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English Speaking Practice: 6 Exercises You Can Do (Online)

Want to practice speaking English but don’t know how?

You’ve come to the right place.

Here are 6 best exercises to practice your English conversation skills.

Basic exercises:

Exercise #1: Imitate native speakers
Exercise #2: Memorize short speeches
Exercise #3: Practice with Q&A lessons

Advanced exercises:

Exercise #4: Listen & express key ideas
Exercise #5: Talk about random topics
Exercise #6: Talk to real people

Do you know what’s great about these exercises?

Only the last exercise (#6) requires a speaking partner. But you can practice the other ones by yourself, at home, using English material you can find online for free!

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English Speaking Practice: Basic Exercises

Do you have these problems?

You speak English in short phrases and broken sentences.
You have trouble making complete, grammatical sentences.
You have limited speaking vocabulary.

If so, you’ll love the 3 beginner-friendly exercises in this section.

Let’s discuss the first one.

Exercise #1: Imitate Native Speakers

Here’s how to practice this exercise:

First, find a video recorded by a native speaker.

You can use a video where it’s just one person talking to the camera. (You can find millions of such videos on YouTube.)

Note: You can practice with audio recordings like podcasts or find material from other sources, but YouTube is my favorite source for practice material.

Now, play the video. As you listen, try to imitate (copy) the speaker. When the speaker says something, pause the video and repeat after the speaker word for word.

How to Imitate Long Sentences

If you think this practice is easy, let me assure you that it’s not.

Why? Because native speakers often use long and complex sentences.

Here’s an example:

“There are a lot of things that people in our team, including myself, say all the time that we really need to stop saying.”

The sentence above is pretty long and complex, isn’t it?

When you imitate native speakers, you’ll come across sentences like this a lot.

So, how do you imitate a sentence like this?

The key is to memorize a few words at a time.

Don’t wait until the speaker completes the whole sentence. (You won’t remember anything if you do that.) Instead, after a few words have been spoken, pause and repeat those words immediately.

Native speaker: “There are a lot of things…”
You: “There are a lot of things…”
Native speaker: “…that people in our team, including myself…”
You: “…that people in our team, including myself…”
Native speaker: “…say all the time that we…”
You: “…say all the time that we…”
Native speaker: “…really need to stop saying.”
You: “…that we really need to stop saying.”

You get the point, right? When imitating a native speaker, you should imitate a few words at a time. (Whenever you start to think, “I can’t remember no more,” that’s a good time to pause and repeat the words.)

When you reach the end of a sentence, you should try to recall the whole sentence out loud.

When you try to recall a long sentence, you probably won’t be able to do it well. Your sentence may not be 100% correct. You might forget some words.

This is normal. In this case, rewind back to the beginning of the sentence and imitate it again.

How many times should you repeat? Do it until you can recall the sentence (almost) perfectly.

After that, continue the video and move on to the next sentence.

And that’s it! That’s how you practice imitating native speakers.

Does This Practice Really Work?

Yes, it does.

I’ve been using this method to improve my spoken English for a long time, with excellent results.

Some people may think this practice is not effective because all you do is repeat after someone like a parrot. There’s no thinking involved.

But the practice is not as easy as it seems. It requires you to recall long sentences from memory. Which can be quite difficult to do (especially for beginners).

And if you think your spoken English is too advanced for this exercise, don’t worry. You can practice the other exercises instead.

Exercise #2: Memorize Speeches

This practice is similar to the first one (but harder).

Just like the first exercise, you need a video or audio recording.

Here’s how to do it:

Memorize the first 20 – 40 seconds of the video (or audio recording).
Speak out loud the part you have memorized.
Move on to the next 20 – 40 seconds.

Let’s get into the details.

Why Memorize 20 – 40 Seconds at a Time?

According to research on learning and skill development, for a practice exercise to be effective, it should not be too easy or too difficult.

Memorizing less then 20 seconds of something is too easy. (And it will be too similar to the first exercise.)

On the other hand, memorizing more than 40 seconds is too difficult. Forty seconds may not sound like much, but you can actually say a lot of stuff during that time frame.

So, I think 20 – 40 seconds seems to be the sweet spot — the optimal range for the practice to be effective.

How to Memorize

You can memorize the speech however you want. Just do what feels natural and convenient to you.

Here are some ideas:

Listen to the part and repeat after the speaker over and over again.
Write the words down on paper and read them out loud.

Once you’re confident that the part is ingrained in your memory, pause the clip. Put the transcript (if any) away where you can’t see. And speak the memorized words from memory.

How to Recite The Memorized Words

As you say the words aloud from memory, try to “feel” the meaning. Put some emotion into it.

Don’t recite the words mechanically like a robot. Be emotionally invested in what you’re saying.

Act as if you were the original speaker or pretend like you’re an actor practicing your lines for a movie.

What if you forget some words or details?

Naturally, you will NOT be able to say the memorized lines perfectly. That’s normal. If you can be 70 – 90% accurate, that’s probably good enough.

If you do worse than that, you can try to memorize that part again. (You’ll do better this time.)

Exercise #3: Practice with Q&A Speaking Lessons

Q&A means question and answer.

Watch the video below to learn how Q&A lessons work.

As shown in the video, here’s how these lessons work:

The teacher asks a question.
You answer the question out loud.
The teacher states the correct answer.
If your answer was incorrect, you pause the lesson and repeat the correct answer.

This is an excellent way to practice speaking English.

Unlike the first two exercises, this one is quite interactive.

Instead of mindlessly copying natives, you have to “think” and come up with correct answers.

And because the lessons give you instant feedback, you can fix your mistakes immediately.

Other than forming statements in English, these lessons can help you practice forming questions as well.

This is great because many English students have trouble asking questions in English.

If you want to try these Q&A lessons, go to this page to download two sample lessons .

Q&A lessons aren’t free because it costs time and money to make them. So if you don’t want to spend money, focus on the other speaking exercises.

Congratulations, you’ve learned the first three ways to practice speaking English.

These exercises are effective in improving “basic” speaking skills such as:

Your English pronunciation
The ability to form proper sentences in English
Your speaking vocabulary (words you can use in spoken English)

The exercises can be used by students at all levels: beginner, intermediate, or advanced.

However, they are particularly beneficial to beginners, who seriously lack the fundamental speaking skills mentioned above.

So if you’re just getting started, these three exercises will be your secret weapons for reaching an intermediate level.

English Conversation Practice: Advanced Exercises

In the previous section, we discussed exercises designed to improve basic speaking skills (pronunciation, sentence structure, vocabulary).

In this section, you’ll learn exercises that target “high-level” conversation skills such as:

Your ability to express ideas clearly
Your speed at “finding the right words” during a conversation
Your social skills like making small talk

If want to speak fluent English, get ready.

The following practices will take your spoken English to that level!

Exercise #4: Listen and Express Key Ideas

Do you have trouble expressing your thoughts in English?

If so, this advanced practice is for you.

Here are the steps:

Listen to a conversation of native speakers.
As you listen, don’t try to memorize the words (or small details). Instead, focus on the main point(s) of the conversation.
After 20 – 40 seconds, pause the material.
Try to communicate the point(s) in your own words .

Unlike the previous exercises, here you don’t memorize individual words. Instead, you memorize the meaning — the essence of the conversation.

And when you try to convey the information, you don’t try to use the same words the original speaker used. You use your own words.

Now, if you feel like this practice seems difficult, you’re right.

In the beginning, it’ll be extremely hard for you to practice this exercise.

You will have trouble expressing ideas in a clear and logical manner. Quite often you will say things that don’t make sense.

This is normal. (This is an advanced speaking practice after all.)

Because of the difficulty of this exercise, I suggest that you attempt to express the same point several times , without re-listening to the original part.

In other words, repeat the 4th step several times.

The first attempt will be the worst. (You won’t make much sense.) But you’ll do a little better the second time, and even better the third time.

Don’t think or worry about making grammatical mistakes. There’s no need to be perfect.

Keep trying until you feel like what you’re saying starts to make some sense. After that, move on to the next part.

Exercise #5: Talk About Random Topics

This exercise is similar to the previous one.

The difference is that you don’t need any English material at all.

All you need to do is think of something (a random topic) to talk about in English.

