Talk about English: 100 questions for EFL to stimulate thinking about English

Talk about English: 100 questions for EFL to stimulate thinking about English and English language learning!

What do all English learners have in common? English!

Stimulate discussion in English, about English, with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to English language learning. With this set of 100 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions in English. At the same time, they will also come to understand the language, and the reasons behind studying it, in more depth.

Cards are grouped into colour-coded sets to separate and demonstrate common patterns of grammar in the English language, including forming Wh-questions, using conditionals, understanding word forms, and identifying English tenses.

Included topics:

Wh-questions
e.g. Where do you usually study English?
How often do you study English?

Identifying word types
e.g. What is an adjective?
What is the difference between the articles a/an and the?

English tenses
e.g. Can you make a sentence in the present continuous tense?
Is there a future tense in English?

**Discussing preferences **
e.g. Which do you prefer, listening to English podcasts or watching English movies?

English accents
e.g. How many English accents can you name?

Offering advice
e.g. What advice can you give for improving your English listening skill?

English as a global language
e.g. In which countries do people speak English?

Conditionals and hypothesizing
e.g. If you could study another language instead of English, would you?

English-language media
e.g. What English-language writers do you know?

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 mature learners, including adults.

These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about English language learning.

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!