Conversation Skills/Techniques Teacher Resources

Twelfth graders practice conversation skills during various warm-up activities. They ask questions of each other on a host of topics including transportation, weather, and movies.

In this ESL comic strip learning exercise, students examine a comic strip that has blank conversation bubbles. Students answer 6 questions about what they infer from the comic and then fill in a conversation between the characters.

Sixth graders analyze dialogue tags. In this synonyms lesson students work in groups analyzing a personal narrative. They enter the words onto a classroom chart as well as their notes or journal. The students replace tags with more...

For this dialogue completion worksheet, students complete the conversation with the options available on the page. There are 8 dialogues to complete.

In this metric measurement worksheet, students practice their conversion skills as they convert 10 millimeter measurements to centimeter measurements.

In this metric measurement worksheet, pupils practice their conversion skills as they convert 10 millimeter measurements to centimeter measurements.

Students practice ordering food in a new language.  In this food vocabulary activity, students utilize the information from their previous activity to create entire conversations about going to get food, as opposed to just the...

In this adjectives worksheet, learners use the adjectives given to describe the situations in the pictures and create a short conversation. Students are given 12 pictures.

In this conversation worksheet, students ask a partner 20 questions about their spring vacation. Students write down their partner's responses.

Students use Valentine's Day to use figurative language in English. This is a great lesson for ESL students (who may not have much experience with this holiday), to engage in social conversation with their peers.

Students identify slang words that they would use in a conversation. They practice expressing their likes and dislikes in speech and written form. They complete worksheets and discuss them to end the lesson.

Students identify and interpret that they should read as if someone is explaining it to them like a conversation. Then they reread the text given until they are no longer decoding and it sounds like they are just talking. Students also...

In this language arts learning exercise, 4th graders read a question or comment that might be made in conversation. From a list of 4 responses, students choose the one that best answers the question or responds appropriately to the comment.

Since forming questions can be challenging for both elementary and ESL students, this activity addresses this skill using a basic conversation format. By filling in the 4 sections, learners formulate questions that could be used in every...

This short reading activity is a quick way to have younger students practice comprehension skills. Learners read a conversation between two friends and then answer 4 comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Fifth graders compare and contract the factors that influence a person's decision to use or not to use tobacco. In this tobacco lesson plan, 5th graders are given candy cigarettes to initiate a conversation on using tobacco. They prepare...

In these dialogues worksheets, students read the dialogue conversation. Students then answer 4 comprehension questions and 4 vocabulary questions.

The students use the clan system to identify relationships among the Din people and begin a conversation with the elders starting with their own clans. Students work on building stronger relationships with community members.

Students investigate the concept of animals and the relationship of parents and offspring. Students are immersed in the lesson with the help of animal books and stuffed animals. These are used to stimulate exploration and conversation.

In this conversation worksheet, students ask a partner 24 questions. Students write their partner's response next to each question.

In this conversation worksheet, complete 12 questions about how to ask the price of different items. Students also write the answer to each next to each question.

In this conversation learning exercise, students introduce themselves to each other with pretend names and nicknames. For example, "My name is Susan, but my friends call me Sue."

In this conversation worksheet, students ask their classmates about their birthdays. Students fill in a different date and name next to each month.

In this grammar worksheet, students read 20 sentences about everyday conversation. Students rewrite each sentence correctly, checking for apostrophe errors.