Examples of things to talk about:

What’s on your mind at the moment
What you did yesterday
Your educational background
Your favorite hobbies and why you enjoy them
Your favorite films and TV shows and the reasons you love them

This practice requires quick thinking. You have to quickly search for words to convey your thoughts.

It also requires some creativity. Quite often you won’t be able to find the perfect words to use, so you have to resort to using simpler or similar words.

For example, consider this sentence:

“I majored in computer engineering in college.”

What if you don’t know the word “major” or the term “computer engineering?” How do you communicate the same message?

If that’s the case, you may have to “simplify” it by saying something like:

“I studied how to build software in college.”

This is a very demanding exercise.

But the ability to talk about random things without preparation can be beneficial in situations like job interviews or when meeting new people.

The Limitations of This Practice

Talking to yourself seems like a good way to practice spoken English.

But there are two big problems with it.

Problem #1: Incorrect usage of English

Right now you probably make a lot of mistakes when speaking English. Maybe you use some words incorrectly, or you speak in broken sentences and weird pronunciation.

Now imagine that you start talking to yourself in English every day. (And that’s the only speaking practice you do.)

What do you think will happen after a few months?

Here’s what will happen: you’ll be able to speak English faster, but your spoken English will be difficult to understand because you don’t speak English like native speakers. (You’ve developed your own way of talking in English.)

This misuse or corruption of the English language is called Engrish (wrong spelling). It happens to people who have limited exposure to proper English.

Problem #2: You’re NOT learning new things

For the previous exercises, you’re required to practice with English material or Q&A lessons, so you’re constantly exposed to new vocabulary.

But when you’re just talking to yourself, you’re not getting any new input. Which means you aren’t learning any new vocabulary.

Because of these two disadvantages, talking to yourself should not be your “main” speaking practice.

It’s okay to practice this way from time to time. But you should spend more time on exercises that allow you to correct your mistakes and learn new things. (Exercises #1, #2, and #3 are great for that.)

Exercise #6: Talk to Other People (Online)

So far, we’ve discussed only speaking exercises that you can do alone.

Self-practice is awesome because you don’t have to rely on other people. This make it possible to practice speaking English on a consistent basis.

However, practicing with a partner has one advantage over self-practice; it lets you practice your social skills.

When you talk to people, you learn how to make eye contact, how to use proper body language and facial expressions, how to listen attentively.

Most importantly, you get to practice making small talk in English.

What is Small Talk?

Small talk is a polite conversation about unimportant matters.

Examples of how to start a small talk:

“What are you doing this weekend?”
“What are some of your favorite movies?”
“Do you play any musical instrument?”
“Where are you from?”

In real life, there are some situations that require us to make small talk. We do it when we want to build rapport with someone, or when we run into a friend or acquaintance.

Making small talk is a nice social skill to have. Unfortunately, you can’t improve this skill by practicing alone.

To develop this skill, you need to talk to real people.

Where to Find a Speaking Partner

There are many English students who are looking for practice partners online.

And you can find them pretty easily.

First, go to YouTube and search for terms like

How to practice speaking English
How to find English speaking partner

Click on a video thumbnail in the search results, and go down to the comments section.

If you sort the comments by date (so newest comments are shown first), you may see a few comments from people who are looking for practice partners.

Simply add their contact ID on whatever chat software they’re using.

Once you’ve added the contact, send them a quick message to let them know why you added them.

Hi. I’m Natee. I saw your comment on YouTube about finding a speaking partner. I want to practice my spoken English too! I added you in case you’d like to practice speaking English with me.

Finding a speaking partner is not difficult.

Buy that’s only the beginning.

Once you begin to practice with your partner, you’ll run into annoying problems such as:

Your partner doesn’t show up on time.
You want to practice for 30 minutes. But after talking for 5 minutes, you and your partner don’t know what else to say.
Your partner is not serious about improving his spoken English. He disappears after a few days.
Your partner’s spoken English is very poor. He doesn’t talk much. You feel like you’re talking to yourself.
Your partner’s spoken English is much better than yours, and she talks a lot. You feel like you’re practicing listening skills, not speaking skills.
The connection is bad. You have to keep re-connecting to the service.

My point is that relying on other people can be troublesome.

So just like the previous exercise (talking to yourself), I suggest you use this method as an “additional” practice.

It’s okay to chat with people online every now and then to practice social skills. But you should spend the majority of your time on the basic exercises.

When & How to Practice These Exercises?

You have learned six different ways to practice speaking English.

But which exercises should you practice? Should you do them all or select a few?

Well, all of these exercises are good. You can try each of them and see which ones work best for you.

That said, if you want specific advice, let me give you some.

Advice for Beginners

As a beginner, your priority is to master basic speaking skills such as pronunciation, sentence construction, and speaking vocabulary.

So you should focus on Exercises #1, #2 and #3. They’re excellent at improving those skills.

You can practice only one exercise for an entire week or month before switching to another one, or you can switch to a different exercise daily. It’s up to you.

Try to practice at least 15 – 45 minutes each day.

This amount of practice is for busy and average people. But if you have a lot of free time, feel free to practice more.

The more time you spend practicing, the faster you’ll improve!

Advice for Intermediate/Advanced Speakers

Even if your spoken English is intermediate or quite advanced, you still need to keep improving the basic speaking skills mentioned earlier.

Particularly, you need to keep expanding your speaking vocabulary .

Why? Because being able to use a lot of words in conversations is key to speaking fluent English. (The more words you can use, the better you are at expressing yourself.)

But at the same time, you should also start developing high-level conversation skills (like the ability to express ideas in a clear, logical manner).

So the best practice routine for you is a combination of both basic and advanced exercises .

For the sake of simplicity, I suggest that you pick one basic exercise and one advanced exercise to do.

For example, you may choose these two:

Exercise 1: Imitate native speakers
Exercise 4: Listen and express ideas

You can practice both exercises on the same day, or you can alternate between them.

However, there’s no need to spend an equal amount of time on each exercise. For instance, you can practice the basic exercise five days a week while doing the advanced exercise only two days a week.

The possibilities are endless. Feel free to experiment and see what works best for you.

Thanks for reading. I hope you find these practice ideas useful.

Note that you don’t have to practice the exercises exactly as I described .

The truth is, the way I practice my English speaking skills is quite random. I don’t follow a set of clear, specific steps myself.

So there’s no need to follow all the steps perfectly. Feel free to modify the exercises however you want.

For more in-depth details on improving your spoken English, I suggest that you also read my guide on how to speak English fluently.

The guide covers topics such as:

The right way and the wrong way to learn spoken English
Two additional activities you should do to improve your speaking skills (other than speaking practice)
How to ensure that you’ll actually become fluent in English

I encourage you to read that guide. You’ll gain a better understanding on how to improve your English conversation skills more effectively.

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15 Speaking Projects And Activities For ESL Students

I don’t think I am sticking my neck out too much by saying that most ESL students enjoy speaking activities more than typical reading, writing and listening activities. Tending to be more dynamic, true to life and fun, a good speaking activity can really enhance an ESL student’s fluency and confidence.

Here, I am going to offer you a series of ESL speaking projects that you can adapt and use for your ESL students. Let’s go:

Infomercial Activities

This is one of my favorite speaking projects by far. Show students some typical adverts from a shopping channel; I like to show some of the funnier products just for giggles and to encourage students minds to wander, take a look at this compilation to see what I mean.

Next, I ask students usually in pairs to come up with their own completely original product to sell on an infomercial. If students struggle to come up with a completely new product you can suggest they add a new twist to arnold product, or make a new product based on a combination of two or more others.

For example, in the past I have had: microwave televisions, hair dryers that double as vacuum cleaners and laptops that double as portable stoves.

I tend to also do a language lesson based around the language of selling and persuasion so that when students make their infomercial they will send realistic and they often like to know some of the sales phrases, tactics and strategies that are used in real life.

Just for fun, you can tell students that they have a certain amount of money to spend and after they have seen all the infomercials they get to spend it. Sales can be recorded and you can see which idea/pair has made the most money and are the winner!

Presentations

Give students a presentation of a topic of your choosing, perhaps your own hobby and model the format and language that you want the students to use.

I tend to share slides with the student with the title of each slide already inserted. Students then have to fill the space with suitable information for that slide.

So, for example, if I wanted my students to present their own hobbies then I would probably have six slides titled with questions:

What is my favorite hobby? Why did I start this hobby? What have I achieved doing this hobby? Who do I do this hobby with? What will I do next in this hobby? Other interesting info about my hobby.

