Talk about family: 60 questions for English learners with key vocabulary

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to family and family life.

With this set of 60 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns and collocations commonly used to form and answer questions in English.

Each card has key vocabulary highlighted, with repetition of question forms designed to encourage language uptake as students share their answers.

This set uses colour-coded guides to separate and demonstrate common patterns and collocations, though there are multiple variations of how the cards can be used.

Example language patterns:

How manycousins do you have?
Does your family get together for New Year?
Do you have abig family or small family?
Who is the youngest in your family?
Do you want to have children?
What do you know about your family history?

These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for pre-intermediate learners depending on language goals and careful selection of language by patterns/sets.

They are appropriate for all ages of learners from early teens onwards, regardless of if they are currently at school or graduated some time ago. *However, we recommend selecting as appropriate with reference to both language ability and family history.
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These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about their families.

These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives.

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Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!