Lessons Plans and Ideas

Speaking

Lesson Plan Links

• Do It Yourself English Teaching Activities

• English Worksheets for the Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Levels

• EslCity.com

• Language Learning Card Games (from W. Klinger)

• Learning English with Laughter

• Leaving a Phone Message (from E.L. Easton)

• Lesson Outlines (from Humanising Language Teaching)

• Listening and Speaking Guide (from Dean Rosler)

• Speaking Practice Lesson Plans (from Onestopenglish)

• TeachersDesk

• Teaching Speaking (from esl.about.com)

• Teaching Speaking Skills (from teachingenglish.org)

• Teaching Speaking: Suggestions for the Classroom (by Robert Sanborn Brown & Paul Nation)

• Ten Ideas for Conversation (from John and Sarah’s TEFL Pitstop)

Index–Sub-skills

• Sample Phrases

• Functions

• Common Expressions

Dialogues

• Model – Listening/ comprehension, pronunciation

• Teaching with Dialogues

• Explanations – Words and phrases

• Cloze exercises

• Substitution Drills

• Unfinished dialogues

• Directed Dialogues

• Skits

Conversation Skills and Strategies

• Role Play

• Information Gap

• Asking Questions

• Surveys

• Questionnaires

• Activities

Discussion

• Whole Group

• Small Group

• Conversation Topics

• Speaking Situations

• Dilemmas

• Logic Puzzles

• Riddles, Jokes

Discussion

• Whole Group

• Small Group

• Conversation Topics

• Speaking Situations

• Dilemmas

• Logic Puzzles

• Riddles, Jokes

Elaboration

• Describing a Picture

• Storytelling

• Instructions

• Supporting Opinions

• Hypothetical situations

• What would you say?

Public Speaking

• Dealing with Nervousness

• Organization

• Body Language

• Delivery/Presentation Skills

• Visuals

For Teachers

• Speaking Checklist

• Objectives

• Teaching Tips

• Developing Skills

• Controlled to Free Expression

• Incorporating other skills

• Lesson Formats

• Variety

• Resources

• Evaluation/Testing