Students then fill the slides full of pictures that relate to the question and then they talk about these to the group and answer questions.

Some students always want to write out a script for a presentation which I let them do on the understanding that they can’t actually read it when they present. I allow them to write it out just so they can build up some confidence in what they are going to say and check the language accuracy of it.

I do usually place sentence starters and linking words on posters behind the audience so that the presenter always has some support if needs be.

Of course, this could also be done as a recorded video task. I sometimes ask students to record a voice over on top of the slides. This can then be converted into a video format for sharing later.

A few other simple presentation topic titles for ESL students that could be used are: My Best Friend, Who Am I?, My Pets, My Future Career, My Family, The Last Celebration I want to, Why I am a fan of __________ (insert name of whatever they are a fan of).

At this point you might also want to read one of my popular article about how to make your students speak English , here

Hot Seat ing

Become an expert – As it sounds. Students spent a certain amount of time researching a topic that either they choose or that is given to them. They are then to become that character and the rest of the group has to ask them questions to find out as much as they can about them in a set amount of time.

You can award points for correct questions being asked and for grammatically correct sentences in response. Personally I like to do this at the beginning of a new topic and direct students to research different famous people.

For example, if we are going to be covering the topic of Travel as in the IGCSE ESL then I have students research characters, such as: Dr Livingstone, Joe Simpson, Ernest Shackleton, Amelia Earhart, Ranulf Fiennes, and so on.

I often have students create a mini glossary for their characters as well which other students can refer to as they are quizzing the character.

This activity is best for intermediate level and above students and even then you may need to provide texts at a suitable level for students to be able to access, otherwise students end up on Wikipedia reading very difficult text.

You can have the group make notes and write summaries of each character for homework if you also wish to work on summary writing skills.

Recommended reading: 15 Research Projects For ESL Students

The Detective Game

For this activity you make up a crime that occurred in a given location, the more gruesome the better and if you can personalise it to your location and environment more the better.

Divide the group into smaller groups of three or four people and then ask them to create their alibis for the morning, afternoon, or evening in question. These people are the suspects.

One group, however, is assigned as being the investigators and they individually quiz different suspects one to one to try and find inconsistencies in their group’s stories. This forces each group to consider exactly what they were doing, where and with whom very carefully and in great detail.

After interviewing as many members of each group and making notes about inconsistencies between group members the investigators then confer with each other to decide upon which group’ alibi is the most inconsistent. This group are then sent to jail.

Whilst the investigators are discussing this, the suspects discuss which investigator was the best at questioning them and finding out the inconsistencies. The suspects will then announce who this person is, and they earn a promotion. Finally, the investigators announce the losing group which will go to prison.

This ‘game’ has got real legs and could go in so many different directions, so don’t be afraid to improvise and have fun with this one.

Drama Activities

Acting out a chapter of a book. Pretty much as it sounds. Read through a chapter of a book with students or have them read it for homework before letting groups act out the chapter, or a scene from it.

This works well even if they all act out the same scene as each group will learn from the last and the acting/performance and language should get increasingly better throughout. Alternatively arrange it so that each group acts out the following scene to the last group and so the full story is told.

Storyboard and act out the student’s own story. Rather than act out a book, you could have students plan out a story, or at least part of a story on a storyboard. This can give a greater sense of ownership, achievement and ‘buy in’ from the students.

What happened next. Read the opening of a book and as a ‘cliffhanger is reached’ pause and have students work together to act out the ending of the story or the next scene at least.

This also works well with videos from YouTube, crime videos work well as do Walt Disney cartoons – even with adult learners for some reason!

You might also be interested in reading my helpful article on how to get your students speaking fluently , here.

Mind Map ping

Vocabulary relationships. Engage students in a subject which contains lots of relationships of cause and effect. Basically, you need to pick a topic and analyse what the different factors were that affected the main decision or characters involved.

In the centre of your mind map place the decision or a character that was made and then arrange influencing factors around this.

The larger the circle each factor is in and the closer it is to the centre of the paper the stronger the influence is. Students then need to explain their mind map and the relationships to the group. Others can question and agree/ disagree with them.

Topics can range from serious issues from history through to celebrity scandals, or even plots in a movie, such as, why did celebrity couple X and Y get divorced, or why did actor x decide to y in the movie xyz. Obviously, you can let the students self select these issues for greater interest.

Backs To The Board

A timeless classic not so much a speaking project but this can be developed into a full lesson’s worth of speaking and it works for groups of all sizes. It is excellent for reviewing vocabulary at the end of a project or to see what students know at the beginning of a topic.

Simply split the group into teams of no more than five and have one member of the group come to the front and sit with their back to the board.

The other members of the group form a ‘u’ shape around the person, or, rather than being sat literally against the board groups can be sat at tables with just one student having their back to the board.

All you then need to do is to write a word on the board and the students facing the board have to get the person not facing the board to say the word without literally telling them the word. They should be encouraged to use definitions, synonyms and examples of the word where possible.

Depending on numbers, students can just shout out when they think they have the answer, or with large groups I make the students raise their hand if they think they have the answer.

The danger with debates is that to the teacher they may seem boring, or at least they do to me but have to remind myself that just because I have done the debates dozens of times, they haven’t and even the most overdone/boring sounding debates may go down like fireworks with some groups.

With that in mind here are a few of the more traditional/boring debates for your students to get their teeth into:

Which is better, country life or city life?

Should animal testing be allowed?

Should school uniforms be gotten rid of

Are cats better than dogs?

Should women be paid as much as men?

Online learning is better than classroom learning

Does money equal success in life?

I also like to see if there is something going on in the students view of the world that is worth debating. For example, in Thailand the debate over whether Korean pop music is better than Thai pop music is a popular one.

I have had colleagues dive into debates about serious political topics with higher level students which have worked really well.

However, some topics are just too hot to handle and you don’t know who you are upsetting so be careful what topics you do debate, you never know who is listening, or who is going to offense at any of your personal views that you may let slip!

Here is a good resource for more ESL debate ideas .

Book And Movie Review s

This is pretty much as it sounds. I like to set a reading task for students over a holiday break and when they return they have to submit a video review of the book or movie they watched/read.

I usually show them a good movie review for ideas and ask them to follow the same format. Something like this review of Kung Fu Panda . This goes along the lines of: background information, main characters, plot explanation, favorite moments, final recommendation.

I’ve also done this with higher level groups for documentaries but with enough support and speaking frames pre intermediate students can engage well with this activity.

Conversation Question s

Don’t underestimate the value of pure lists of conversation questions. Students are often happy to just ‘have a chat’ and use the English that they do know.

It is great for their confidence and fluency, as well as requiring zero lesson prep, which is always a nice thing. Just be sure to rotate speaking partners to avoid students getting bored with the same partners and used to different accents.

Sometimes, depending on ability and interest levels I will teach three or four idioms at the beginning of the lesson and set the task of trying to naturally drop them into conversation later on.

There are lot of good sources of conversation questions, here are a couple: eslconversationquestions.com and esldiscussions.com .

ESL Exam Preparation Material

Some students are hugely motivated by doing well in exams such as the IELTS test, and IGCSE ESL speaking tests. Exam boards for tests such as these produce a plethora of practise material that is often available for free online and ready to be use.

My students particularly enjoy the IELTS speaking part 2 task where they are required to speak about a given topic and are given three bullet points to talk about. They are given one minute to prepare their ideas before they have to speak on their own for two minutes.

If you think your students might enjoy this then here are some good sources of free IELTS style questions: IELTS IDP and ielts-exam.net , and for IGCSE ESL speaking questions check out the role play paper here.

The added bonus of these activities is that there is always a grading criteria ready to be used so you can grade students and give them real reasons why they scored a certain level and what they need to do to score higher in the future.

Here are the IELTS speaking criteria for example which clearly spells out what is expected of students at different levels.

Finger Puppet Shows

One really good way to get shy students speaking I have found to introduce sock puppets. As silly as it sounds, there is something about using a puppet that takes away the pressure on the speaker and frees them up to speak.

Whether it is the element of hilarity of speaking sock or the fact that people are generally looking at the sock rather than the person it seems to work well.

