Intermediate Speaking

Lessons, worksheets and ideas for an intermediate ESL conversation class.

Learn English Speaking, 3

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Learn English Speaking, 3

Here is the plan for this week’s English conversation class.

  1. develop listening and speaking skills by completing textbook chapters 7c and d;
  2. improve vocabulary by solving compound word worksheet;
  3. develop speaking fluency – practice simple sentence patterns – questions and answers
  4. improve fluency with a simple worksheet with prepositions. Match the adjective and preposition. Move through the maze. then use each pair to make a question for your partner. (no need to print)
  5. Quick pair work exercise to practice final sounds.

Conversation Questions

Student A

  1. What looks different when it is cold than when it is hot?
  2. What would you not cut with a knife?
  3. What can you identify by its smell with your eyes closed?
  4. What can you do at school, but not at home?
  5. What stays hot all winter?
  6. Say three pairs of homophones.

Student B

  1. What are things money can’t buy?
  2. What can you use to protect yourself against the sun?
  3. In what situations should you always wash your hands first?
  4. What would the world be like without money?
  5. What would you never eat with salt?
  6. Agree or Disagree: one is better than zero? Why?

 

PHOTO CREDIT

The image in this post comes from Alice Popkorn and its use complies with the owner’s creative commons licensing terms.

Learn English Speaking, 2

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Learn English Speaking, 2

WORK PLAN THIS WEEK

Here is the plan for this week’s English conversation class.

  1. develop reading and speaking skills by completing textbook chapters 7a and b (next week 7c and d);
  2. develop critical thinking and communication skills by solving a small group mystery;
  3. improve vocabulary by reviewing words in pair work exercise (handout from teacher)
  4. solve problems and build vocabulary with a word puzzle sheet (download optional)
  5. check your vocabulary

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Learn English Speaking, 1

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Learn English speaking

WORK PLAN THIS WEEK

Here is the plan for this week’s English conversation class.

  1. Let’s begin by looking at the Fall 2015 conversation class syllabus (or pdf file)
  2. Look at the textbook.
  3. Simple past tense review exercises.
  4. Which one is different speaking and thinking exercise.
  5. Imagination speaking exercise or new images (new pics in pdf)

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Learn English Conversation: Week 14

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These test questions will help my ESL students learn English and prepare for the final exam. The exam will contain four parts to assess elements of fluency and language learning:

  1. critical thinking and persuasion
  2. cohesive story telling
  3. recall of vocabulary
  4. effective descriptions by making clear distinctions

Part 1 Agree or Disagree? (2-4 minutes)

Each student will be given one of these random quotes. The task will be to:

  1. define the meaning of the quote
  2. state clearly if you agree or disagree
  3. explain why with reasons and evidence

Respond to one of these quotes.

  1. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
  2. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
  3. “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus
  4. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime…” Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
  5. “Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.”-  Sylvia Plath

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