Speaking skills: More lesson plans

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• Speaking skills lesson plans: Amnesty: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate & upper intermediate (89k)

  

  New president offers amnesty. Who will be released?

• Speaking skills lesson plans: And the Oscar goes to…. (162k)

  

  An information-gap activity for talking about the movies.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Asking questions (97k)

  

  An oral interview speaking class for practising: short answers, the present simple, verb to be, can, future (going to); Numbers and letters; basic vocabulary.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Blackout (96k)

  

  A speaking activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students role play a series of mobile phone calls that all take place during a blackout in New York.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Castaway students (197k)

  

  Practice oral fluency talking about uses for everyday objects in a difficult situation.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Celebrity crimes (147k)

  

  Four speaking activities all connected to the theme of celebrity crime.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Censored (182k)

  

  Students role play a discussion about censorship on a television talk show.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Crying: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate/upper intermediate (283k)

  

  Students discuss what makes them cry and attitudes towards crying. They then 'tell' each other a short article about crying.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Culture shock: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate (214k)

  

  Students discuss how adaptable they are and then learn about the different stages of culture shock.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: David Beckham (150k)

  

  An information gap activity featuring David Beckham.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Divorce: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate & upper intermediate (176k)

  

  A discussion class where students decide who gets what in a divorce, then discuss issues around divorce.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Drama activities: teacher's notes - intermediate to advanced (78k)

  

  6 Drama activities for the ELT & ESL classroom.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Dramatic dialogues: worksheet/teacher's notes (102k)

  

  Using dialogues to practise intonation, functions and structures.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Exploring space: pictures (289k)

  

  The following activities are all connected to the theme of space and space travel.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Exploring space: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate to advanced (101k)

  

  The following activities are all connected to the theme of space and space travel.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: First day: worksheet/teacher's notes - all levels (269k)

  

  6 speaking activities for your first day in class.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Heatwave: worksheet/teacher's notes - pre-intermediate & intermediate (303k)

  

  Students role play a series of arguments that take place on a hot summer's day.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Jobs: worksheet/teacher's notes - elementary (168k)

  

  The best job for your partner: a speaking class.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Learning languages: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate to advanced (123k)

  

  A questionnaire and interview activity. Students interview each other and discuss languages. They then self assess what they can do orally in English.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Sex sells: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate (127k)

  

  Discussing controversial subjects.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: teacher's notes: Christmas stocking board game - intermediate (499k)

  

  Talking about Christmas.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The attack of the clones: worksheet/teacher's notes - upper intermediate (116k)

  

  A discussion activity in which students read and re-tell short articles and then exchange opinions about the ethics of cloning.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The Deck of Business Conversations: worksheet/teacher's notes - pre-intermediate & intermediate (133k)

  

  Can be used for non-business classes but very good for small business groups and one-to-one.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The Deck of Conversations: worksheet/teacher's notes - pre-intermediate & intermediate (232k)

  

  A speaking lesson plan with Kings, Queens and Jokers.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The office party: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate to advanced (157k)

  

  A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at an office social event and share secrets.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The wedding party: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate (202k)

  

  A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at a wedding, share secrets and do some gossiping.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: The world's funniest joke: worksheet/teacher's notes - intermediate & upper intermediate (129k)

  

  The use of present tenses when telling a joke in English; pausing and rhythm in pronunciation.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Using OK part 1: worksheet/teacher's notes - pre-intermediate & upper intermediate (287k)

  

  Raising students' awareness of the uses of 'OK' as a discourse marker. Students find out the disputed etymology of 'OK' and practice using it as a discourse marker.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: Using OK part 2: worksheet/teacher's notes - pre-intermediate & intermediate (191k)

  

  Raising students' awareness of the uses of 'OK' as a discourse marker. Part 2 covers the use of 'OK' as a discourse marker.

• Speaking skills lesson plans: worksheet: Christmas stocking board game - intermediate (71k)

  

  Talking about Christmas