Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course A Great Way to Learn How to Really Speak English! Intermediate Book 1 • Four full-length spoken English courses • Over 200 hours of quality learning materials! • Brand new and unique learning method • Learn to use 8 essential intermediate level verb forms • Learn real English – idioms, phrasal verbs, and slang! • Practise using sounds, stress, and connected speech • 100% photocopiable As well as the teaching material for each course – around 45 hours in total – this book contains more than 100 pages of additional material which complements the course activities, for use in the classroom or for self-study at home. This book is for students who are studying from intermediate level (B2/FCE) to advanced level (C1/CAE), although there will also be plenty of good material for students at pre-intermediate level. The main proposal of this book is that intermediate level can come as something of a shock for students who realise that, despite dutifully learning all the basic grammatical forms and vocabulary at elementary level, the English language remains just as unknowable as ever, thanks to the introduction – at intermediate level – of non-literal English – i.e. idioms, phrasal verbs, and slang. Despite knowing plenty of words with their literal meanings, the goal of fluent communication retreats further into the distance, as the student begins to find coded language wherever they look – English that doesn’t make sense as they know it. For example, they may have learned the vocabulary words “cost”, “arm”, and “leg”, but do they know what it means “to cost an arm and a leg”? (To be very expensive!) Talk a Lot Intermediate provides plenty of practice with these bewildering forms.

Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course - Public Domain Book A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English Elementary Handbook • General Information about Talk a Lot Courses • How to Use Talk a Lot Resources • Focus on Connected Speech • Focus on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) • 100% Photocopiable This handbook shows you how to use Talk a Lot materials to learn or teach spoken English, as well as providing background information and practice worksheets on related topics, such as connected speech, sentence and word stress, and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple: • Every student talking in English • Every student listening to and understanding English • Every student thinking in English, and • Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher. The main benefits of Talk a Lot are: • Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way • Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons • Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional • Students learn many essential vocabulary words by heart, including word stress and the sounds of English • Students learn how to become more fluent when speaking in English, by joining together words in a sentence using the techniques of connected speech • Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly. This handbook is not intended to be an exhaustive academic work. The aim was to write a brief, helpful guide and pack of resources that would provide a way into practise and language work in the classroom, rather than a dry, analytical manual. For example, I have deliberately avoided confusing jargon when writing about connected speech. Phrases like “bilabial plosive” and “palato-alveolar approximate” – though fun to say – can be studied later, or at the student’s leisure.

Talk a Lot Foundation Course is for anybody who needs to better understand how to speak English like a Native Speaker. It will be especially useful for anybody who is studying with – or about to study with – Talk a Lot materials (i.e. Elementary Books 1-3 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/36-week-spoken-english-course-30-different-english-topics-covered-11157496) or Intermediate Book 1). The theory studied on this course will enable learners to get a lot more out of any Talk a Lot materials. The course is suitable for learners from Pre-Intermediate level (CEF B1) to Advanced (CEF C1) – and beyond. It can also be adapted for lower-level learners. It goes without saying that zero beginner learners will benefit from learning about word stress and weak forms as they take their first steps with vocabulary and sentence-building in English. The focus of this course is pronunciation – how we speak. The message of the entire course can be summed up in two words: stress and reduce – learners can improve their pronunciation by stressing the content words in a sentence and reducing the function words – then connecting the syllables together. The aim of the course is to teach learners how to do this. Learners will also develop their listening skills as they discover the techniques that English native speakers routinely use when speaking quickly. This is not a book to be picked up and read from beginning to end, but rather a collection of practical materials that need to be studied within the context of a course – guided by a teacher. This is not really a self-study book, although I’m sure learners could learn a lot from reading it on their own, and listening to the audio files (see below). The course is made up of four lessons of theory – Introduction and Basic Principles; Spelling and Sounds; Stress; and Connected Speech. There is also a fifth lesson with practical exercises, which can be repeated as often as you like – or have time for. This book contains the course material for each lesson, which may be given to learners on the course, and which the teacher can use to plan and facilitate the lessons. The materials in this course are fairly flexible. Each lesson has an outline of the main points, which are described in more detail in boxes, and then followed by examples and practical activities. You don’t have to follow this course as it is written word by word, doing every activity – although you could. You may decide to use the text as an outline, adding extra activities and examples that are more relevant for your learners, and taking away things that they don’t need. The timing of each lesson can vary – it will depend on the level of your learners, and how much time there is available. I would recommend a classroom session of at least 90 minutes for covering one of the theory lessons.

Talk a Lot End of Course Oral Examination and Verb Forms Practice A nice little booklet for revising and testing the different verb forms and for a pre-made oral exam testing your students grammar skills. It comes complete with a handbook on how to get your students to speak more in their English lessons. For a pound, these are a really bargain!

Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course Elementary Politics (37 pages) Note: all activities include full answers. For detailed instructions on how to use each activity, please see the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook, which is included in this teaching pack. Contents ______________ Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test This book was originally in the public domain for free. I spent a considerable amount of time removing all the self promoting hyperlinks to the original free site, as well as adding lots of free, colourful images to each page. This book looks far more professional than the original one and the students will be proud to take it home when it is complete to show their parents.

Spoken English Course - Places in the UK (45 pages) Note: all activities include full answers. For detailed instructions on how to use each activity, please see the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook, included in this teaching pack. Contents Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Places in the UK – Background Information Places in the UK – Matching Game Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

Spoken English Course - Money (36 pages) Note: all activities include full answers. For detailed instructions on how to use each activity, please see the Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook included in the package. Contents ------------ Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

Looking for fun Speaking tasks for ESL students? Here is a complete resource for them. It makes perfect school and homework activities. Learning English (34 pages) Note: all activities include full answers. For detailed instructions on how to use each activity, please see the included Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook. Contents ------------- Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

Spoken English Course Elementary Book 3 Unit 9: Internet (35 pages) Note: all activities include full answers. For detailed instructions on how to use each activity, please see the included Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook Contents Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

I collected together 30 hours of ESL teaching resources about the topic of health, medicine and illness. It is a really great way of teaching! The original was a free public domain document. I took this document, removed all the promotional hyperlinks and logos from every page, as well as adding colourful, interesting images to each page to give it all a more professional image. The idea is to get students talking more in their English classes. Contents ------------- Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test Originally from a public domain book. I however took a long time to remove all the self promotion hyperlinks from all the pages and then I added new, relevant photos to them to make it all much more attractive.

Want to encourage your students to talk about books and reading, while still getting an excellent level of grammar practice? Want a fully structured teaching unit on books and reading for ESL students? The resources focus on speaking and improving their vocabulary. The original book was free in the public domain and you are welcome to search for it. I have spent a long time removing all the advertising and promotional hyperlinks and making sure there are interesting, relevant pictures on every page, making it a professional looking book your students will be proud to work in and bring home. Contents Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

I have decided to collect together great ESL worksheets on Australia and share them with other teachers. I really love the final outcome. I hope you do to! This particular Australian Topic Unit is packed full of different activities and ideas for you to try. There is a 30 hour talking topic book. There are additional questions to solve in the addition worksheets about Australia, there is a whole photo pack about life in Australia and of course there are 31 different teaching activities for you to try which are connected to the Photo Flashcard pack. Some of these resources were originally public domain. However, I have cleaned them up, removed the excessive links to the original website, added lots of new and interesting photos linked to the topics and as you can see, thrown in a lot of different extra activities on top. Sentence Focus Activities Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version + Glossary Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

I added a set of 30 photos about travel and a set of 31 fabulous teaching activities. The original workbook was free - however I have added pictures and removed the hyperlinks from the pages to make them clean and easy to use. They look far more professional now. Contents Sentence Focus Activities Are you covering travel and holidays with your English students? Then you will really like this pack of worksheets. It has something for everyone and focuses on getting the students to speak in English more in class. Sentence Blocks + Extensions Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds Connected Sentence Cards Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant and Vowel Sounds Connected Speech Template Word Focus Activities Discussion Words + IPA Version Discussion Words – Visualisations Discussion Words Question Sheet Information Exchange Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Gap-Fill + Multiple Choice Questions • Comprehension Questions + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Free Practice Activities Discussion Questions Agree or Disagree? Role Plays + Extensions Continuous Assessment Tests Vocabulary Test Lesson Test

Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course - A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English. The units are: Learning English, Films, Hospital, Books, Airport, Money, Places in the UK, Politics, Internet, and Australia. Elementary Book 3 • Complete 12-week spoken English course • 300+ hours of learning materials – with full answers • Brand new and unique learning method • Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms • Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words • 100% photocopiable This book is called Talk a Lot Elementary Book 3, but the skill range is fairly wide, including students at all levels between Elementary (CEF Level A2) to Pre-Intermediate (CEF Level B1). This means that the course is suitable for students studying for the Cambridge KET or PET examinations. Of course, teachers know the level of their students and will use the materials in accordance with what the students are able to (and want to) do. The verb tenses that are covered should be studied by all students at these levels, and the vocabulary words should be generally useful to students from Elementary upwards. However, some of the units may pose more of a challenge to true Elementary learners, because the vocabulary may be less familiar, e.g. Places in the UK and Australia. Similarly, some of the activities are more suitable for students at Pre-Intermediate level than Elementary, such as the Multi-Purpose Texts and Role Plays (although the teacher could adapt the role play situations for lower level students by simplifying them). As before, the aim of this book is to teach students to think in English and Talk a Lot! The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple: • Every student talking in English • Every student listening to and understanding English • Every student thinking in English, and • Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher. The main benefits of Talk a Lot are: • Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way • Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons

Talk a Lot - Spoken English Course This books learning units are: Learning English, Films, Hospital, Books, Airport, Money, Places in the UK, Politics, Internet, and Australia. A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English Elementary Book 3 • Complete 12-week spoken English course • 300+ hours of learning materials – with full answers • Brand new and unique learning method • Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms • Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words • 100% photocopiable Talk a Lot is a brand new spoken English course from English Banana.com. The course objectives are very simple: * Every student talking in English * Every student listening to and understanding English * Every student thinking in English, and * Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot Elementary Book 3 is suitable for students at these levels: Student’s Level: Common European Framework (CEF): Cambridge Assessment: Elementary to A2 KET Pre-Intermediate to B1 PET Original book was free in the public domain. As you can see from my work, I have substantially improved the original. I have removed all the self promotion weblinks back to the free site and I have added lots of colourful, relevant photos to all the documents, making them much more attractive for students to use...

I sell these two together at a reduced rate - Buy these and save some money. ESL Worksheets Book 1: 60 Entry Level worksheets for English lessons with answers This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English. These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them - our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students. Book 2: The second ESL resource book (Intermediate Resources) While the first book was aimed primarily at Entry Level students, this one is aimed at higher level students, either Intermediate Level or Level 1 (ESOL Core Curriculum), depending on how you choose to label them. There are also a few worksheets for practising more basic skills, such as the two Writing Skills worksheets. However, most of the material reflects the higher level, and will provide a wealth of stimulating lessons for students who are starting to become more independent in their learning. With this in mind we have included a brand new section - Test Your Research Skills. Here you will find quizzes on a range of topics that require students to go and do some research, using a library facility, encyclopaedia (whether in CD Rom or old fashioned book form!), or even the internet...

Welcome to the second English ESL book. Like the first one, it’s packed full of worksheets that can be photocopied freely for use in the classroom, as well as being an ideal tool for students to work through at home. We’ve included resources that test grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling and speaking & listening skills. A huge variety of material that we hope will be fun to use and really helpful, whether you are at school or at home. A big thank you must go to all the students who have tried and tested these resources in the classroom prior to us producing the book! While the first book (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/60-entry-level-grammar-worksheets-for-english-lessons-and-esl-with-answers-11156436) was aimed primarily at Entry Level students, this one is aimed at higher level students, either Intermediate Level or Level 1 (ESOL Core Curriculum), depending on how you choose to label them. There are also a few worksheets for practising more basic skills, such as the two Writing Skills worksheets. However, most of the material reflects the higher level, and will provide a wealth of stimulating lessons for students who are starting to become more independent in their learning. With this in mind we have included a brand new section - Test Your Research Skills. Here you will find quizzes on a range of topics that require students to go and do some research, using a library facility, encyclopaedia (whether in CD Rom or old fashioned book form!), or even the internet...

This book brings together some of the very best worksheets for teachers and students of English. Whether you are a teacher or a student we hope that you will find something here to inspire you and make English language learning fun and relevant. The worksheets can be photocopied freely and are primarily intended for use with Entry Level students, although they will also provide useful practise for learners at all levels. These worksheets have been written by an experienced English language teacher and used in English classes with learners from a wide variety of countries. At the back of the book is a short collection of fun classroom games that have been similarly tried and tested. Some may be familiar while others are original. In publishing descriptions of these games we are not in any way claiming credit for inventing them or owning them - our aim has been to collect together games that work and get a great response from students.

• This pack contains 17 templates for creating your own worksheets, for use in lessons, for testing, or for homework. You can use them with any level – your choice of vocabulary and tenses will determine the level. • This pack also includes a sample set of finished worksheets (with answers) on the topic of “Dentist”. The level is pre-intermediate to intermediate. • You don’t need to create all the worksheets for a given topic; simply choose the ones you need. The worksheets are in four categories: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and speaking & listening. Of course, you can also adapt the worksheets and include your own activities and categories. • Remember, as the teacher, you should know the answers to the worksheets! By thinking about the answers and researching what you do not know, your teaching skills will improve. • The worksheets practise concepts and skills that are fundamental to the You Are The Course Book method of teaching, for example: discussion words, spelling statements, tense conversion, idioms, word stress, sentence stress, collocations, connected speech, discussion, and so on. • In keeping with the YATCB method, why not encourage your students to make their own activities based on these worksheets – then swap them with one another, or give them to other classes. • You can write on the blank worksheets then photocopy them for your students, or create your own templates modelled on these worksheets