Week 1: ESL Conversation Class

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It’s spring 2013 and time to start a new English conversation class.

SYLLABUS

Here is the syllabus for our English conversation class.

KEY VERBS AND PAST TENSE QUESTIONS

This verb worksheet has a list of important verbs that ESL students have to know and use well in basic conversation.

  1. Look at the verbs.
  2. Write 3 past tense questions and answers for each verb in your notebook
  3. Work with your partner (it’s a lot faster and more fun, I think).

 SPEAKING ACTIVITY 1

Here is an ESL speaking activity that requires you to speak and think.

  1. Each partner gets one worksheet.
  2. Read four words on one line.
  3. Your partner has to listen and then explain why one word is different.
  4. Listen. is that answer logical?
  5. Do you have a different answer?

SPEAKING AND IMAGINATION

This ESL speaking activity and worksheet  requires you to use your imagination. Your brain power. And sentences that start with “It looks like …. ”

  1. Work with a partner.
  2. Look at a picture.
  3. Ask your partner, “What does that look like?
  4. Partner answers (for example) “It looks like an eye. here is the white part of an eye and here is the black part.”
  5. Ask your partner to explain more.
  6. Then say your idea.