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Tom's Day: ESL Conversations
In this ESL reading and conversation worksheet, students read a short passage about the daily routine of a man named Tom. Students discuss the story and talk about their own daily routines. Note: Part of Tom's daily routine is drinking...
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Work Conversation: Beginning ESL Lesson
Useful for a lesson about conversational English or vocational skills, this presentation features a short conversation between an employee and his boss. Pupils can practice their English greetings and occupational vocabulary. Pictures of...
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Guess the Sentence
In this ESL conversation worksheet, two students pick a random subject card to speak about. Students also pick one card that has a random sentence. Students must have a conversation with each other and slip in the chosen sentence...
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Scrambled Dialog
How does a conversation flow? Have your learners practice with conversation and dialogue by asking them to rearrange sentence strips in order to make a coherent conversation between two people. After ordering the strips, pairs listen to...
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Teaching the Holy Grail of ESL: Accent Reduction
The difficulties a teacher and student may face as a result of an accent, and the methodologies to change it.
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About Yourself
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students work in pairs to get to know each other by first writing the answers to 6 questions. Students discuss the answers to these personal information questions.
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What Is Your Name?
In this ESL conversation about famous people worksheet, students examine 12 photographs of well known people. Students talk about and identify the people in the photos.
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What's the Difference?
In this advanced ESL conversation worksheet, students analyze 24 pairs of easily confused words such as: borrow/lend, watch/see and job/career. Students pick up a card with a word pair and tell the group what the difference is between...
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"May" and "Might" Questions
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to ask each other 15 questions. Students answer using either "may" or "might."
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Conversation Lesson: Internet Craze
Learning to support your opinions, debate, build arguments, and effectively respect another's point of view are vital skills. Learners work through a series of topics to practice discussion engagement and verbal communication.
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Conversation for ESL Students
In this ESL conversation and surveying activity, students practice speaking skills by asking classmates 12 questions. Students write the answers to the personal information survey, and share answers with classmates.
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Have Got
In this ESL conversation worksheet, learners read 8 questions to classmates and record their answers. Example: Have you got a dog?
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Routines Q and A
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with classmates in interviewing each other to ask the 9 questions on this page. Students record the answers, which have to do with daily routines.
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Conversation Questions: Jobs & Occupations
In this job and occupations worksheet, students read and answer the questions related to jobs and occupations as part of an ESL conversation activity.
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Telephone Skills
The challenge in telephone conversations is that speakers and listeners cannot rely on body language to communicate. This 31-page packet includes a curriculum guide, lesson plans, assessments, and resource lists designed to help language...
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Making Conversation
Young scholars develop their social skills to help them feel more apart of society. They practice initiating conversations and using common phrases. They also use small talk.
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Meeting and Greeting
For this ESL conversation worksheet, students complete some or all of the exercises on three pages that pertain to cultural differences in meeting and greeting others.
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Can / Can't Practice- Interview
In this ESL conversation instructional activity, students ask 8 questions of a classmate and record the answers. All questions have either "can" or "can't". Example: What could you do when you were a child, but can't now?
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Conversation Lesson: Men and Women - Equal at Last?
Students engage in a debate about equality between men and women as a way to work on their conversational skills. The format of the debate is imbedded in this plan.
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Conversation Lesson: Multinationals - Help or Hindrance?
Students engage in a debate regarding the status of nationals versus multinationals as a way of improving their conversation skills. The format for the debate is imbedded in this plan.
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Conversation Practice
In this grammar worksheet, students practice working with conversations between two people. Students are given eight sets of sentences and eight phrases to match to the correct conversation.
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ESL Storyboards
In this ESL literacy worksheet, students examine each individual board and then use them to tell and write a story about the events.
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ESL Elementary/Beginner Level - Conversation/Pairwork
For this elementary level ESL pairwork worksheet, students practice filling in 29 blanks in a conversation. They echo each other in the conversation.
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ESL: Classmates Survey
Get your beginning English Learners moving with this class survey. They ask each other the 8 questions provided to find out "How many of your classmates..." Good practice for asking questions that start with"Do you..." including "make...