 million in Apple’s App store. I’m sure a huge number of those apps is useles, but you can also find there plenty of helpful, entertaining of educative apps. Here’s a simple infographic of 5 apps I’ve been using with my…