Help your students understand and use the past tense in Japanese with these flashcards. These 27 clear, simple flashcards demonstrate simple Japanese sentences, highlighting nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each example sentence builds on the previous one. For example: 東京にいきました。 電車で東京にいきました。 東京にいきました。大きかった。 Colour-codes are used to separate particles, nouns, verbs, and adjectives, making it easy for students to understand the structure of a Japanese sentence, and easy for the teacher to draw attention to relevant points. There are two copies of each card – one with furigana, and one without. Help your students memorise these common Kanji readings while they study! These cards provide an excellent launching point for teaching past-tense forms to learners of Japanese. Page numbers are NOT marked, allowing teachers to rearrange the order of the flashcards as they deem appropriate. Help your students build their own sentences using the examples provided, and encourage your learners to develop the sentences further. 頑張ってね！

Mystery Box: a game that will see your class go wild! The mystery box game is a simple yet highly motivating game designed especially for learners of English, though the template is easily adaptable for any subject. The premise is this; the class is split into three or four teams, and go through a sequence of questions. Whenever a team answers a question correctly, they receive a 'mystery box,' the contents of which may be good or bad. This game is incredibly involving for students, sparking off their competitive drive and using this drive to focus attention on language forms, vocabulary, general knowledge, or any other topic the teacher sees fit to adapt it to. In this download you will find a usable, easy-to-understand example of the game. This can be used as a template to make further versions quickly and easily.

70 conversations prompts categorised for the teaching and elicitation of two grammar patterns: it makes me … (40 prompts) e.g. What makes you angry at work? emotion adjective + about… (30 prompts) Are you worried about the future? These cards allow learners to share their opinions in a natural way that encourages the free production of language, while at the same time encouraging the noticing and acquisition of the core grammar patterns. Whether you choose to pre-teach or post-teach the grammar points, these cards enable you to easily set up communicative discussions between pairs or small groups of learners. Made for a variety of levels, it is encouraged that teachers of lower-level students first select the cards they feel are most appropriate for the abilities and interests of their students.

30 conversations prompts categorised for the teaching and elicitation of phrases to discuss gossip and rumours, including: I’ve heard… (some) people say… It’s been said that… Many people believe that… These cards allow learners to practise talking about rumours and gossip in a natural way while avoiding directly endorsing what they are saying. The prompts encourage the free production of language, while at the same time encouraging the noticing and acquisition of grammar patterns whether pre-taught or not, and enable teachers to easily set up communicative discussions between pairs or small groups of learners. Made for a variety of levels, it is encouraged that teachers of lower-level students first select the cards they feel are most appropriate for the abilities and interests of their students.

A set of 40 conversation prompts based on common phrasal verbs, for use with your English students to encourage spoken language use. In this set, the phrasal verbs are: *come up with cool off cut down on do without go about hear of run out of work out * Each phrasal verb comes with 5 question prompts on topics related to business, social issues, or personal life, designed to draw language from learners communicatively. These questions will stimulate their interest and motivation to use English, and can be used in a variety of ways. The prompts also encourage free production and the noticing and acquisition of grammar patterns. Encourage your students to elaborate and build on the question prompts. Made for a variety of levels, it is encouraged that teachers of lower-level students first select from these cards the prompts they feel are most appropriate for the abilities and interests of their students.

A set of 40 conversation prompts for use with your English language students, useful for warm-ups and encouraging students to use the language rather than simply study it. This set teaches a variety of grammar patterns in the same way as the set “40 TEFL conversation prompt flash cards” (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/40-tefl-conversation-prompt-flash-cards-11649540) but uses different topics of conversation. It is recommended that you do not only use these conversation prompts to teach, but also to learn about your students: discover their language needs and any points they need further practice on.

