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ESL: Talking About Success
In this ESL speaking worksheet, students match statements about what makes one happy with pictures, then create conversations about happiness and success using the same statements.
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Communicative Group Activity: What's Your Opinion?
Students participate in a topic discussion in English. They choose a topic from a group of cards and then give their opinion on what was read. The other students have to offer their opinions as well in English.
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Comparative and Superlative Forms
Students practice identifying the comparative and superlative forms of language. The second phase of the lesson focuses on using the comparative and superlative forms actively in small group conversation.
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Find Out About Your Partner's...
In this ESL leisure time conversation worksheet, learners practice oral speaking skills by collaborating with a partner in completing the worksheet. Students ask and answer questions about personal preferences and leisure pursuits.
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Then and Now
Students explain the differences and time relationships between the past simple, present perfect (continuous) and present simple tenses when speaking about the past and present. They use a graphic organizer before speaking.
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Speaking Skills - Asking Questions
Students improve speaking confidence when using difficult question forms. This lesson focuses on helping students explain how to engage in this kind of social conversation. A worksheet imbedded in this plan provides practice.
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Introducing...Me
Students practice rephrasing techniques to ask and answer questions in order to maintain conversational exchanges. Students create scripts about themselves to use as conversation starters. This lesson is intended for students acquiring...
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BBC Learning English, Speaking (Clarifying Meaning)
In this verbal comprehension worksheet, students identify possible reasons for poor inter-personal communication and learn multiple phrases to use for clarification in a conversation.
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International Communication: Why English?
In this international communication of why English worksheet, students participate in four activities including why important sites are relevant to the history of communication, matching explanations with sites and conversation starters...
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ESL Storyboards
In this ESL literacy learning exercise, students examine each individual board and then use them to tell and write a story about the events.
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Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills: Role Play-Shopping: ESL
In this ESL role playing worksheet, learners role play taking merchandise back to a store. Students read 9 lines of script, a conversation between 2 learners.
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Community Language Learning
Students discuss whatever they wish and have their English conversations recorded by a tape recorder. If Students speaks using incorrect English, the teacher repeats what was said with proper English for the student to hear. Students...
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Daily Routine Word and Picture Matching
In this daily routines word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and match them with the word that describes what is happening.
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I Was Going to Sell My Car...
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students work in collaboration with classmates to put halves of sentences together. Students cut apart the strips and circulate through the class and find complete sentences by orally reading their...
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Find Someone Who (Routines)
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students circulate among classmates and ask 7 questions. Students find someone who fits the criteria in each question. Example: Find someone who wakes up at 6 o'clock in the morning.
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Halloween Survey
For this ESL conversation survey worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of Halloween scary creatures. Students ask each other if they are scared of this thing and record the answers of their classmates.
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Do You....?
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate to interview classmates about the 7 topics illustrated by a picture. All questions will be answered yes/no.
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Fruit Survey
In this ESL survey worksheet, students practice conversation skills by collaborating with classmates in a survey. Students examine 7 pictures of fruit and survey 3 classmates as to whether or not they like each fruit.
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Hugging, Kissing, and Shaking Hands
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the appropriate times for hugging, kissing, and shaking hands. Students study the 9 pictures shown and match the occassion with each photo. Students then use the given...
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Are You a Good Listener?
Your learners talk to each other every day, but are they really listening? Use a lesson based on listening skills to ensure that class members feel heard and respected. It includes games, discussion topics, and self-assessment tools...
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Prepositions
Elementary schoolers view and study ten pictures of the location of a ball adjacent to a box. They decide where the ball is and match it to its appropriate preposition on the right. A good language arts lesson!
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members learning exercise, students view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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Describing Vocabulary for Cinema, Movies, and Stars
Students name their favorite actors and actresses, and then use adjectives to describe them. They go through a list of actors and actresses and discuss the adjectives they used to decribe them. As an extension, they can write about a film.
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Telephone Messages
Students practice having telephone conversations. They create their own phone message after practicing with each other. They also identify the different parts of a telephone.