ESL Conversation: Week 9 Lessons and Activities

The mid-terms exams, thank goodness, are over. Now it is time for my ESL students to start learning English again.

Here are some of the ESL conversation activities, exercises and worksheets we will use this week.

SIGNS

This is a fast ESL pair work speaking exercise. Open the lesson worksheet here. Look at the signs on the page and answer three questions:

  1. What do the signs mean?
  2. Where would you see a sign like that?
  3. Do you understand all of the words?

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ESL Lessons: See the Future

This video can be used to used to create a English writing or listening lesson for ESL students.

This ESL exercise is based on an interview with Arthur C. Clarke. He was a writer and scientist who spent a lot of time thinking about the future.

It was recorded in 1974, a time when a computer filled

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ESL Listening: Week 9 Activities and Lessons

The mid term exams are over. Now it’s time for my English students to start building ESL listening skills.

Subway Video

This English listening lesson  is a video about the New York subway system. Here is the video link.

Vocabulary

rush hour, dispatcher, crisis, delay, re-route

Comprehension Questions

  1. How many people live in New York City?
  2. Why is the subway important to the people in New York?
  3. How many people ride the subway every day?
  4. How many people can ride on one train during rush hour?

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ESL Listening: Week 7 Lesson Materials

It’s one week before the mid-term exams so it’s a busy week. Our English listening schedule has changed a bit so that we can cover eight chapters in the book.

Here some listening materials we will use, if there is time.

ESL Video

This is a video about one man helping soldiers and dogs.

Vocabulary

  1. the love of my life
  2. through thick and thin

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