The full collection of TEFL Teachers flash cards: 570 conversation prompts that will keep your EFL/ESL classroom full of lively discussion! Including… EFL Discussion flashcards: If, Have, Did, Will, Do, Which A collection of 224 conversation starters to stimulate discussion amongst students of the English language. Each colour-coded set is based around a single grammar point using a certain tense or conditional, with grammar explanations to aid a teacher in preparing for the activity. EFL Language Patterns: Permission and Obligation with Make, Let, and Allow 60 conversations prompts designed to demonstrate and elicit the correct grammar patterns of make, let, and allow when used to express permission and obligation. Each question draws attention to the common English pattern of grammar for using these verbs: make + someone + verb let + someone + verb allow + someone + to + verb TEFL language patterns - Gossip and Rumour 30 conversations prompts categorised for the teaching and elicitation of phrases to discuss gossip and rumours, including: I’ve heard… (some) people say… It’s been said that… Many people believe that… TEFL Language Patterns: Experiences with the present perfect 90 conversations prompts categorised for the teaching and elicitation of phrases to discuss personal experiences, including: I have seen… I have tried… I have been… I haven’t done… What have you…? (Who/Where/How…) TEFL language patterns Talking about feelings 70 conversations prompts categorised for the teaching and elicitation of two grammar patterns: *it makes me … (40 prompts) e.g. What makes you angry at work? emotion adjective + about… (30 prompts) e.g. Are you worried about the future?*

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards all about technology! With this set of 50 conversation prompts, help your students practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions. This set demonstrates 10 key patterns of question formation: What do you use … for? e.g. What do you use a computer for? Do you use … at … ? e.g. Do you use technology at home? What kind of technology do you use when you … ? e.g. What kind of technology do you use when you drive? What piece of technology do you use … ? e.g. What piece of technology do you use only at night? *When do you use … ? * e.g. When do you use artificial light? *When do you use … to … ? * e.g. When do you use technology to study? Which is more important, … or … ? e.g. Which is more important, the internet or planes? Second and third conditionals e.g. If you could buy a self-driving car, would you buy one? The Present Perfect e.g. Has email made work easier or more difficult? Various forms of how: e.g. How often do you use your smartphone? How important is technology to you? These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common patterns in English grammar in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives. Each set comes with prompts colour coded, to clearly demonstrate the forms in isolation. Later, they can be mixed to elicit natural conversation that flows from point to point. These cards are suitable for intermediate learners and above. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards all about love! With this set of 60 conversation prompts, help your students practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions, while discussing the ups and downs of love. What is the perfect date? Why do some relationships fail? Discuss it all with your students! This set is colour-coded to demonstrate common patterns and collocations, with phrases specifically related to love delineated in italics. Key phrases: The qualities of a partner. To share interests. To have an argument. Long-lasting relationship. To be in a relationship. Marriage/Honeymoon/Divorce… To write your own vows. Famous proverbs and idioms – “love at first sight,” “opposites attract…” …and many more! These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English collocations and patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives. These cards are suitable for intermediate learners and above. However, please note: some issues may be inappropriate for your learners. Topics such as divorce and infidelity are touched on, and colour-coded red – please judge for yourself whether they are appropriate for your class! Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards all about food! With this set of 70 conversation prompts, help your students practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions, while discussing their relationship with food, cooking, and healthy eating. What is your favourite healthy food? What time do you usually eat breakfast? You are a vegetarian, aren’t you? Each colour-coded set of questions is designed to demonstrate common patterns taught to pre-intermediate learners of English, with special phrases specifically related to food and dining delineated in italics. Key language demonstrated: Adverbs of frequency – Usually. (e.g. What time do you usually eat at the weekend?) “Will” & “going to” (e.g. Will you eat out this week? Are you going to cook tonight?) Simple past (e.g. Did you skip breakfast yesterday?) Expressing preferences (e.g. which do you prefer, Italian or Mexican food?) Superordinals in the present perfect (e.g. What is the most delicious meal you have eaten?) Question tags – do/is/are/can (e.g. you’re a good cook, aren’t you? You like ice cream, don’t you?) …and many more! These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English collocations and patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives. These cards are suitable for pre-intermediate learners, but are also suitable for those above. Discussion-based, they can be used to start a class or activity, before having students develop from there. Identify common errors and language needs while your students talk, and enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit the use of adverbs! One of the trickiest word forms for students to master, adverbs add descriptive nuance and detail to spoken language. With this set of 60 conversation prompts, help your students practise common adverb formation and usage. These sets are colour-coded to group specific adverbs of manner, or patterns of usage. Examples include: well badly slowly quickly fast clearly fluently professionally fashionably quietly hard/hardly carefully/carelessly perfectly/imperfectly carelessly/thoughtfully …and more! These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English usage of adverbs and their collocations in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives. These cards are suitable for intermediate learners and above. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to travel. With this set of 90 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions in English. These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about travel. This set is colour-coded to separate and demonstrate common patterns and collocations: Key language patterns: How many times a year do you…? e.g. How many times a year do you travel overseas? Have you ever…? e.g. Have you ever been on a package tour? What is the <superlative phrase> you have been on? e.g. What is the longest vacation you have been on? Where would you like to visit in…? e.g. Where would you like to visit in Asia? Adverbs of frequency: e.g. Who do you usually travel with? If you could… would you…? e.g. If you could take a cruise anywhere, where would you go?* Would you like to…? e.g. Would you like to visit Machu Picchu?* Do you prefer… or …? e.g. Do you prefer long vacations at home or short vacations abroad? Where is a good place to/for…? e.g. Where is a good place to travel for a school trip?* What do you like about…?/What don’t you like about…? e.g. What do you like about travelling domestically?* Do you enjoy ….ing…? e.g. Do you enjoy trying new food when you travel overseas?* Key vocabulary and phrases: Adverbs of frequency:* Usually, normally, often, sometimes* Continents and regions:* North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North pole* Superlatives: most beautiful, most expensive, worst, longest, shortest, etc Take a flight / Go on a cruise / Go hitchhiking / Go on a package tour overseas / abroad travel for business / travel for pleasure Haggling Exchange money Passport Domestic / International Public transport / by plane / train alone / with family / with friends adventure cuisine / eat out experience a different culture / sights hot climate / cold climate 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. 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. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to music. With this set of 100 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns and collocations commonly used to form and answer questions in English. Questions are colour-coded and grouped into common language patterns, with repetition of question forms designed to encourage language uptake as students share their answers. Example questions and patterns: What is the most played instrument in the world? Who is the greatest singer ever? Which do you like better, jazz or classical music? Which is more difficult, playing guitar or playing piano? Who was John Lennon? What is your favourite album? What genre of music don’t you like? Can you play any instruments? Have you ever played a live concert? How much do you know about hip-hop? Do you listen to music while driving? Do you listen to music when you are sad? …. and more! These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for most levels depending on language goals and careful selection of questions. They are appropriate for all ages of learners from early teens to adults, regardless of if they are currently at school or graduated some time ago. These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own knowledge and feelings about music. 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 ideas. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

