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20 must-try listening activities – The TEFL Zone What comes to mind when you think about teaching listening? Have you been (over)using the typical pre/while/post- tasks, e.g, guesswork, multiple choice/ gap fills and post-listening discussions? Do you feel that your listening classes have become rather predictable and would like to try something different? If your answer is yes, here’s a list of 20 tasks you can try. All of them can be used in both online and face-to-face classes.

Oral Communication: Definition, Types & Advantages - Video & Lesson Transcript Graphic Organizer Prompt 1: Make a poster, chart, or some other type of graphic organizer that defines oral communication and shows the differences between formal and informal oral communication. You can use the examples from the lesson, but try to come up with at least one on your own.

ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English SECTION 1: Movie Clips Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The exercises below use movie clips to help you to better understand spoken English. Here's what you do: 10 Best Free Listening Websites with Quizzes to Practise for Listening Exams So what do you do to practise listening for exams? Growing up, I never had the opportunity to do any extra practice to improve my listening skills. We didn’t have the Internet and the thousand possibilities it offers to learners of any language nowadays. The teachers had an old tape player that sometimes stopped and started on its own and old tapes that ended up sounding distorted and most of the times unlistenable so if you wanted to get better at listening, you just listened to the radio and struggled to understand the lyrics and sing along.

Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills Even if you don't make regular presentations in front of a group, public speaking is a useful skill to have from making a speech at a friend's wedding to inspiring a group of volunteers at a charity event. Developing your public speaking skills can increase your confidence and help you overcome speech-related anxiety you may have. Even those who live with social anxiety disorder (SAD) can become confident speakers with traditional anxiety treatment and by working on public speaking skill development. Voice Control Your voice is the most important tool you will use as a public speaker. One simple way to improve your voice is by learning to breathe fully and deeply from your diaphragm.

17 English Podcasts Every English Learner Should Listen To Learning a language is a sensory (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch) experience! You learn not only by looking at the language, but also by hearing it—and one day, smelling, tasting and touching it too. If you want to improve your English language skills, but don’t want to look at any more textbooks, I’ve got the answer you’ve been searching for: English podcasts. Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere.

the ultimate listening game: ask Google assistant – Keep It Simple Activities Here is a listening game that you will fall in love with and, most importantly, your A1- A2 students will too. You may also try this with higher levels with the suggested items below or with more specific searches. You need Google assistant on your computer or a phone and a set of speakers. Arrange your students in groups of three or four and decide on lexical items you would like to review. Let’s say your students have been learning words for jobs. Then go on Google and click on the microphone icon and say (or have a student say) “names of jobs beginning with t”.

ESL/ELL/ELA Speaking and Writing Activities Get your MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS talking and writing with this multi-usage BUNDLE of resources. 40 bell ringers/task cards/writing prompts about ANIMALS, ANIMAL HABITAT AND ANIMALS BEHAVIORS in 3 different formats. All questions are open questions and require development. Almost all bell ringers/task cards/writing prompts have at least two questions. Use them as bell ringers, class openers or class finishers, or for morning meetings. Use them as task cards for speaking or as centers.