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Rob Whyte is a university teacher, teacher trainer and writer.

Basic ESL Conversation: Week 7 Activities

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My ESL students have been busy learning English as they prepare for the mid term exams, which come next week. Here are three short ESL speaking activities to help my students improve their English and have a little fun.

ESL Speaking Activities

This worksheet helps students become aware of words with V sounds. The worksheet questions have rhymes, general knowledge questions and two brain teasers.

The ESL conversation worksheet is here.

ESL Videos

Here are two videos which can help students improve listening skills and have a little fun in class.

1. Talking Dog

Watch and listen to the video. The man tells the dog about many kinds of food.

What food does the man talk about?

2. Breakfast Table

Watch the video. Make a list of the breakfast food and drinks you see. Don’t forget to add countable nouns when needed. My list has 16 different kinds of food and drink. How many can you get?

The ESL video is here.

 

ESL Writing: Comparatives, Most and Almost

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Here is the truth about writing for English students. Learning how to write English well takes time.  A lot of time.

Why?

Writing is a skill. It is not a bunch of facts. Unlike math, social studies or other school subjects, writing can’t be memorized. It is like learning how to play the piano or basketball. It often takes years of regular practice to see

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ESL Writing: Working with Data and Comparatives

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Writing a paragraph about numbers and raw data is a difficult challenge for students learning English. There are four tasks that need to be reviewed in a writing lesson:

  1. understanding the data;
  2. writing about trends and patterns by comparing the past and present;
  3. writing sentences that make sense;
  4. synthesizing data by transforming numbers into knowledge.

ESL Student Writing Exercise

Students were given tables of raw data. Their task was to write two paragraphs. One, to identify the major patterns of change in vegetable consumption. Two, explain these changes.

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Easy ESL Speaking Game: Speed Game

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Speed game is a popular speaking activity in most ESL classes. My English students like this activity because it doesn’t look like they are learning English. I love it because it helps to build English fluency skills.

ESL SPEED GAME

Download and print the Speed Game word lists. Here is the link for the Speed Game word list.

Cut the lists into groups of ten words. (The lists have been formatted that way for easy prep.) There

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