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Night before Christmas. ESL conversation questions. Are you finding these conversation questions useful?

ESL conversation questions

Our book 50 Conversation Classes features 50 themed sets of conversation cards. Each set is accompanied by a sheet of vocabulary, grammar and idiom activities to help prepare the ground. Keep it in your bag and you’ll always have a backup plan. Also available: the Kindle edition containing the 500 conversation questions featured in the print version of the booka web and Android app – featuring randomised conversation starters from fifty categories. Noteringsunderlag Engelska delprov A åk9. 33 ways to speak better English. If you’re reading this, I imagine you want to speak better English and communicate in a more confident and competent way.

33 ways to speak better English

When we communicate effectively we are able to express our ideas and opinions, share experiences, and build relationships with others. When we struggle to express ourselves, we feel unvalued and insecure. As human beings, we want to participate in group discussions and have an impact on the society around us. In the modern world, we communicate across borders. English is the closest thing we have to an international language. By speaking better English, people all over the world can hear our voice. Well, English teachers and English classes definitely help. What you need is to become a self-directed learner, somebody who takes responsibility for their own learning and creates their own learning programme to develop their English. Now, it’s certainly true that speaking is a social activity and is best done with other people.

You can do the same with your English. 1. 2. BusyTeacher.org. It’s only natural.

BusyTeacher.org

After all, they are trying to talk in a language they are still working on learning. Still, silence can be deadly in the ESL classroom for your students and you. When you want to get your students to speak up, try one of these fun and simple games to get them talking in class. 1This is How We RollYou can use this simple game as a get to know you at the start of school or later as a get to know you better activity. The English Language in 67 Accents & Random Voices. The Idiom Connection. 20 Ways To Say 'I Miss You' - learn English,communication,english.

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English. 1356788_bla_kort. The Idiom Connection. Terry Green Explains Homophones. Dailytelegraph.com.au. Story It. SongsForTeaching. Storynory - Free Audio Stories for Kids. Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids. Directions - All Things Topics. TED.

Speechyard. Speaking English. BRITTISH COUNCIL ARM-SPEAKING. EngVid. PhoTransEdit (English Phonetic Transcription) Text to Phonetics. Spread Laughter and Cure Boredom. The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects. Over the past several years, I’ve been involved (off-and-on) with an International Sister Classes Project involving teenage Intermediate ESL/EFL classes around the world.

The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects

We’ve had a blog where students have online presentations, like Voice Threads, and commented on them back-and-forth. I did a new version with my ELL Geography class. I thought it might be useful to other examples of joint “sister class” projects, and of places where teachers can connect with other classes. I just didn’t have it in me to write much of a description about each one, but they’re all worth a visit. Here are my picks for The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects: Without a doubt, I’d start in two places: One is by reading Kim Cofino’s blog post A Step-by-Step Guide to Global Collaborations, viewing her slideshare presentation Connecting Across Continents, and reviewing the resources she has posted on her wiki. Here are some others worth checking-out, too: VoiceThread 4 Education ePals The U.S. 30-day-challenge. Describing photos (comparing, contrasting and speculating)

You are going to practise language for; Describing photosComparing and contrasting photos (discussing similarities and differences)Speculating on what might be happeningReacting to photos (giving opinions) Discuss Look at the presentation.

Describing photos (comparing, contrasting and speculating)

Follow the instructions and talk about some of the photos Write The language used here for comparing and contrasting / speculating is also useful for writing discussion / argument essays. Plan: Introduction - describe the situation / topic to be discussedCompare / contrast ideas (for and against / advantages and disadvantages)Speculate on solutions to problems raised by the questionConclusion - give an opinion Which pairs or groups of photos in the presentation could be used to demonstrate ideas for argument writing topics about education, technology, food, family, work, leisure, health, advertising etc? ESL Conversation Topics. All Things Topics - Home.

Warmers, fillers & coolers - Games. Warmers, Fillers & Coolers Below is a list of warmer/cooler/filler/game activities in no particular order.

Warmers, fillers & coolers - Games

If you have any warmers you'd like to add to the list then please send them to via the Contact page Aims: - to introduce a theme - to relax stds after a hard day's work - to wake stds up after a hard night - to wait for late arrivals - to provide a break in the lesson - to provide humour - to provide oral fluency practice - to finish the lesson on a light note 1. Persuade each other that their favourite colour, animal, film, etc. is more important, better, etc 2.Spot the difference. 2 pictures - the same but with a few differences. 3 Find someone who. 4.Word association.

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