From the article: Quick Lessons - Short Speaking Activities
Sooner or later all English teachers need some fun speaking activities to help fill in the gaps in class, or to provide some extra fun for students. Most ESL / EFL teachers have speaking activities they often use with classes. Here are activities that teachers from the around the world have chosen to share. Thanks for your ideas! Share your quick lessons
Quick Fun Speaking
- What I didn't do this weekend. Ask students to write 3 short sentences about what they did this past weekend on a slip of paper. It can be mundame like I cleaned the bathroom or I had dinner with friends. Then pair up students and ask them to exchange papers. Now tell them that you are going to ask your partner what they did on the weekend. They use the information on the slip of paper to answer their partners questions. Encourage them to follow up with at least 2 questions to elaborate on the idea. This activity is quite entertaining. Have fun with it!
- —Guest Christine
The Best Things in Life are Free
- Ask students whether they belive that the best things in life are free
- —Guest Arthur jee
5 words in 1 minute
- At the beginning or end of a class I sometimes have my students relax and then write down the first 5 words that come into their minds. They can use a dictionary if they don't know a word in English. I then get them to speak one by one for one minute in which they must use all 5 words in some way. This is an interesting exercise because it gets students to talk about what's on their minds and sometimes it even creates a class discussion. It also gives students a chance to personalize their vocabulary rather than the whole class learning the same words.
- —Guest victoriakelly@libero.it
-ed pronunciiation
- Have students stand in a circle. (A group of about 6 works well). Student A states something he/she did using a regular past tense verb, working on correct pronunciation. Student B repeats what Student A did (using the student's name) and then says his own sentence. E.G. Lili worked last night and I watched television.. Student C repeats those and adds own sentence. Lili worked last night, Mario watched TV, and I walked the dog. When the circle has completed, Student A (or any other student) has the opportunity to repeat all the activities. A good rule is that no one can use a verb that has already been used. I'm not sure what levels this could be adapted for. I teach a multi-level intermediate. This can be adjusted to practice other grammar forms. E.G. I have never been to Paris. If I won the lottery, I would buy a house for each of my brothers. I have always enjoyed swimming. It's a good memory activity, good excuse to stand up, and provides a lot of laughter.
- —Guest Jan Anderson
Refer Excerpt
- Have some handy excerpts from anywhere and read that aloud,if photocopy of them isn't expensive. And ask students to respond to the prompt and random questions... You might ask them to jot down others comments for further conversation- for an insight discussion of course.
- —Guest Zaki Hassan
