ESL Teaching Ideas for Jobs, Occupations and Careers
ESL jobs/work lesson
Who am I?asking and answering personal questions
Classroom expressions review worksheet (PDF)
ESL Classroom Language and Vocabulary Worksheets
Classroom expressions review
The exercise below is for reviewing or reinforcing commonly used classroom language. Depending on the level and ability of the students, a teacher may ask students to work in groups, work independently . I have also used this exercise for teaching teachers who use two languages in the classroom and who generally use their native language for technical subjects such as science and medical technology but like to give instructions and directions in English. This helps familiarize the students with this international language. Click on the image below or the link to download the printable PDF file.
Adjective Gallery: a fun exercise for the ESL classroom
Adjective Gallery
This is a fun, creative and communicative ESL speaking activity for adjectives. Each student gets one or more slips of paper, chooses an adjective, draws some kind of picture or cartoon about an adjective (of their choice or assigned by the teacher) and then writes a multiple choice question about the picture. They can write the correct answer on the back of the slip of paper. When all the students are finished the students can walk around quizzing other students or the slips of paper can be handed around.
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What are the teachers sayinging in the pictures ? (PDF)
Classroom Language
Teacher language in the classroom
The exercise below is for introducing, reviewing or exploring communication in the classroom. Depending on the level and ability of the students, a teacher may ask students to work in groups, work independently or if the students are very weak the teacher can dictate the sentences. I have also used this exercise for teaching teachers who use two languages in the classroom and who generally use their native language for technical subjects such as science and medical technology but like to occasionally communicate in English. This helps familiarize the students with communication in English. Click on the image below or the link to download the printable PDF file.
Talking-about-games
ESL Speaking Activities
Talking about games
This is an ESL speaking and discussion exercise for practicing language useful for talking about puzzles and games. Click on the image or the link at the right.to download the printable PDF file.
Customs lies and gestures game
Customs, lies and gestures
This is a fun game exploring cultural differences around the world. Its format is similar to the often played “liar” game.
Click here for the Customs, lies & gestures PDF file
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Brainstorm chart for a speaking exercise: vacations
Vacation Brainstorm Exercise for Past Tense Speaking Activity
Past tense, adjectives, nouns -positives/negatives
- Draw grid on board and brainstorm as above.
2. Talk in pairs (vacation pictures around the walls helps make this more communicative or a walk around switch with postcards).
A: Where……….go?
B: I …………
A: What …………the food like?
B: It ………….
A: Did ……………problems?
B: Well………………….
etc.
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Gerunds brainstorm and speaking activity
Gerunds Brainstorming Activity
Wall maps for gerunds
Learning/gerunds
- Draw a circle on the board And elicit ways of learning artistic appreciation.
2. Distribute topics for wall maps to groups of 2 or 3 students
ie. politness, cooperation, sensitivity compassion, tolerance, confidence, toughness, persistence, pride,diligence, humility
The students create their own wall maps.
3. Model a short conversation using gerunds and “by” and let pairs of students walk round and look at the wall maps.
A: You can learn artistic appreciation by marrying an artist.
B: And you can also learn by reading books about art.
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Vocabulary for elections & democracy (PDF)
Popular ESL Resources
Academic vocabulary: elections and democracy
This is an exercise for introducing or reviewing basic political vocabulary . It is an English language worksheet with images introducing and reviewing commonly used expressions and vocabulary when talking about elections and democracy.
Students match the words to the appropriate pictures. Click on the image below or the link at the side to download the PDF file.
Love, romance and friendship speaking exercises
5 Romance, Love and Friendships Lessons
Students are always interested in the language used to describe relationships and romance. These topics are particularly popular when Valentine’s Day comes around. As a teacher too, you realize you have to choose from a huge range of relationship and romance related expressions and vocabulary.
1 Elements of love (vocabulary worksheet with answers)
This is an English language exercise introducing and exploring the vocabulary and common expressions used to talk about love and romance. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. This can be followed up by a speaking activity in which students have to explain what is happening in each of the pictures. I guess this would be a pretty good exercise for Valentine’s Day.
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2 Parts of speech for relationships (vocabulary worksheet with answers)
Parts of speech for relationships is a worksheet and sorting activity to help deepen students’ knowledge of the vocabulary of love, romance and relationships.
Parts of speech for relationships (PDF)
3 Love & romance lesson
This is an ESL speaking and vocabulary lesson for talking about love and romance. First, students match the pictures with the vocabulary and expressions in the middle of the page. Then they can discuss their ideas using the questions at the bottom of the page.
Love and romance speaking activity (PDF)
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4 Friendship questionnaire and discussion speaking activity
This is an ESL speaking and writing lesson for talking about friendship. First, students choose five survey questions about friendship from the examples on the worksheet. Alternatively, they can think of their own questions. When they have written five questions on, they can walk around the class asking classmates their questions and noting down their answers on the worksheet. Finally, they can discuss the most common and unusual ideas about friendship in the class This is a fun communicative exercise that allows students to mix freely.