Depending on the ability level I will either give pairs of students scripts to act out with puppets. They can introduce their own props as well to make it even more funny. Alternatively, I will do this as an improv.

I will read out a situation, for example, one of you has lost their passport at the airport. Then the students have to act out this scenes as best as they can.

Switch partners and introduce more situations and watch the energy level of the room pick up!

By the end of the lesson you may well notice previously shy students speaking confidently with other students having been drawn into the magic of sock puppets! A great little speaking project.

Role Plays With Idioms

I use this lesson pattern quite regularly and it works well. I start off with student matching idioms to meanings and then to example sentences with the idioms missing.

After going through these answers and doing any teaching necessary to aid understanding I will then hand out a dialogue but with all the sentences jumbled up.

Students then have to unjumble the conversation which contains one or more of the idioms being used in a natural way. Next, they read the dialogue through taking different roles each and then doing the dialogue again without looking at the words.

Next, students are given the task of creating their own dialogues using at least one of the idioms in an appropriate way. Students write out the dialogues, rehearse them and then act them out for the group.

You can also do this with phrasal verbs but either way it works out well and the routine can be used again when you are a bit short of material or are having a hangover day!

Barrier Activities

One favourite of mine that never fails to stimulate plenty of language use is to simply create your own barrier exercise. I like to get a nice chunky newspaper article related to what we are learning and then go through each paragraph and remove key details, such as: names, dates, place names, times, location etcetera…

I create two versions of this, the first one will have words missing from odd number paragraphs and the second copy will have words missing from even number paragraphs.

This prevents it from becoming confusing and make sure to keep one master version with no details missing and if you have time highlight the missing words in red so it is easy for students to check later.

Once the missing word copies are ready you can divide the class into two halves distributing sheet A to one half and sheet B to the other half. Allow them to work in groups at this point to work out what questions they need to ask the other half of the group in order to get the missing details filled in.

If you think this will be too difficult for them you can provide the questions in a jumbled up format so they have to rearrange them to make the questions,, or even give them the questions but they have to work out the order in which to ask them to correspond to the paragraph order.

After this preparation period students can then pair up with someone from the opposite half of the group to take turns asking and answering each other’s questions.

Make sure that students do not show each other their articles and simply just sit and copy the answers, clearly this simply defeats the whale point of the exercise.

Before starting this I also pre teach any tricky vocabulary that I know is going to come up in the article just to make sure the final questions and answer session goes without too much stopping and starting to ask about vocabulary.

After students have got the answers then you can either display the answers on an overhead projector, or send students back to their original half of the group to see if they have all gotten the same answers.

Jigsaw Reading

This is another easy way to get students involved in the language and speaking. Select a relevant article related to the topic you are studying and chop it up into paragraphs. Hand out A4 paper with a simple one column table with as many boxes as there are paragraphs.

Hand out the paragraphs to the students considering which paragraphs are more difficult and should go to the higher level learners and which are slightly easier and can go to the lower ability students.

Individually, students now summarise in their own words as far as possible their paragraphs and write the summary in a box in the table. Following this students pair up with students who had a different paragraph and they then read out their summaries whilst the other students make notes of it.

Rotate partners so that everyone can get every paragraph and after the first couple of times students have read their summaries, force students to turn over their paper and explain their paragraph from memory.

After the first couple of goes they should be able to do this and by the time they have explained to everyone in the group they should be reeling off their summary very comfortably.

A Word On Differentiation …

There is a lot of fun to be had for the students in the above activities but it is important to not forget that some students will require more support than others. Just asking students to do a role play with no support may be too much for some.

Always consider using speaking frames, having sentence starters placed around the room, ‘useful language’ handouts, and always show a clear model of what it is you are expecting the students to produce.

If you can tick those boxes then your speaking lesson will go that bit more smoothly.

All the best with your ESL speaking projects!

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This website is for teachers, by teachers and is run by Jackie Bolen, author of more than 50 books for ESL teachers on Amazon . Here’s just a glimpse of what you can find. If you are interested in becoming an ESL teacher, check out this article .

ESL Speaking Games and Activities for Adults

If you’re looking for some of the best TEFL speaking activities or games for teenagers, university students, or adults, then you’ll want to have a look here:

ESL Speaking Games & Activities for Adults

You’re sure to find exactly what you need for your speaking or conversation class, whether it’s a grammar-focused class , a holiday-themed lesson , or more. Have a look around and if you don’t find exactly what you need, get in touch and I’ll put an article together for you.

If you’re an English teacher, then you already know that the key to better classes is a wide variety of interesting activities. This helps keep students engaged in English class and makes learning far more memorable. My goal is to give you a huge variety of ESOL speaking ideas that you can use in your class today!

Some of the most popular articles for English speaking activity and game ideas include the following:

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ESL Speaking Games for Children

If you teach English to kids, then you’ll definitely want a variety of engaging games and activities. But, it’s sometimes difficult to keep coming up with fresh things to bring to class. That’s where ESL Speaking comes in.

We have enough games and activities to get you through an entire course in style. Check this out to see all of the best ideas for ESL speaking practice:

ESL Speaking Games and Activities for Children

Have a look around and you’ll definitely be able to find what you need for that next TEFL class. My goal is to make teaching easy by having a variety of top-quality English practice games and activities at your fingertips.

Here are some of the most popular articles for teaching children. You can find English conversation games, activities for very young learners, and ideas for teaching children how to speak English in a fun way.

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ESL Speaking Textbook Recommendations

A great class often starts with a great ESL book. That’s why you’ll certainly want to check out these articles. I’ve been teaching for more than 15 years and have seen ALL the textbooks. Check out my top recommendations here:

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Do you know that lesson on prepositions or the past tense that you’ve taught for the 20th time? Maybe you’ve noticed that the ESL textbooks have all the same, old activities. Why not spice things up and add some variety into your speaking or English conversation classes? Here are some of the most popular resources:

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Along with all the ESOL Speaking activities, games and textbook recommendations, you can find even more at ESL Speaking! Under Resources for English Teachers, you can find out about the supplies you need to teach English, book recommendations, online TEFL courses and more.

Check out all you need for teaching English abroad, or in your home country. You’ll find everything you need to do it in style:

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My real passion is ESL speaking activities and games. I love to use a variety of interesting things in my classes to make learning English fun and engaging for my students. Here are some ESL speaking-focused books that you might be interested in:

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15 Of The Best ESL Speaking Games And Activities.

For English language learners speaking is probably one of the most important and most feared language skills they have to learn . They may be shy, in both languages, or they may be afraid of making a mistake in front of their friends or classmates.

We have been teaching English for a lot of years and here are 15 of the best English Speaking games and activities we have researched and trialed in our classrooms. They have been massively useful to us over the years, so we hope they are for you as well.

I often try to speak in the students first language to show them that of course people make mistakes, and that is perfectly acceptable , of course some times funny, and nothing NOTHING to worry about!

Also where we have them on our site we will link to the files for you to download to make it more convenient for you. If you want to jump to a specific game just click on the list below .

Just before we jump into these 17 ESL Reading Games and Activities we have the four skills covered on the site. Speaking, Reading, Writing and Listening.

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English Speaking Games and Activities

1. 30 second speech.

There are two ways to approach this, you can introduce the task by asking them to work individually first, or move straight onto the game below.

The 30 Second Speech game

As they practice the task above write the rules on the board and split class in half

Adaptations:

2. Logic Speaking Lesson – Downing Street

We have a separate page for the full details, and it is in this speaking exercise book ( free download ) but will highlight the basics here to see if it is something that fits your teaching needs.

You will need the table worksheet for students to fill in and the list of information and clues both on the links includes here

Adaptations: It is possible to add clues (carefully to make sure they fit the answers) doing this makes it much easier. The aim is to get the students speaking to each other not just the logic side of the activity.

3. Giving Directions Lesson plan

The activity.

Also it is possible to have your class spend a lesson coming up with the directions themselves and then putting them all in a box or bag at the front for the whole class to use. This means you add writing and they are actually using their own work to prepare a lesson.

4. Speaking lessons – Expressions

5. responses lesson.

As a game you can then repeat the same sort or exercise as the activity above. Have a selection of sentences than usually require a response and then ask for the incorrect response. No one expects you to say congratulations when you tell them your little rabbits died yesterday!!!

