1000s FREE Primary Teaching Resources & Printables - EYFS, KS1 and KS2 Sharifian - Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities The Internet TESL Journal Farzad Sharifianf.sharifian [at] cowan.edu.auEdith Cowan University (Western Australia) Suggestions for Using the Lessons The Story Depending on the main objective(s) of the course, the teacher may choose to read the story aloud asking the students not to look at it or ask the students to read the story to themselves silently and as quickly as possible. Vocabulary Practice The teacher may ask the students to answer the vocabulary questions as soon as they are through with the story. Questions for Discussion The questions posed under this section are meant to stimulate spontaneous speech and class discussion. Activities Here the teacher may ask students to pair up and tell each other the story in their own words and he himself may act as a co-communicator or a counselor. Miscellany A variety of statements such as proverbs and quotes can be found under this section. Lesson 1 - A Soldier's Lie Mark the best choice.' Why did the soldier tell the officer a lie? A Saying
Icebreakers for Teens One of the first steps in forming a group is having the participants find commonality, and you can do this with icebreaker games. Teenagers often find icebreakers a fun way to introduce themselves, especially if they are self-conscious about speaking in front of a group. Top Ten Icebreakers for Teens You can use the following icebreakers for teens as written, or you can alter them to fit the number of participants you have or the theme of the group. #1 Human Bingo Take a pile of note cards, and write a teen's name and a question on it. #2 Teen Interviews Divide the teenagers into pairs. #3 Two Truths One Lie Have each teen tell the group two truths and one lie. #4 What Am I? Write an item on a note card for as many teens as you have. #5 Create a Story Start to tell a story, but don't finish it. #6 Common Personality Game Make up some personality questions and either pass out a sheet of paper with them on there or write them down on a dry erase board, paper easel or chalkboard. Post a comment
Learning English with Michelle: Speaking Michelle's independent resources for ESL Students at Vancouver Community College This is a Canadian ESL blog for Intermediate and Advanced Students who want to learn and improve their English. Each PAGE above contains thousands of free English lessons, tutorials and practice exercises to help you learn and improve your English grammar, reading, listening, pronunciation, speaking, writing and editing. Some of the resources are Canadian. Others are from around the world. The resources on this Canadian blog are all free, and I spend a lot of my time working on it, so please consider becoming a SUPPORTER. Membership is FREE. NOTE: To leave a comment, click on the word "comment" at the bottom of the page. This Blog Linked From Here FUN and GAMES The Web Speaking Welcome to the speaking and pronunciation page. A recorder that allows you to practice speaking and listening to yourself. ASSIGNMENT: Practice Retelling the Story from Your Video ( You need a microphone to use this program. The Telephone
ESL Teacher Resources, Job Boards, and Worksheets Four speaking activities In this post, I would like to share four speaking activities that worked very well in my classes. There are two games to practise comparatives and superlatives and two activities to practise describing people. Four speaking activities – Superlatives and comparatives The first two activities help your students practise the usage of comparatives and superlatives. The first one is a simple board game. Print the following board game. Ask your students to find something that will serve as their counter. Superlatives and comparatives – board game pdf If a group of students finishes early, ask them to play again. The second speaking activity demands very little preparation. Who is the best _________? Once they complete their questions, they work in pairs and read their questions to their partners. It is really simple, but it works. Four speaking activities – Describing people Print the following worksheet. Students must not show their worksheet to their partner.
Required watching for any TED speaker: The science of stage fright One thing can strike fear into the heart of the fiercest warrior, the most powerful CEO and the smartest person in any given room: having to speak in public. The thought of it makes the palms sweat, the heart beat faster and the limbs start to shake. An estimated 75% of people have a fear of speaking in public, and it’s something that nearly everyone who takes the TED stage must work hard to overcome. This TED-Ed lesson, the science of stage fright, just might help. “Humans are wired to worry about reputation. The lesson explains exactly what happens in the body before speaking in public and, of course, gives suggestions on how to calm stage fright. Over on the TED-Ed blog, animator Zambrano shares what shaped the imagery for this very cool lesson. “After reading the first lines of Mikael Cho’s script, quite a few images popped in my head.
