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El blog para aprender inglés: Cómo hacer sugerencias en inglés - Making suggestions. Existen varias estructuras que podemos utilizar para hacer sugerencias en inglés.

El blog para aprender inglés: Cómo hacer sugerencias en inglés - Making suggestions

Básicamente, con pequeñas variaciones, las que prácticamente cualquier libro de texto o gramática de nivel intermedio suele recoger son las siguientes: 1. How about / What about + verbo terminado en "-ing": How about going to the cinema tonight? 2. Let's + base form: Let's go to the cinema! 3. 4. 5. A la vista de algunas de estas estructuras, parece evidente que no todas podrán traducirse literalmente... Porque, por ejemplo, las oraciones de los ejemplos 3 y 4 son sencillas. Normalmente, y es lógico, nos cuesta mucho más aprender aquellas estructuras que no podemos traducir literalmente. Si yo digo "how about going to the cinema?

"... "Y si vamos al cine? " "¿Qué te parece si vamos al cine? " "¿Te hace un cine? " Cualquiera de esta opciones sería perfectamente válida como equivalente a "How about". Por otra parte, existen otras fórmulas para hacer sugerencias. 5 - Un nuevo enlace de Oxford University Press. Conversation starters. Oral English Activities. ESL Conversation. Www.EFLSensei.com While teaching in Japan and China, I saw the need for students to improve their communication skills.

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Jump to ESL Conversation Topics They desperately needed to work on conversation strategies, build confidence when speaking, and prepare for speaking English outside of the classroom. Simple ESL conversation strategies are sometimes unknown to the students. In Asia, conversation is similar to a bowling game allowing each person to take his or her turn while the others listen patiently. Speaking English can be compared to playing a game of tennis. Simple Conversation Strategies. Speaking and icebreaker activities for ESL Teachers:eslflow webguide. Speaking Practice. There are 4 key skills when you learn a language: listeningspeakingreadingwriting Which one of these is the "Odd-One-Out"?

Speaking Practice

Which one of these is different from the other three? The answer is speaking. The other three you can do alone, on your own, without anyone else. ESL Speaking Activities. Www.EFLSensei.com ESL Speaking Activities help students feel more comfortable with asking and answering questions and improve confidence.

ESL Speaking Activities

Jump to ESL Speaking Activities Semi-controlled These EFL / ESL activities are a great way for your students to use English in a semi-controlled environment. Students appreciate the controlled, yet free use of the language and find these types of classes more enjoyable than traditional teacher focused lessons. Providing speaking,listening,reading and writing activity and practise worksheets. ESL Speaking Lesson Plans, Communicative TEFL Resources. Word search / Word Association Worksheets: Effectively teach and practice vocabulary, spelling and more using these fantastic word search puzzles Young Learners' Lesson Plans: phonics, puzzles, games, board games, coloring worksheets, Powerpoint, flash cards-more>>> All HERE!!

ESL Speaking Lesson Plans, Communicative TEFL Resources

PowerPoint: For Computer Assisted Teaching: use these powerpoint lessons where everything has been done for you-No need to look for sound effects, audio, spelling exercises, flash cards Everything has been bundled up. Speaking activities. Another 10 Fun Classroom Activities to Help Students Practice Speaking English. Face Game If your students do not know already then first teach them the following parts of the face: forehead, chin, ear, eye, nose, mouth.

Another 10 Fun Classroom Activities to Help Students Practice Speaking English

Now, ask the students to make fists with both hands and touch their ears. On the first round, you play the role of the leader and say: ear, ear, ear – forehead (or a different part of the face from the list above). The third time that you say ear, say it more slowly, so that other players know that you are about to switch. When the new part is called out (in this example, forehead), everyone must quickly move both of their fists from ear to forehead at the same time. Fast Food Role Play This role-playing exercise requires two students. Free word games: 10 fun public speaking activities. - to develop fluency, spontaneity and confidence while having fun These free word games deliver imagination stretchers on steroids.

Free word games: 10 fun public speaking activities

If you've never interviewed a red cabbage or wondered what it was like to passionately campaign to save the lesser-spotted-three footed-teddy-bear from extinction, now's your chance! You'll find yourself laughing aloud while simultaneously learning the joy of spontaneity and fluency in speech. Public Speaking Activities -5 fun speech exercises. You are here: HOME › Activities & games › 5 fun speech exercises 5 fun speech exercises These public speaking activities are designed to develop speech fluency and confidence and are easily adaptable to groups of all ages and skill levels: from newcomers to advanced.

Public Speaking Activities -5 fun speech exercises

I've used them and know they work. You'll find that people become so involved with the fun and enjoyment that they forget to be fearful! 1. Interview Introductions are a great way to break the ice with a new group of people. As it's a lot less threatening or scary to talk about someone else rather than yourself, you'll find people respond really positively as they're generally eager to represent the person they interviewed well.

Instructions Divide your group into pairs.Each person interviews the other in turn. 2. Gather up a collection of interesting images/photos from magazines or newspapers - enough for your class to have one each and then a few spare. Speak Up: 6 Fabulous Games to Get your Students Speaking. My Favourite Fun, Student-Generated Speaking Activity. Use this easy method to get the conversation rolling!

My Favourite Fun, Student-Generated Speaking Activity

Teachers want their students to talk as much as possible, since conversation practice helps students improve their pronunciation and listening skills, and allows them to put the grammar and vocabulary they’ve learned to use. Speaking is a fundamental part of communication in another language. But sometimes, getting students to speak is a real challenge! Textbooks, filled with written work and drill-type activities, aren’t always helpful. 15 Fun Public Speaking Activities – Public Speaking Power. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:00 — 9.4MB) Much like riding a bike public speaking is a skill that is best learned through practice.

15 Fun Public Speaking Activities – Public Speaking Power

And what happens when we enjoy doing something that we do? We do it more often. So here are 15 fun public speaking activities that you can do, either by yourself or with a group of people or if you are running a class you can use this using with your students as well. (more public speaking activities here) I truly believe that making public speaking fun is one of the things that are going to take an average public speaker and give then enough practice to turn them into a good or great public speaker. 1. In this activity, what you do is you get up in front of people (you can do it home by yourself as well) and you take one of your friends and you introduce them. So you say, hi this is Jane Smith, and she actually moonlights as a jazz pianist for the underground mafia. 2. 3. Teaching ESL - Listening and Speaking. Google + We've created this page to provide resources, lessons, and ideas on teaching listening and speaking.

There are printable materials for classroom use, lessons, resources, and ideas. We also have a discussion forum and links to other web sites about teaching. Ideas for Using Matching ExercisesMatching exercises are standard textbook fare. Check out these suggestions for making them a bit more interactive. Lessons Find Your Partner: Telephone Skills - A fun activity for pairing students, includes directions.