6. Word Association Speaking Game

This game is based on a old TV show from the UK called Wacaday. In it they had a rather colorful character called Timmy Mallet who, among other things, played a game called mallets mallet. In this game the players, always children, had to think of a word associated with whatever Timmy said. There was no hesitation, repetition, or ummm or errrrrs allowed or they got a bonk on the head. (softly of course) the winner was the one who didn’t get hit!

If they get it wrong they get a ‘bonk’ on the head and 3 times bonked and a new pair or students comes up or you could even play winner stays on. For fun they can play against the teacher as well.

You can make this much slower than the video if you are working with second language or ESL students, and if you don’t want a hammer you can use a rolled up piece of paper or just play it as a point game without the hammer. (its more fun with one of course!)

7. Wish Speaking and Writing lesson.

Adaptations: This is also great as an Icebreaker activity for students and teacher to get to know each other. You can keep the activity as wishes or ask them to write three things about themselves. You can even change it to two things true and one lie to add some fun and creativity. ( and to create another English Speaking game called ”would I lie to you” or Call my Bluff.

8. Yes – No Game – Speaking Lesson

It is better to teacher this to students with at least a basic abilty, but it doesnt have to be high level as you can level the wuestion you ask.

9. Pictionary – English Speaking Game.

Allowing your students to communicate with each other takes off some of the pressure of a whole class environment and allows them to risk take with their English speaking in a less public arena

This allows the teacher to compare the two drawings with the students and ask what language they could have added to get more details into the picture. This really enables students to start to think about expanding and adding to the phrases they say.

10. Guess who

Although you can use the Guess Who board game if you have it, its about 15 USD on Amazon if you have a need! It is probably easier and more adaptable for the culture or location you are teaching in to make a simple version with famous people from your area.

11. Call My Bluff / Two Truths and A Lie

With older groups you can have some real fun and you might be surprised what you’ll learn about some of your students when playing this particular EFL game.

How to play:

12. doctors in.

Actually this stems for a party (or drinking) game at universities and can be adapted to what ever vocabulary or topic you are teaching at the time. In the university version we all stick a post it to our foreheads and have to guess the famous person we are. Similar to the Guess who game above. In ESL or Classroom use we can do this with Jobs , animals, furniture, absolutely anything all you need are some post its or similar to stick to peoples heads or backs – anywhere they can not read it. It is a great ESL speaking game for classrooms with limited resources.

13. Show and Tell

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12 Fun ESL Speaking Activities for Teens or Adults

Every language teacher knows that speaking is a core skill to teach and practice, but sometimes it can be challenging coming up with creative or engaging ESL speaking activities and games. You can use them to improve the community feeling inside the classroom , too.

They are designed to be high-quality and enjoyable – and mostly suitable for online lessons, too.

ESL Speaking Activities for teens and adults

1. Interview Pop

Students choose one person they want to interview. It can be anybody of their choice, and the person doesn’t necessarily have to be alive still.

They make a different question using one of their five verbs in each question; these questions are made for the person they want to interview.

This is a great activity if you are practicing question formation as a grammar topic with your students.

2. Word Racing

A very interactive and high-energy ESL speaking activity. Many students get so into it and excited that they won’t even notice they are speaking in a foreign language and won’t even have time to think about making mistakes.

One player from the first group starts. This student then has one minute to explain or define as many words written on their slips to their own group as they can, without saying the word they have on the card.

After the minute is up, each group counts their points and the group with the most points wins that round.

In the last round, they act out or pantomime the words on their cards.

3. Guess Who or What I Am

In version one, one student thinks of a person – it could be someone in the class or a famous person, someone that everyone is likely to know – and the rest of the class asks them yes or no questions about the person until they can guess who it is.

For example, if one student chooses ‘handcuffs’ they would say something like:

4. Would you rather…

Go around the class and have a student draw a card, read it aloud, and then call on another student to answer it.

Give each group or pair of students the same card and have each of them state their opinion about the topic on the card.

Help facilitate the conversations and ask follow-up questions while students are speaking.

5. How-to Presentation

In order to get students cooperating together, you could also put them in pairs and have them decide on and organize the speech together.

6. Living Memory

This is a game based on the classic board game “memory” designed for lower-level students.

To gain points, Student A starts off and asks any student in the class “What do you like eating?” and that student answers “I like eating…”, and then Student A asks another student what they like to eat.

7. Video Talk

Make some preview discussion questions about the topic presented in the video, go through them with students before watching, and then watch the video together.

8. Talk About Your Weekend

You need to be observant with this type of activity. Keep an eye on each student’s talk time.

9. Timed Discussion

The student then has to talk about that topic for a chosen amount of time.

10. Debating Club

Split your students into pairs or small groups (each with an even number of students). Split each groups into two parties. Assign a topic to each group: each party has to hold an opposite view.

After each debate, the whole class votes which party was more convincing and won the debate.

11. Taboo Words

Now, one student has to take one card and explain the word to the other in their group. Here’s the catch: He must not use one of the words on the card (also, no parts or variations of the words.). He must not use gestures, facial expressions or voices. He has to circumscribe the word using other verbal expressions.

12. Story Chain

This activity does not only help students develop their speaking and listening skills, it also fosters critical thinking skills, creativity, and imagination.

Presentational Speaking

These assignments give students an opportunity to speak to an audience, and they can be done on an individual basis or students could work together as a presenting group. Some formats include:

Oral reports of research or student papers debates
Presentation of course content areas Interviews
Presentation analyzing a problem Oral exam
Role-playing as part of a simulation

Presentational speaking assignments encourage students to understand course material well enough to communicate it to others. Typically, these assignments emphasize factors such as:

research, analysis, evaluation of data
adaptation of materials to meet the demands of the occasion and audience
determination of a suitable purpose and focus for a presentation
development of a suitable and clear organizational pattern
development of arguments to support the speaker’s purpose
delivery skills suitable to the presentation’s objectives
listening to and critical evaluation of oral messages

Learning Groups and Class Discussion

Learning group activities give students specific oral tasks, such as analyzing a problem or examining textual material. The assignment is designed so that collaboration by group members is essential to make progress on the task. A speaking-intensive approach to learning groups and class discussion involves more than merely having discussions and using groups in class. To make the class speaking-intensive, instructors must spend time with students talking about the discussion process and the characteristics of good discussions. Instructors also provide opportunities for the class to assess its discussions and for students to examine their own communication behavior as part of the discussion group.

Learning group and class discussion formats include:

Laboratory groups Student led discussions (whole class)
Peer reviews Instructor led discussions (whole class)
Study groups Transcript analysis of group “talk”

Learning group and class discussion assignments emphasize factors such as:

development of discussion skills that facilitate group progress
an understanding of and skill in dealing with group conflict
increased student responsibility for learning in the class
an awareness of how questioning technique helps or hinders group talk

Task Group Projects

In these assignments, students work together for longer periods of time and may be expected to produce a final report of some sort. Often, task groups have to meet together outside of regular class times in order to work on their assigned projects.

Formats include:

Problem solving projects Analysis of case studies
Laboratory groups Research teams
“Task force” groups, assigned a long- or short-term product goal

Once again, simply assigning student group projects does not make one’s use of these activities speaking-intensive. Instructors must spend time with students talking about the group process and helping students learn how to understand group communication dynamics. Instructors also include opportunities for groups to assess their progress and for students to examine their own communication behavior as part of the group.

Task group assignments emphasize:

development of communication skills that facilitate group progress
awareness of and skill in dealing with group conflict
an understanding of the advantages and limitations of group work

Interpersonal Communication

These assignments involve projects in which two students communicate together for the purpose of achieving some common goal. Typical formats include: Role-playing cases (e.g., managerial issues, clinical interviews, conflict resolution)

One-on-one teaching/tutoring Interviews Interpersonal communication assignments help students:

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acquire an awareness of and skill in dealing with interpersonal conflicts
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130 ESL Report Card Comments - Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Listening

Time to grade your ESL students? Leaving customized ESL report card comments is painful?

Don’t worry!

In this article, we have attached 130 ESL report card comments that you can use to grade with ease.

36 Speaking ESL Report Card Comments

21 esl speaking report card comments for beginner students.

