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ESL Talk Show Role-Play Lesson Plan
Students work together in groups to discuss what they know about talk shows. They choose a topic to talk about and each one has a role to play in the group. They practice asking and answering questions.
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Can I Bug You for a Sec? ESL Role-play
Students practice talking about words and asking for help in English. Students ask other students for help using a crossword puzzle using a phrase like "Can I bug you for a sec?" learning to interrupt their friends and as for help with a...
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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Movie Riddles: An ESL Activity to Get Students Talking About Movies
For this lesson movies are used with ESL students in order to start a dialogue. Students explore the terms associated with movies such as genre, setting, plot and climax. Through the use of role play students identify the various aspects...
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Family Advice
In this ESL activity worksheet, students role play a family life situation with another classmate as they use the provided words and phrases.
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Mt Perfect Place
For this ESL activity worksheet, students role play a conversation between an interviewer and another person as they use the questions provided on this worksheet.
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ESL Family Member Matching Worksheet
In this ESL family member activity, students examine 6 pictures of family members. They match the pictures to the words that name them such as mother, brother, sister, and father.
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ESL Mi Familia- Family Identification Worksheet
In this Spanish/English family member identification matching learning exercise, students match 7 black and white clip art pictures of family members to their Spanish and English names.
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ESL Picture/Idiom Matching Worksheet
In this ESL picture to idiom matching worksheet, students examine 7 small clip art images before matching them to the idioms they best represent. They work with idioms such as "blood is thicker than water," and "as you make your bed, so...
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Words In The News
A complete resource from BBC World Service provides informational text for English or ESL classes to teach vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills. Learners participate in small group work, whole class discussions, and role-plays to...
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Could You Do Me a Favour?
Students role play situations where they make requests to each other. In this requests lesson plan, students make their requests in English.
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Airport English: A Role-Play for ESL
Students explore the skills needed to navigate an airport. In this foreign language lesson, students discuss the skills they will need in order to make it through customs with as little trouble as possible.
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ESL: Around Town Matching
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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ESL: Body Parts Matching
Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.
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Down on the Farm: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 8)
Down on the Farm is the theme of this series of ESL lessons designed to support reading, speaking, and listening skills. Over three weeks, your learners will have the opportunity to sing songs, play guessing games, create masks, role...
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A Lesson about Animals for ESL Students: Use or Abuse?
Learners discuss animal care using proper phrases of agreement and objection. They role play and make presentations on their animal studies.
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members worksheet, learners view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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In Case of a Medical Emergency
Studens identify the variety of services available to them at their local medical facilities. In pairs, they role play different conversations that can take place during a medical emergency. Students create a brief description of the...
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ESL- Taking a Classroom Survey
In this ESL classroom survey worksheet, students determine which of their classmates do things such as play with yo-yo's, pay attention in class, like camping or go skateboarding. They look at small clip art pictures of the activities to...
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How Much Is It? A Shopping Lesson Plan for ESL
Students participate in a role-playing activity in order to practice conversational English used while shopping. For this practical vocabulary lesson, students practice etiquette as it pertains to grocery shopping. Students pretend they...
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A Brainstorming Activity for ESL/EFL Students
Students connect with new creative ways to brainstorm ideas. Students encounter role playing with this lesson. Students predict future brainstorming topics. Students are encouraged to work with others in small group sessions.
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Cultural Advice: Using Verbs and Infinitives
In this ESL activity worksheet, students role play a situation about traveling to another country. Students use the verbs and infinitives on the sheet to offer advice in the scenarios.
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ESL: Complaints and Responses
In this complaints and responses worksheet, learners students brainstorm "neighbor complaints," then work in small groups to generate lists of other common complaints. Learners then role play complaining and responding.
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Have You Seen Jack?
Students study relative clauses and appositives. In this ESL lesson, students role play. Students use relatives clauses and appositives to describe people. Students use dialogue.