ESL Speaking Activity

Grade Level: 6-8 Grade

Proficiency Level:  Beginner  

Goals:

• Assess students English speaking skills in a question and answer format

• Provide students a chance to practice speaking in small groups

• Assess speakers proficiency in fluency and complexity of spoken sentences

• Provide students with visual aids to form sentences to ask and answer questions

• Provide students with vocabulary to use in the activity based on the visual aids provided

Pre-Speaking:

• Review Vocabulary with visual aids

• Vacation

• Trip

• Camping

• Camp fire

• Tent

• Amusement Park

• Roller Coaster

• Ride

• Beach

• Swim/Swimming

• Boardwalk

• Explain the activity to the students

• Put students into groups of three and assign one image to each student in the group

• Answer questions students may have about other things associated with the images

• Allow students five minutes to review vocab and visual aids in order to form questions about the images

Speaking:

• Students will take turns in groups of three to explain what a vacation is like in the location from their visual aid

• They will explain or describe activities based on the vocabulary with each image

• Group members will then ask questions about the students personal experience or opinion on each image

• Allow for 10-15 minutes for the activity, giving each student up to five minutes to explain their vacation destination and answer the groups questions

Post-Speaking

• Have each student write what was shared about the visual aid by their group members

• Should include the three vocabulary terms for each visual aid

• One thing their group member shared about their experience or opinion on that type of vacation/trip

• Students in each group will then present their work in front of the rest of the class