I am thrilled with {student name}’s performance this year. {his/her} English speaking abilities have improved significantly.
{student name}’s performance this year has been adequate. To improve their English speaking skills, I would recommend practicing {add things to recommend here}.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are significantly lagging behind the rest of the class. I would recommend practicing {add things to recommend here}.
{student name} is a very enthusiastic student. {he/she} joined recently, yet, {he/she} is one of the first ones to respond to questions.
{student name} is doing exceptionally well with similar sounding words.
{student name} struggles with similar sounding words.
{student name} should practice similarly sound words to improve. {he/she} gets confused between words like {add example similarly sounding words here}.
{student name} feels uncomfortable participating in classroom discussions. Practicing at home alone can help them overcome this.
{student name} can confidently answer common English questions.
{student name} feels uncomfortable speaking in front of the class when asked common questions.
{student name} lacks the confidence to answer common English questions in class.
{student name} is unable to answer common English questions asked during the class.
{student name} has good English writing and listening skills, but {he/she} feels shy when it comes to speaking. To be able to confidently speak English in a group, {student name} needs to practice speaking at home.
{student name} correctly uses verbal phrases and verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name} correctly uses verbal phrases, but needs to improve their usage of verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name} struggles with the correct usage of verbal phrases and verbal expressions in his English class.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are excellent for a beginner.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are sufficient for a beginner.
{student name}’s English speaking skills are lacking for a beginner.
{student name} can easily describe objects.
{student name} faces difficulty in describing objects while speaking English.

10 ESL Speaking Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name}needs to practice speaking English at home to perform well in front of the class.
{student name} has intermediate English speaking skills.
To improve and excel as an intermediate-level English student, I would like {student name} to participate more in {his/her} English class.
{student name} often uses {native language} over English in class - which is preventing {him/her} from improving English speaking skills as an intermediate learner.
{student name} is doing great in his Intermediate English class. {he/she}learns new words, how to phrase them, and is able to pronounce them quite well.
{student name} is underperforming in his Intermediate English class. {he/she} is facing issues with how to phrase words and how to pronounce them. I would recommend placing more emphasis on {his/her}usage of phrases to improve.
{student name} is a quick learner and can learn how to speak new English words faster than the rest of {his/her} classmates.
{student name} can speak beginner-level English words well, but {he/she} is struggling with learning intermediate-level English words. I would encourage {student name} to practice {excrise} at home.
{student name} struggles with speaking in front of a group of {his/her} peers.
{student name} has impressively improved their English speaking skills and can now speak like an intermediate level student.

5 ESL Speaking Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has advanced level English speaking skills and can speak with confidence in front of a group of peers.
{student name} is struggling with their English speaking skills and is performing at the intermediate level. I would recommend practicing speaking at home and focusing on the following {add your topics to focus on here}.
{student nane} when asked questions answers in a yes or a no. Adding more details is required to reach an advanced level in English speaking. We recommend {he/she} practice more comprehensive answers to the questions provided as homework at home.
{student name} has gone from using some English to using a significant amount of English in {his/her} daily conversation. It has tremendously improved their spoken English.
{student name} only practices speaking English during {his/her} class. To advance {his/her} English speaking proficiency, I would advise practicing English speaking outside of the classroom. Using English in day-to-day conversations would be helpful.

34 Writing ESL Report Card Comments

12 esl writing report card comments for beginner students.

{student name} can write short sentences and the basics of English writing are covered well.
{student name} understands the basics of English writing, but is unable to write short sentences.
{student name} can perform better in English writing if {he/she} maintains a daily journal.
{student name} understands the subject well, but is unable to write around the subject.
{student name}’s writing involves a lot of grammar mistakes.
{student name}’s writing is free of grammar mistakes.
Sentences written by {student name} have unclear meaning.
Sentences written by {student name} have clear meaning and convey information accurately.
While {student name} understands the subject well enough, {he/she} uses incorrect word order.
{student name}’s English writing has no incorrect word order.
{student name}’s writing is cohesive, coherent, stays on the topic, with consistent voice, and addresses all parts of the given assignment.
{student name}’s writing is incoherent, not cohesive and strays away from the topic. To advance to the next level of English writing, I recommend that the student practice writing at home.

12 ESL Writing Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name}’s has scored {55}% on mechanics of writing, {70}% on completeness of the answers, {37}% on consistency, and {29}% on cohesiveness. My recommendations to improve {his/her} writing scores are {add your recommendations here}.
{student name}’s English writing has no spelling errors. {he/she} writes with clarity, using the correct word order, and sentence structure.
While {student name}’s English writing has no spelling errors, {his/her} sentence structure needs improvement to reach an intermediate level of ESL learner.
{student name}’s writing has no punctuation errors.
{student name}’s writing has punctuation errors.
{student name} has improve their English writing skill significantly, but {he/she} still need help in {list areas where the student needs improvement}.
{student name} is able to express {his/her} ideas in English.
{student name} is only able to express {his/her} ideas in written English with common topics. {he/she} feels uncomfortable when asked to write on unfamiliar topics.
{student name} can write simple sentences well, but struggles while writing complex sentences. {student name} must practice writing complex sentences that have a verb and a subject. Writing complete complex sentences would improve {student name}’s English skills.
{student name} has significant spelling errors in {his/her} writing.
{student name}’s English writing is free of spelling errors.
{student name}’s writing isn’t very descriptive. {he/she} should consider using more adjectives.

10 ESL Writing Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has performed very well in his advanced ESL class and is ready to take his English proficiency test.
{student name} needs to practice exercises given during the class at home to reach advanced level English writing proficiency.
{student name} has sufficient grammar, vocabulary, and sentence formation skills to write on complex topics and share deep opinions thoughtfully.
{student name} has sufficient grammar knowledge and vocabulary, but {his/her} sentence formation skills prevent them to write on complex topics and share deep opinions.
{student name} lacks sufficient grammar knowledge, vocabulary and sentence formation skills to write on complex topics and share deep opinions.
{student name} can write native-level English.
{student name} leverages {his/her} native level vocabulary to write.
{student name} has mastered advanced level English writing skills.
{student name} still uses features from {his/her} native language while writing in English. This prevents {him/her} from reaching advanced English writing levels.
{student name} often uses the same words. This decreases the quality of {his/her} English writing. I would suggest that {student name} improve their vocabulary and sentence formation.

31 Listening ESL Report Card Comments

10 esl listening report card comments for beginner students.

{student name} is able to understand basic conversations during class and is able to understand the core subject well.
{student name} is struggling with understanding the core subject of conversations in the English listening class.
{student name} has to listen to common words a number of times before they can understand audio with clarity.
{student name} is struggling as {he/she} is lacking in common vocabulary of English. Practicing common vocabulary words will enable {student name} to overcome this challenge.
{student name} is facing issues in following the classroom audio. I recommend that {he/she} should listen to audio provided with audio text to help {him/her} better cope with it.
{student name} initially required audio text to help {him/her} follow the classroom audio. But {student name} picked up pretty quickly and no longer depends on audio text while listening to classroom audio.
{student name} relies on visual cues, slow listening speeds, and guesters to fully understand basic English conversations. {he/she} needs to practice more at home to level up {his/her} listening skills with her ESL batchmates.
{student name} frequently requests clarification as {he/she} finds it difficult to understand basic English conversations.
{student name} is performing well. {he/she} rarely requires any assistance or clarification.
{student name}’s listening skills qualify for someone who is at a beginner level. {he/she} can understand the speaker’s purpose and analyze reasoning.

11 ESL Listening Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

During the listening exercises, {student name} has performed well enough when it comes to the main idea of summarizing, audio, vocabulary, and inference.
{student name} performs well when it comes to summarizing, audio, and inference. But, {student name} faces difficulty during listening when it comes to vocabulary. I would recommend {he/she} practice {excerise} at home.
{student name} struggles with differentiating between certain common phrases in English.
{student name} can easily listen and differentiate between common phrases in English.
{student name} can understand the subject while listening, but faces difficulties when {he/she} hears a new word.
{student name} is doing great with {his/her} listening exercises. {he/she} can listen and understand well enough to extract correct information without any errors.
{student name} often requires help to understand the English words and phrases during {his/her} listening exercises.
{student name} should practice listening exercises daily at home to reach an intermediate ESL listening level.
{student name} has improved their English listening skills significantly. {he/she} previously had to re-listen 3-4 times before {he/she} was able to understand the audio. Now, {student name} can only occasionally listens to the same audio again.
{student name} has improved their listening skills a lot, however {he/she} is still facing difficulties while listening when people talk faster. Practicing audio exercises at home will greatly improve {his/her} ability to listen to fast speech.
{student name} will greatly improve {his/her} listening skills by watching English shows and listening to English podcasts.