Learning English with Michelle: Vocabulary The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words in books that children read. These words are usually learned in first and second grade; students who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading. Many of these words cannot be sounded out because they do not follow decoding rules, so they must be learned as sight words. One way of estimating a primary students reading level is by having the student identify the 220 Dolch Basic Sight Words. BASIC 2,000 WORDS ACADEMIC WORD LISTThe Academic Word List was created by Averil Coxhead at as part of her research at Victoria University in New Zealand. She analyZed journals, texts and course notes in a range of disciplines, including Arts, Business, Law and Science, to establish the most common words. There are 570 words (word families) in the list. Studies show that to read a text and have a reasonable understanding, the reader needs to know 95 out of every 100 words.
Agree or disagree (and why?) Scaffolding discussions for quiet students Some of my new classes this term have students who either whisper, speak in L1 or stay completely silent during speaking activities (even at int/upper int level). Part of this reluctance to speak seems to stem from having no knowledge or strong opinions about the topics being discussed, or not having enough time to think about an answer before a more confident student dominates the conversation. This activity was designed for quiet and shy students by helping them start from expressing a single opinion to engaging fully in a debate. This activity includes two sets of worksheets for Intermediate and Upper-intermediate classes which can be downloaded here as a powerpoint file or as a PDF. The following plan is based on an intermediate level class of 10 to 12 students. Stage 1 – Agree or disagree The students are given a handout with 12 statements. In this example the statements are all in the passive to revise the grammar from the previous lesson.
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Find Differences - Find the Difference Games, Spot the Difference Games Online Test Kids Exercise Book -Spot differences Print Spot the differences for Kids Discover Colorful World + Story & Rhymes+ English Language Art Maths Mania Learn with Fun+ Activities & Puzzles+ Subjects Kids Learning Academics Competitive Exams Govt. Copyright © 2017 Kidsfront.com | Terms Of Use Katherine Bilsborough: A simple idea - The Weekend Game A simple Idea For me, the best classroom activities are usually the most simple, requiring little or no preparation time and few or no materials. They are activities that can be adapted to use effectively with groups of different sizes, levels or ages and they can be used again and again even with the same students. The Weekend Game ‘The Weekend Game’ falls into all of those categories. Preparation time: 0Materials: 0Suitable for: Most ages, most levels Playing for the first time The first time you play, it’s a good idea to demonstrate the activity with a volunteer student and to write a few rules on the board. How to play Put students into pairs, A and B and explain that they are going to do a speaking task. Explain that students have a limited time. Student A: I had dinner at nine.Student B: Who made the dinner? Keep a note of the time or appoint a student to be the ‘Time Keeper’. A couple of simple rules Adapting the game Follow up 1 *Don’t forget to give students feedback when you finish.
The Only List of Would You Rather Questions You'll Need Share on StumbleUpon0 shares on StumbleUpon Would you rather questions are a great way to get a conversation started in a fun and interesting way. And it’s easy to get into some amazing conversations by just asking “why” after a would you rather question. If you’ve got a group, you can take turns choosing a would you rather question and asking each member of the group. They even work well for simply asking yourself. Here are the categories we have on this page: Best would you rather questions Funny would you rather questions Good would you rather questions Hard would you rather questions Deep would you rather questions Weird would you rather questions Best would you rather questions These are, in my humble opinion, some of the best would you rather questions we have to offer. 1. Which would be less likely to wipe us off the face of the planet? 2. If you strongly swing introvert or extrovert, this might be pretty easy for you. 3. 4. Built in blanket or +2 armor, which one will you choose? 5. 6. 7.
Two Truths and a Lie Ideas, Examples & Instructions The game Two Truths and a Lie is a great party game for teenagers and can also be a good icebreaker in meetings, classes or other situations where you need to make introductions. Below are some examples of truths or lies if you're already familiar with the game and just need to get some ideas. These are easy to modify to make them true (or not true) for yourself. For information on how to play the game, see below the examples. This game is also called Two Truths, One Lie or Two Truths and One Not. You can play with any number of people. Each person in the group gets a turn.When it is your turn, tell the group two things about yourself that are true and one thing that is untrue (this is your lie).Try not to tell both of your truths first and then the lie because that makes it easier to guess (see below for some more game strategies).Mix the order up each time it is your turn. This game isn't any fun if you make it completely obvious which statement is a lie and which statements are true.