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Teaching Debate to ESL Students
Language learners use the debate format to practice formulating, expressing, and defending their ideas. Working in teams, class members develop resolutions, use opinion indicators to express their opinions and reasons, and prepare...
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Friends Together: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)
Enjoy this thematic friendship unit compiled with ESL lessons to develop strong language development while listening, speaking, looking, and moving. Class members participate in activities covering topics like making friends, asking for...
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Nature: Friend and Foe: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 6)
If readers don't understand key portions of a text, it may seem more like a foe than a friend. The second resource in a series of three ESL lessons designed to accompany the texts in Nature: Friend or Foe makes the texts easier to...
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ESL General Knowledge Quiz 1- Fill in the Table
In this ESL general knowledge quiz learning exercise, students answer 20 questions. They answer questions about bird, capital cities, money, countries, oceans, math, and geography. They are able to score 20 points by getting each answer...
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ESL Describing Things- Fill In the Table Worksheet
In this ESL describing items worksheet, students describe 8 items by their shape, color, and the material they are made of. They use a word bank at the bottom of the page to help with the descriptions. They describe items such as a...
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Writing for Advanced ESL Learners
Young scholars complete many creative writing assignments in their advanced ESL class. For this creative writing lesson plan, students complete book reports, folktales, biographies, historical journal entries, and more.
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Upper Level ESL Riddle Memory Activity
In this ESL riddle memory activity activity, students determine how the man in each riddle died. They memorize their line of the riddle and share it verbally with the class. They try to put all the clues together, but can ask the teacher...
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ESL Elementary/Beginner Level - Conversation/Pairwork
In this elementary level ESL pairwork learning exercise, learners practice filling in 29 blanks in a conversation. They echo each other in the conversation.
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ESL Advanced/Proficiency Vocabulary Worksheet 16
In this ESL advanced proficiency vocabulary worksheet, learners complete 10 sentences by choosing the best vocabulary word from the list of four given for each sentence.
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People
Learners practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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ESL Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary Worksheet- Who Would Say...? Sports Cards
In this ESL pre-intermediate sports card vocabulary worksheet, students examine cards that describe people who play sports. They use the cards to play matching games.
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How Much Is It? A Shopping Lesson Plan for ESL
Learners participate in a role-playing activity in order to practice conversational English used while shopping. In this practical vocabulary lesson, students practice etiquette as it pertains to grocery shopping. Learners pretend they...
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ESL Conversation: Advice Mingle Activity
In this ESL advice mingle activity worksheet, students move around the classroom asking their classmates for advice on problems they may have. They may also use the 20 problems listed on the worksheet.
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Writing Questions
While this activity involving formulating questions was designed for older ESL students, it could be modified for use in upper elementary. Using this 15 questions instructional activity, students practice taking information and forming a...
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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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ESL Pronuniciation Voiceless -th-
Learners use computers and the internet to help them practice saying the -th- sound. They use interactive sound cards to practice the sound.
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ESL Activity - Authentic Cooking Experience
Students encounter imperatives used for the instructions for this cooking experience. They review selected vocabulary terms for food and the process of cooking. Students identify adverbs of sequence (first, then, etc.). They follow the...
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ESL Error Correction and Editing Worksheet- Extra Words in The Text
In this ESL error correction/editing worksheet, students examine a piece of text about human cloning to locate the extra words. They remove the extra words to show an understanding of the structural and lexical forms of text. There is an...
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Airport English: A Role-Play for ESL
Students explore the skills needed to navigate an airport. In this foreign language lesson plan, students discuss the skills they will need in order to make it through customs with as little trouble as possible.
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Reported Speech Soccer for ESL
Students explore English by participating in a class trivia activity. In this group speech lesson, students collaborate in small groups and identify phrases and terms on flash cards which they keep track of. Students utilize their...
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Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking About Movies Part II
Students discuss movies currently playing in theaters. In this class discussion, students practice their oral dictation, retelling of information and the ability to carry a social conversation. Students also complete a worksheet...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice- Worksheet 18
In this ESL advanced vocabulary activity, students read 10 sentences that have a missing word. From 4 choices of similar words, students select the correct word to complete each sentence.
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ESL- Taking a Survey- How Many of Your Classmates?
In this ESL survey worksheet, students look at colorful clip art pictures before determining how many of their classmate like or do certain things by asking them 8 questions. They determine who likes fish, wears pajamas, or listens to...
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ESL Jobs- Word/Picture Matching Worksheet
In this ESL job worksheet, students match a small black and white clip art picture with the job title that names it. They match 10 pictures with words such as a teacher, a scientist, a police officer, and a dentist.