10 ESL Listening Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} has reached advanced listening skills when it comes to extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, and vocabulary.
{student name} has reached advanced listening skills when it comes to {extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, vocabulary}, but struggles with {extracting subject, literal, summarizing, inferencing, fact-finding, reasoning, vocabulary}. I recommend practicing {exercise} to improve.
{student name} requires no additional help in understanding listening exercises.
{student name} is able to listen and comprehend formal and informal conversations with perfection.
{student name} finds it easy to listen to audio when common words are used. {he/she} finds it difficult to follow listening exercises when complex vocabulary is involved.
{student name} would find it easy to integrate into an English-speaking environment.
{student name} has performed well when it comes to literal listening. However, {he/she} faces difficulty in understanding the speaker’s point of view and finding evidence.
{student name} is struggling with identifying the core topic from listening exercises. I would suggest {him/her} to practice listening exercises at home to reach advanced level English listening skills.
To help {student name} reach advanced level English listening skills, I would suggest practicing our listening exercises around intonation and phonemes.
{student name} has done quite well this year. To further improve their English listening skills, I would recommend encouraging {him/her} to complete all bonus listening exercises.

29 Reading ESL Report Card Comments

12 esl reading report card comments for beginner students.

{student name} is doing great. {he/she} can read short sentences with zero errors.
{student name} often tries to read faster, which leads to multiple mistakes. I would recommend encouraging {him/her} to read with focus.
{student name} is capable of reading common individual words, but struggles with reading entire sentences.
{student name} can read short poems and stories by {himself/herself}.
{student name} can now read commonly used words, signages, labels, logos, and simple instructions.
{student name} has successfully achieved beginner-level comprehension skills.
{student name} can perfectly read and identify the following information: names of people, names of places, events, and dates mentioned.
{student name} is struggling to identify the following from his ESL reading exercises: names of people, names of places, events, and dates mentioned.
{student name} can understand the meaning of sentences.
{student name} struggles with understanding the meaning of sentences.
{student name} can accurately identify affix, base word, prefix, root, and suffix from their reading exercises.
{student name} is able to identity {affix/base word/prefix/root/suffix}, but makes mistake while identifying {affix/base word/prefix/root/suffix}.

7 ESL Reading Report Card Comments for Intermediate Level Students

{student name} can read English text and was able to answer all questions based on the text.
{student name} was able to answer {x}% of the questions after reading English text.
{student name} can read short passages and stories and is able to identify the main subject or the theme from it.
{student name} should change the language on their phone and laptop to English. That will help them improve their English writing skills.
{student name} can read short sentences and short paragraphs well. But, when asked to read longer sentences and long essays {student name} struggles.
{student name} can easily read common English words that they are familiar with, but struggle with lesser-used words in English.
{student name} can easily read both sentences with common English words and sentences with less-used words.

10 ESL Reading Report Card Comments for Advanced Students

{student name} can read English text and interpret it with native English level proficiency.
{student name} has reached intermediate reading levels. To advance to native English level reading proficiency {student name} should practice the following {exercise/book/etc} at least for {e.g. 3} hours per {day/week}.
{student name} struggles to understand the main subject and theme of long passages.
{student name} can read an English book and summarize it in {his/her} own words very well.
{student name} struggles with reading an English book and summarizing it.
{student name} faces challenges with {his/her} vocabulary, but {his/her} reading skills allow {student name} to understand the unknown word by understanding the context around it.
{student name} gets stuck on unfamiliar words. I would recommend {he/she} practice reading at home and focusing on extrapolating the meaning of unfamiliar words using the context.
{studnet name} can read well and understand the context. {his/her} reading speed is quite slow. To perform in an advanced-level English test. {he/she} would need to speed up {his/her} reading capabilities. I recommend completing all bonus reading exercises.
{student name} can read at an intermediate level. Based on {his/her} ESL class performance, I would recommend {student name} should use {Dictionary/Encyclopedia/etc} to improve {his/her} reading skills further.
{student name} is doing well. I would recommend that {he/she} reads English newspapers to further improve their reading skills.

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Connectors in English: How to Use Them

Are your essays in English marked poorly despite your grammatically correct sentences?

Have you ever been told that your paragraphs don’t connect to each other even though they talk about the same topic?

This is where English connectors come in—a.k.a., the words I’ve marked in bold above!

Today, I’m going to talk about what connectors in English are, the most common ones you’ll come across and how to practice them.

Once you’re done with this article, I hope you’ll agree that these words and phrases are simply magical!

What Are English Connectors?

English connectors for cause and effect, english connectors for illustration, english connectors for emphasis, english connectors for comparison, english connectors for contrast, english connectors for sequence, english connectors for conclusion, tips for practicing english connectors, and one more thing....

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English connectors are little words and phrases that help you connect sentences, paragraphs and ideas. Used both in spoken and written English, they help make your English sound more logical and structured.

You can think of connectors as like the thread that holds a necklace’s beads (i.e. sentences, paragraphs and ideas) together.

In fact, you probably already use them without even realizing it!

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Note that English connectors are different from English conjunctions . While conjunctions link two or more words or clauses within a sentence, connectors establish that two separate sentences or ideas are related to each other.

To help you understand further, I’m going to walk you through some of the most common connectors in English and how they’re used. Some are used formally, while others are more casual. Some are even interchangeable —that is, you can use them in place of similar words.

In everyday conversations , we often need to explain things.

Perhaps you were late for school because your car ran out of gas. Or you want to buy chocolates because you want to surprise your mother on her birthday.

Explaining things will be much easier if you throw in these important English connectors.

Let’s take a look at them!

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Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Indicates cause -Placed in the middle of a sentence -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	her car ran out of gas. I didn't eat breakfast.
-Indicates cause -Placed at the beginning of a sentence -Often used in writing	Usually formal	Jack's sickness, he missed two weeks of work. our budget, we can't go on vacation this year.
-Indicates effect -When followed by "of," indicates cause -Placed at the beginning of a sentence -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	of her bad behavior, she wasn't allowed to go to the party. , our profit was less than normal.
-Indicates outcome or conclusion -Used at the end or beginning of new paragraphs -Often used in writing	Usually formal (but can also be used informally)	, they aren't the same. , she's had lots of practice cooking.
-Similar to "therefore" -Used at the end or beginning of new paragraphs -Also often used in writing	Usually formal	, you have to be consistent. , he continued to play in college.
-Indicates effect (comes from the word "consequence") -Similar to "as a result" -Typically used in writing	Usually formal	, he received a bad grade. , she's very bad at it.

Giving illustrations or examples helps us prove our point and convince other people to believe us. These words help people understand what you’re trying to say and can help them see why you believe what you believe.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Used in everyday conversations and in writing -Most popular ways to give examples	Formal and informal	, she was able to solve a difficult math problem in half the time that everyone else did. , I spent four hours trying to learn how to use the .
-Used in everyday conversations and in writing -Can be used to give examples and list things	Formal and informal	teaching, journalism, advertising and so on. pizza, pasta and ravioli.
-Similar to "for example" -Often used in writing	Usually formal	, he killed six women before being tracked down by the police.

While discussing an issue or idea, you may want to focus on a particular point or example. To make the listener understand the importance of that specific idea, you can use the following connectors.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Used quite often -Used at the beginning, middle or even the end of sentences -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, I think learning English was one of the best decisions I've ever made. , it's more common than you think.
-Used in writing and conversations -Used to indicate a fact supporting an opinion stated beforehand	Formal and informal	, there are 57 million speakers! , I don't miss meat at all!
-Similar to "as a matter of fact" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, I don't think it'll work this time either. , I make them every day.
-As the phrase suggests, it's used to highlight or emphasize a point that's more important than the others already stated -Often used in writing -May be used in everyday conversations as well	Usually formal	, without sunlight, there would be no life on this planet. , you have to be clear about what you want to say.
-Used to highlight a point or several points -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	since she's upset right now. rock and roll!
-Used to emphasize that a point (or several points) is important -Usually appears in writing	Usually formal	the invention of the light bulb. for his book "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
-Only used in writing -Used to say that something is worth noting (compared to others)	Formal	is his work on child psychology. to the field of biology.

