Try these 10 activities to improve your students' speaking and listening - essential skills for the development of communication, speech and language.
Check out our top ESL Listening and Speaking Activities. Lots of great ideas to get your students listening and speaking in class today!
Speaking and listening skills need to be explicitly taught and students need time to practice these skills with intentionality.
It's often difficult to find materials for ESL adults that are appropriate and engaging for upper intermediate and advanced language learners, so these no-prep lessons are perfect to meet that need. Many opportunities to practice listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary - perfect for ESL sub plans. Each lesson is based on a Talk from the popular online Educational Talk series, and centers around an inspiring and interesting presentation. My students LOVE the high-interest topics in these Talks, and they are always asking me for more! ⭐️ What you'll get with each lesson: (Preview link shows an example of one lesson) A print and go packet of activities (use all, or choose what you prefer) A link to the (free) website hosting the referenced talk Thought-provoking pre-viewing questions and background building activities Introduction to key vocabulary terms to prepare for the listening part Follow up comprehension and/or discussion questions Several activities to practice the vocabulary in a variety of ways Mini lesson for a grammar point that is often tricky for upper level English learners Extension activities, including prompts for a longer writing activity and additional vocabulary practice (perfect for differentiation options) *NOTE: Thumbnails and Preview images/video are from "How a Penny Made Me Feel Like a Millionaire" Bundle contains the following lessons: ESL Lesson for ED Talk: A Life Lesson from a Volunteer Firefighter ESL Lesson for ED Talk: How a Penny Made Me Feel Like a Millionaire ESL Lesson for ED Talk: The Joy of Surfing in Ice Cold Water ESL Lesson for ED Talk: What Makes a Good Life? ESL Lesson for ED Talk: One Second Every Day ESL Lesson for ED Talk: How to Make Stress Your Friend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What teachers are saying about these Adult ESL lessons: "Super easy to use and perfect resource for my advanced students. Very thorough. A bit of everything : listening, talking, writing, grammar, vocabulary. Just great! Worth the money. Thank you." "What a wonderful and authentic way to talk all four language skills! "This has been awesome for my private tutoring sessions with my ESL student." "These are wonderful! Very comprehensive and engaging! Even my English only students gain skills from these lessons. Thank you so much!" ⭐ Love these Talks and want even more lessons? Try Volume 2! ESL Lessons for ED Talks Bundle - Volume 2 ⭐You may also be interested in: Would You Rather Questions for Discussion or Writing ESL Language Journal ESL Picture Writing and Discussion Prompts Tier 2 Vocabulary and Activities Word and Logic Puzzle Escape Room Simple Present Tense Review and Practice Present Perfect PowerPoint and Practice Activities Grammar and Language Activities Through Text Analysis Click the FOLLOW ME link to get sale alerts, updates and news about future products. You will also be notified when new products are uploaded, most of which are 50% off for the first 48 hours, so it pays to follow me! Having trouble with a product you purchased? See instructions for opening zip files or get printing tips, submit a help ticket, or ask a question on the Q & A tab before leaving feedback. ___________________________________ Copyright © Real Cool English Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses at a discounted rate if you wish to share this product with a colleague.
Engage your students in discussion with our simple classroom discussion strategies and activities that are sure to improve students skills.
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
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Looking for esl task cards to use with your english language learners? Try these picture cards that are perfect for quick and effective language practice!
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Check out these games and activities for ESL pronunciation, along with worksheets and lesson plans. Help your students with pron today!
Check out this ESL speaking bingo game for children as well as adults that gets your students talking as well as listening.
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Item description Would you like to have a collection of reading activities novel study for any novel? Is one of your goals to improve the reading skills of your students with novel studies activities? Would you be interested in exploring new and exciting perspectives of the novels while offering the flexibility of a novel study choice board? If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away? Think about what a difference it will make when you start using this engaging novel studies choice board with novel reading tasks in your class! They include: Instructions for using the novel study choice boards for middle school Black and white novel study choice board with 50 tasks Rainbow novel study choice board – 10 color strips with 5 activities each Thematic coloring novel study choice board – 6 novel studies themes: all about the novel activities character activities speaking and listening activities vocabulary activities artistic activities extensions Choice Board rubric and assessment – with 4 levels of mastery and Teacher’s comments Sample Assignments: speaking activities like: oral report, dramatization vocabulary and riddles diaries and chronologies main character related activities Because the novel study tasks come with clear instructions, you can encourage independent work in class which means that your students will be more confident in analyzing novels. The three version of the novel study choice board are excellent for focusing on a variety of novel studies activities and approaches while you get to save a lot of time during preparation and class work. The novel study activities are varied and thorough, so you can assign them as a great final project for any novel which means your students will be able to select what will go in their solid portfolio at the end of each novel. Just imagine how you will feel when you start to get the benefits and results from this resource right in your class! Are you afraid that this novel study choice board for middle school will not match the needs of your students? I understand exactly what you feel. Don’t worry! Just try it and if you find this resource not suitable for your class, just email me at [email protected] and I’ll get you a full refund. Suzanne F. has tried the novel study activities in her class and said, “Thank you! I needed new ideas, I have had these kiddos for 2 years. This was just what I needed to give them something a little different from my menu.” Why don’t you give it a try? Click on the “Add to cart” red button and you can use it right away!
Guessing games are a great way to practice speaking, critical thinking and vocabulary building in ESL classrooms starting from young learners through adults. Whether you are an English teacher or a parent trying to improve your child's vocabulary in a first or second language, guessing games are a MUST! Here's where to start: Ages 3-4:
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Agony Aunt is a fun ESL speaking and listening activity that will get your students talking, while having some fun giving advice.
The Draw My Picture Game is a fun way to get children to practice their speaking and listening skills.
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
A kindergarten and first grade language arts rubric for listening, retelling, and participation during read-alouds Use rubrics to promote self-directed learning and address habits of mind, such as managing impulsive, ADHD, behaviors. Great for portfolios, as data collection for intervention meetings, and parent-teacher conferences. You will get one rubric that allows you to accurately document the following skills: Listening without interrupting Retelling events from read-alouds and/or lessons Participation You May Also Be Interested In: K Math Rubric Bundle Journal Writing and Story Response Rubric Concepts of Print Rubric 1st Grade Math CC Bundle Rubrics
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Pair Work exercise useful for practising speaking and listening skills and giving/following instructions. Put students in pairs and give each half of the worksheet. Student B tells student B where to go on the grid and what to write or draw. Make students can not see each other´s sheet. This ws allows the whole class to practise simultaneously. At the end of the exercise, Ss should compare their answers to the teacher´s answer sheet. Enjoy. - ESL worksheets
Do you struggle with finding interesting ways to teach ESL listening skills? Maybe you have an activity or two already but you want to be able to mix it up and keep things interesting. By the end of…
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Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Setting language goals can help ELLs become aware of how they are progressing with learning English. Learn ideas about how to help ELLs with goal setting.
Listening games can be a great way to build comprehension with English learners. Check out these 3 ESL listening games to get you started!
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We cannot overlook the importance of teaching listening comprehension strategies to our students. These strategies are easy to implement into any classroom.
Speaking and listening skills for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade are so important! In this post, I wanted to share 3 fun ways to get students speaking publicly and listening respectfully in the classroom! Before I dive in, I wanted to let you know you can watch or listen to all this information in […]
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
