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Rob Whyte ESL speaking and writing class lessons, activities and worksheets for English students who want to learn and improve their English communication skills.

Learn English Speaking, 5

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Learn English Speaking, 5

  1. Develop fluency skills with a trivia game that focuses on thinking, speaking and listening.
  2. Improve listening skills with exercises from the textbook, units 8 c/d.
  3. Another sound and sort exercise.
  4. A vocabulary exercise with words that start with CON.
  5. A pair work speaking exercise to practice accurate descriptions of plot, character, setting and message with a video.
  6. Mr Go, a pair work exercise that requires students to listen well and asked focused questions.

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Learn English Speaking, 4

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Learn English Speaking, 4

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

  1. Learn to speak English with greater precision with a pair work activity describing the locations of things (handout from teacher).
  2. ESL conversation Activity #1: Reading Puzzle: This ESL problem solving worksheet has a thinking puzzle. Read the question. Work with a partner to understand the problems and answer the questions.
  3. ESL conversation Activity #1: Words and Symmetry: This video helps students review and improve their vocabulary skills. It uses the idea of symmetry. That is, two things that seem to go together very well.
  4. Textbook: chapter 8 A/B.
  5. Help improve listening and pronunciation skills with the final S worksheet.
  6. Suggested answers for the Symmetry video.

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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.