ESL Conversation
Welcome to the intermediate English conversation class, spring 2017.
Weekly Plan
- Review the syllabus (e.g. book, grades, etc)
- Extra resources for motivated students who want more
- English speaking activities
- seating arrangements
Extra Resources
- Touchstone online listening files
- free extensive listening resources
- read for free Project Gutenburg
Homework
- textbook
- pencil and notebook
- dictionary
Next Week
- textbook unit 1 A and B
- select a book for the reading project and tell me the title
ESL Conversation Activities
Hour 1
- Introduction and resources (15)
- 5 x 5 Grid – an activity to meet other people (20 min)
- Sound and Sort 1 – a speaking and thinking activity (10 min)
Hour 2
- book report presentation (10)
- 30 Verbs: Look at the words on this vocabulary worksheet. Practice past tense Q&A with partner. Follow up questions. (15 min)
- Word Puzzles: read the questions about words with F sounds on the worksheet and write the answers. (10 min)
- Word Hunt: quickly write two answers for each question (15 min)
Hour 3
- Odd One Out – a speaking, listening and thinking activity (15 min)
- Crazy answers – speaking about big numbers (25)
- what’s up for next week (5)
- Remember: select a book for the reading project and tell me the title