Speaking skills
A variety of speaking practice lessons aimed at developing functional language or promoting discussion.
Check Speaking Matters: a series of articles on teaching speaking skills by Adrian Tennant.
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Inside Speaking skills
Film and TV
Welcome to Film and TV, a series of general English lessons for upper-intermediate and advanced students. Each stand-alone lesson is based on a film or TV genre and focuses on building communicative skills and film and TV vocabulary.
Global critical eye
This series of speaking lessons contains teacher’s notes, a worksheet and a photograph for discussion.
Lesson plans
Speaking practice lessons on a wide variety of topics aimed at developing functional language or promoting discussion.
Speaking matters
A series of articles by Adrian Tennant, giving useful tips and suggestions on how to teach speaking.
Teaching ideas
Tips and tricks to help you prepare for English speaking practice in the classroom.
Speaking and communicative activities
Level: Starter/beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper intermediate, Advanced Type: General lesson plan
Each of these series is available elsewhere on the site but all these lessons and resources offer a focus on productive communicative skills.