Sometimes, we need to draw attention to certain similarities to make a point or explain something. This is especially important in writing!

To make better comparisons, use the following English connectors.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Used to say that the next point is similar to the previous one -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, dogs love chasing after balls. , squirrels use holes in trees to protect their babies.
-Can be interchangeable with "similarly" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, my brother loves playing sports. , animals need a variety of foods, too.
-Used to add to a point made previously -Usually appear in writing -Used at the beginning of new paragraphs to ensure they're connected to the overall topic -Used as (that is, these words make new sentences and paragraphs flow with others)	Usually formal	, it explores racism in America in the 20th century. , it's great for remembering everything you've learned!
-Can be used instead of "and" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	an excellent dancer. math.
-Used to give examples -Used to show how two things are alike -Used in writing and conversations	Mostly informal	his cousin. we're strangers.
-Similar to "also" and "similarly" -Used in writing	Usually formal	, her best friend also favors tea. studied English.

Sometimes, we need to express different or contradicting ideas side-by-side. Doing this helps the listener or reader focus on important differences and makes them aware of the many sides of a topic.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Similar to "while" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	Maria is good at speaking. Chinese doesn't.
-Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	Rose was a hard-working student, she failed the entrance exam. you're young, you're very mature.
-Similar to "but" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, you still need to exercise. , they can be expensive.
-Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, my friend prefers rainy seasons. , eating chocolate every day is bad for your health.
-Similar to "even though" or "although" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	the rain, we went for a walk and enjoyed the fresh air. their different personalities.
-More common way to say "in spite of" -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	being warned, she still went into the scary woods. being tired.
-Mostly used in writing	Usually formal	, I think he's quite innocent and deserves a chance to explain himself. , I believe in aliens.

These connectors are useful when you’re giving step-by-step instructions or listing points.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
-Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, you need to mix the flour, baking soda and cocoa powder together. , you need to carefully add the milk. , there's no evidence to support it. , the logic used isn't strong enough.
-Similar to "firstly... secondly..." -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, it only takes a few minutes a day. , anyone can do it. , I check my emails. , I reply to important messages.
-Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, it's delicious. Also, it cools me down on hot days. , it expands your communication skills. In the second place, it opens up new opportunities.
-Used to state the last point of a topic -Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, the effects of the chemicals must be taken into consideration. , I organize my desk before leaving the office.
-When used in writing, it's an excellent way to begin the last or the second to the last paragraph -When used in speech, you can use it to give the final instructions or end a conversation	Formal and informal	, mix all the ingredients well. , after editing the document, I proofread for any errors.

Finally , how do you let your reader know that you’ve reached the end? (See what I did there?)

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There are certain connectors that we usually use during conclusions or when we’ve reached the end of what we wanted to say. When writing or stating conclusions, you usually repeat the most important points.

Usage	Context	Example Sentences
Used in formal writing as a way to begin the last or "concluding" paragraph in an essay or report	Formal	, we can't ignore the role modern science plays in our everyday lives. , it's crucial for everyone to be on the same page moving forward.
Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, you need to directly confront Kevin about the matter we've just discussed. , the story revolves around a young detective solving a mysterious case.
Used in writing and conversations	Formal and informal	, I think Kayla should go to the party. , bilingualism enhances cognitive abilities and opens up cultural opportunities.
Used in conversations (though may also be used in writing)	Mostly informal	, organizing a surprise birthday party for Josh was certainly worth it. , I'd say the science fair was a success.

Here are some quick tips that’ll help you learn English connectors more efficiently.

Make Your Own Sentences

To explain the meanings and uses of different connectors, I’ve provided example sentences for each. However, you’ll remember them much better if you come up with your own examples.

You can start by using connectors in your diary entries, notebooks, essays and the like. Soon, you’ll find yourself using these connectors in everyday speech as well!

Write a Short Story or Essay

To see the huge difference English connectors can make, try writing a paragraph without any connectors and then rewrite it using some of the connectors above. You’ll quickly realize that your sentences will flow better, sound more logical and become easier to understand.

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You probably want to speak English like a native (or at least try to). So why not learn from natives? Try watching a speech in English to get a good idea of how these fit together. Look for the ones with transcripts that you can write notes in, maybe even circling all of the connecting terms as you see them.

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Finally, to check whether you’ve understood how to use connectors correctly, you can try online exercises from websites that cover English grammar .

For example, the ones on English Daily and English Grammar are pretty short and can be completed in a few minutes.

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There’s also ToLearnEnglish , which provides a brief list of common connectors before you solve the exercise, making it a great resource for review.

Now that you know the most commonly-used English connectors, you can use them in sentences and paragraphs with great confidence. Try your hand at some of the exercises I’ve suggested for practice.

So what are you waiting for?

Get out there and start incorporating these useful English connectors into your everyday life!

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Some Non-standard Sounds
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Some Consonants in English
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1	Introduction
2	Student Presentations I
3	Feedback on Presentations I
4	Stage Manners
5	Tempo of Speech
6	Some Reasons for Mishearing
7	Topics for Presentations II
8	Message
9	Tables, Charts, Graphs
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11	Criteria for Evaluation
12	Student Presentations II
13	Feedback on Presentation II
14	Topics for Presentation III
15	On Saying Please!
16	English Rhythm I
17	English Rhythm II
18	Phrasal Pause in English I
19	Phrasal Pause in English II
20	Units of Time, Weight, Distance
21	Stress in English I
22	Stress in English II
23	Stress in English III
24	Stress in English IV
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26	Stress in English VI
27	Student Presentations III
28	Student Presentations III
29	Student Presentations III Continued
30	Feedback on Presentations III
31	Some Non-standard Sounds
32	Some Difficult Sounds in English
33	Some Vowel Sounds in English
34	Some Consonants in English
35	Student Presentations IV
36	Student Presentation IV
37	Student Presentation IV Continued
38	Final Tips

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A woman climbs down a boulder in Mexico.

By Cristina Rivera Garza

Ms. Rivera Garza’s book “Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice” is about one of the many women killed by femicide in Mexico.

My mother was born in 1943 in a country where she was not allowed to vote. The Mexican government did not grant women the right to vote in national elections — or the right to hold public office on a national level — until Oct. 17, 1953. Now, almost 71 years later, for the first time two women are leading the race to be Mexico’s next president: Claudia Sheinbaum, who is the front-runner, and Xóchitl Gálvez. It is no small feat for a country with a longstanding and complex relationship with machismo , and where every day some 10 women or girls are killed on average.

And yet this accomplishment has often felt like an afterthought during this historic election. Ms. Sheinbaum, a scientist running on the ticket of the ruling Morena party, and Ms. Gálvez, a businesswoman representing a mix of parties from the political establishment, have nodded at the achievements of feminism and its influence on Mexico’s public life. But they have been cautious about lingering too long on women’s issues in their campaigns, conspicuously tiptoeing around abortion and reproductive rights, seemingly out of deference to conservative voters. Neither candidate has put forth a strong agenda to serve the women who put them where they are today.

For as Mexico descended into its nightmare of generalized violence, from the U.S.-backed war on drugs to the government of Felipe Calderón and the administration of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, it has been women — their tireless work, infinite rage and deepening sorrow — who have provided a moral compass to this nation. Women’s mobilizations have grown stronger and louder in the face of government indifference and repression, mounting the only serious opposition against the status quo and making women’s issues and gender justice central to any discussion of our shared future.

To be fair, male candidates have not historically been required to present their agenda for women either. They are seldom even asked about it. But women constitute a little over half of the Mexican electorate; it is imperative that Ms. Sheinbaum and Ms. Gálvez discuss their views and positions on issues that will affect women’s bodies, security and everyday life — not because they are women, but because they are presidential candidates, striving to represent all of us in the highest political office in the country.

On June 2, a woman will almost certainly be given a mandate to govern all of us. She will preside over an electorate that is deeply concerned about insecurity and corruption. The security policy of the current administration — known as “Hugs Not Bullets” — has failed to meaningfully de-escalate the violence unleashed by America’s failed drug policy, a fact painfully brought home by the ever-growing number of disappearances and high rates of gender-related violence. A staggering number of victims’ collectives, made up mostly of the mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of the disappeared, travel the nation with little to no funding or institutional support, sometimes unearthing the remains of their loved ones.

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