Need some awesome listening activities to make your class more enjoyable and useful? Here are 4 activities that require little prep but can deliver big results.
English listening
Both Sides Now – A Painting with Words
This writing exercise looks at the use of words in creating style, descriptions, and voice.
The objective of this lesson is to develop your awareness of how words can communicate complex ideas, moving stories and persuasive arguments and through that awareness find some inspiration and perhaps courage to extend your writing skills.
Sometimes there is much to learn about writing from the
ESL Listening – The Bulb
This ESL video lesson has a National Geographic clip that explains the benefits of a special light bulb. Watch the ESL video and answer the questions on the worksheet.
Here is the ESL listening worksheet: The-bulb-ESL-lesson.
Failure and Success Video
This is online English video lesson has a great story for ESL students.
Do you know Michael Jordan? He was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. How did he become so great? The answer to that question is in this TV commercial.
Watch and listen.
- Where is he?
- What is he doing?
- Why does he succeed?
- What do these numbers mean?
- 9000
- 300
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