Learn English Conversation: Week 9

Here is the plan for this week to helps students learn English conversation.

  1. Introduce the walk about activity.
  2. A simple grammar exercise, this ESL conversation worksheet helps students review questions and answers with TOO MUCH and TOO MANY.
  3. An ESL exercise in speaking with precision. Watch the video. Work with a partner to describe the actions and say how they match the concept. Make notes. Then change partners. Listen to their ideas.
  4. This worksheet has a few public signs. Students read the signs, learn the vocabulary and explain the meaning of the signs.
  5. Read the sentence and discuss with your partner. Change partners. Listen and discuss. Make notes. Come back to your partner and make a report.

WALK ABOUT ESL ACTIVITY

Purpose

Help students improve fluency through intensive speaking and listening by researching a familiar topic and sharing that information through real-life informal conversations.

The Walk About will take place during the week of May 11 to 15 (during the 2 hour class)

Tasks

Step 1: Choose a topic that you know well. It can be anything.
Try to choose a topic that is fun, interesting and something you can teach others.

Step 2: Do some research, write notes, make a poster. Organize your ideas. Create a 2-4-minute talk.

Step 3: Get set up for presentation day.

Step 4: Walk about the room. Visit each person’s poster. Listen, ask questions, learn.

Step: At the end, back to your desk, write reflection notes. How can you summarize the ideas and information. Do you see any patterns in the topics of student presentations?