Fall 2013 Beginner ESL Conversation: Week 9

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The mid term exams are over and now its time for the students to restart classes to learn English.

This week, the learning objectives are as follows:

  1. Food vocabulary
  2. Questions with How many  and How Much
  3. Some and any
  4. Food containers and packages
  5. Comparatives

FOOD VOCABULARY

This ESL worksheet helps students learn and remember different ways to count food.

This ESL food worksheet helps English students learn food vocabulary with questions and puzzles.

MAKE COMPARISONS

This group speaking activity is about making comparisons. Look at the topics below. Choose one per person. If you don’t like these topics, feel free to choose another that interests you.

  1. Think about the topic.
  2. Right down your main idea.
  3. Write a three or four bullet points of categories that will be used to make the comparisons (not full sentences or a full script).
  4. Create the topic sentences and discuss in more detail in your group.

Suggested topics to make a comparison:

  • fast food restaurant French fries
  • two countries
  • two cities
  • two pets
  • two books

Here is an example introduction about French fries.

McDonald’s French fries just might be the best fries in the country. Certainly, they are better than the stuff which people get at Lotteria. I think any reasonable person would agree with me after looking at three important  factors: taste, texture and price.

This is the first part. Then you would finish your discussion by providing more information (reasons, evidence and details).

Part B

Make new groups with different partners. Tell each person your topic and comparative analysis.