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. * 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. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to history and historical events and figures. With this set of 90 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns and collocations commonly used to form and answer questions in English. Questions are colour-coded and grouped into common grammar patterns, with repetition of question forms designed to encourage language uptake as students share their answers. Example questions and grammar patterns: What was the most important invention** in history? ** Who was the most powerful woman** in history?** Which was more important, the invention of the camera or the mobile phone? Who was Nelson Mandela? What was the Industrial Revolution? Which historical event would you like to see? Do you wish you could visit the Roman Empire? What do you know about Genghis Khan? How much do you know about John F. Kennedy? When did humans first come to Australia? When did the British Empire exist? These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for most levels depending on language goals and careful selection of questions. The choice of appropriate cards depends entirely on what you know of your students’ interests! 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 maturity and cultural sensitivities. These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own knowledge and understanding of history. 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 ideas. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Help your students understand and use vocabulary, spelling, and Kanji readings for job names in Japanese! These 29 clear, simple flashcards demonstrate a simple form of Japanese sentence asking and answering what they want to be: 何になりたいですか。 教師になりたです。 The 14 different jobs are shown with both Kanji readings and in picture form, with alternative versions of each card providing furigana above the Kanji. The jobs included in this pack are: 教師 Teacher 医者 Doctor 科学者 Scientist 警察官 Police officer 画家 Painter 宇宙飛行士 Astronaut 歌手 Singer 農家 Farmer パイロット Pilot 作者 Author 消防士 Firefighter コック Cook 音楽家 Musician 俳優 Actor/Actress Colour-codes are used to clearly label the job in the sentence, making it easy for students to understand the structure and easy for the teacher to draw attention to relevant points. There are two copies of each card – one with furigana, and one without. Help your students memorise these common Kanji readings while they study! Page numbers are NOT marked, allowing teachers to rearrange the order of the flashcards as they deem appropriate. Help your students build their own sentences using further examples, elicit reasons, and encourage your learners to develop the sentences further. 頑張ってね！

