Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
Discussion Starter - Leisure Activities
In a small group, talk about leisure activities and fill in the table below:
Leisure activities that I already do:
Leisure activities that I don’t do but would like to try:
Leisure activities that I would never try:
Test Your Listening Skills!
The 80 Question Oral Quiz
This is a dictation quiz where you read the numbers, letters and words below, and students write what they hear. It can be adapted by allowing students to dictate to each other:
Test Your Writing Skills
What’s Your Favourite? 2
A) Write your favourite things below:
Example questions...
1. My favourite colour is: _____________________________
2. My favourite food is: _____________________________
3. My favourite TV programme is: _____________________________
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Role Playing - Family
1. A Very Big Family!
Scene: Tania meets Jim at the supermarket. Jim is with his brothers and sisters:
Jim: Good morning, Tania. How are you?
Tania: Fine thanks. How about you?
Jim: Oh, I’m not too bad. I’ve got a sore throat and my leg hurts, but apart from that I’m fine.
Tania: Who are all these people? ....
Good introduction to families...
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Finish the Sentences 2
Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise):
Example questions...
1. Please sit _______________________________________________.
2. How old are _______________________________________________?
3. It will soon be lunch _______________________________________________.
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What’s Your Least Favourite. . . ?
A) Write your least favourite things below:
Example questions...
1. My least favourite colour is: ________________________
2. My least favourite food is: ________________________
3. My least favourite TV programme is: ________________________
Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills
What’s Your Favourite...?
Practise asking these questions with your friends. Write down their answers.
Ask why they have chosen each answer as their favourite:
Example questions...
What’s your favourite colour?
What’s your favourite food?
What’s your favourite fruit?
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Role Playing – Shopping
1. Buying a CD
Scene: a music shop. Bob works in the shop. Sue is a customer.
Sue: Hi. I’m looking for Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits.
Bob: It’ll be in the Rock Music section. Let’s go and have a look.....
Read the rest here...
Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in Welsh!' pack.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Welsh. The students could write about a topic in Welsh before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
Welcome to the German Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the
picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in German!' pack.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning German. The students could write about a topic in German before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
Welcome to the Spanish Bingo pack.
This is a simple starter game for students.
There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Talk about the picture and then ask your students to select and write down 5 items from the
picture. Then look at the picture and pick out all the key vocabulary you want them to talk about.
The first student to have all their items read out is the winner.
With 57 different settings and 114 different game cards, there are plenty chances for great
vocabulary.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Are you learning French? Are you looking for a fun way to learn French? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in French. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into French. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone!
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Speak, Write and Play In French
French Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on
the wall or share it with the class as a handout.
Let's Talk in French!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture.
Let's Write in French pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning French. The students could write about a topic in French before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
* Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
These pages could also be used to write different stories, using the pictures as a stimulus.
I have included a 31 Teaching Activity Guide as part of this pack to help you get the most you can out of this purchase.
***** Please note - these resources provide visual prompts and support to the students, not direct language instruction **************
Welcome to the 'Let’s Write in Spanish!' pack.
There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Spanish. The students could write about a topic in Spanish before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic to see how much they have progressed.
It could also be used as an introduction to guided writing. Students can write sentences as a class and share the sentences together and they can then write them on their own. Alternatively, students could work in pairs - one student dictates to the other what to write down about what they see in the picture.
Are you teaching your class about the colour yellow? Are you looking for clear, high quality images to help you. This pack of 30 photos will help you teach them about yellow and different places we can find yellow.This could help the students to think of other places they also see the colour yellow.
You could print out and laminate these photos to make it into an eye-catching display.
The students could sort the images into different groups and explain how they sorted them.
The photo cards would also make an excellent set of prompt cards while students write a story or poem linked to the topic of yellow.
Are you teaching your students about things we find around the house? Are you looking for some colourful flashcards? I have collected 30 photos of every day items for you to share with you class.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about furniture.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different sorts of furniture and household items. The students can then discuss the materials used to make the different types of furniture and different objects.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.
Are you teaching your students about different times of day, night time, light or the moon. This set of 30 photos focuses on night time.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different night time activities being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about night time.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different catergories. The students can then discuss how they decided on each group.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing.
Are you teaching about different forms of transport? Are you looking for different examples of exciting cars? I have collected together 30 different photos of cars for you to share with your class.
I have included a 31 Teaching Activity guide in this pack to make sure you get the most out of this purchase!
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about different cars.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of cars. The students can then sort them from the slowest to the fastest cars.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Are you teaching about the uses of different materials? Are you looking for photos and images about the different uses of rubber? I have collected together 17 different images of things made of rubber you can share with your class.
This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills.
You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different uses of rubber being shown in each of photos.
You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about uses of rubber.
The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different uses of rubber. The students can then discuss what they think why people use rubber.
The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.