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards! With this set of 90 conversation prompts, help your students practise patterns of grammar used commonly to discuss frequency, routine, and habits. This set is divided into three parts: 1)** Discussing personal habits and recommending routines** Example Language: How often do you… How often should you… …exercise? …clean your room? …study English? …brush your teeth? Discussing frequency of experiences and predicting future frequency Example Language: How many times have you… How many times will you… …laughed today? …laugh today? …drunk today? …drink today? …looked at your phone? …look at your phone? …used a computer? …use a computer? 3)** Adverbs of frequency** Example Language: always usually sometimes occasionally rarely never What time do you usually…? Do you occasionally…? Are you always…? Do you often…? Do you rarely…? These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common patterns in English grammar in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives. Each set comes with prompts matched into pairs, to allow conversation to continue and encourage recycling of language. These pairs can be printed and folded to make a single, double-sided card. For example: *How often do you exercise? – How often should you exercise? How many times have you looked at your phone today? – How many times will you look at your phone today?* Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Discuss the world of work with your students, from teens to adults! In this set you will find 40 conversation prompts designed to: a) demonstrate the usage of common English vocabulary to describe work and working conditions. b) elicit the usage of these words and phrases. The prompts elicit a number of common words, phrases, and collocations that are used in daily conversation to talk about work. Vocabulary and phrases included in this set: dream job good/bad boss good/bad coworker salary vacation time work better (alone/under pressure etc.) working hours Pension Health benefits High/low stress Stressful International travel Overseas work Retire Require Job interview Working environment Skills Full-time Part-time These prompts are suitable for all learners of English of pre-intermediate level and above. They are designed to elicit discussion from students whether they have worked before or not, and regardless of if they are currently working. In contrast to the “Business English: Conversation prompts using English business vocabulary” prompts also available from TEFL Teachers, the prompts in this set are designed to elicit opinions rather than facts, and require less background knowledge of business and business terms. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions! Example questions: What makes a good working environment? Which would you prefer, a full-time job or a part-time job? What characteristics make a good coworker? What skills do you need to get a good job?

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to school and education. With this set of 60 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions in English. Each card is double sided, giving the question and model language to begin answering. Each model answer elicits answers and reasons from the student, extending English use and making answers more complete and natural. This set is colour-coded to separate and demonstrate common patterns and collocations: Key language patterns: What subject do you…? e.g. What subject do you find most difficult? What ………… would you have in your perfect school? e.g. What subjects would you learn in your perfect school? What makes a….? e.g. What makes a good teacher? Questions with should e.g. How long should school lessons be? Should schools have school uniforms? At what age should…? e.g. At what age should students start learning English? Do you think…? e.g. Do you think P.E is important? What are the advantages/disadvantages of…? e.g. What are the advantages of going to university? Do you prefer…? e.g. Do you prefer maths or science? Would you like to…? e.g. Would you like to do a PhD? How can we make…? e.g. How can we make school more interesting? 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. These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about school and education. 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. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to sustainability. 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, all while discussing a vital issue for today’s world. Sets of questions are colour-coded and grouped to demonstrate common language patterns and collocations. Key vocabulary: Recycle Reduce Reuse Reusable Disposable Sustainable Non-sustainable Sustainable sources Sustainable goods Sustainably Live sustainably Sustainability Protect Threats Renewable energy Renewable sources Non-renewable energy Hunger Poverty Climate change Inequality Example questions: How can we reduce water usage? What are the biggest threats to forests and jungles? What are the advantages of renewable energy? These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for pre-intermediate learners with selection as appropriate and pre-study of the topic of sustainability. They are especially good for advanced learners, affording the chance to tackle a complex, nuanced topic in their second language. 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. They are also appropriate for adult learners. These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about sustainability and the world we live in. 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. Check out more of our products on Foreign Language Teachers to find materials for all levels and ages of learner. Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!