Learning to speak a new language is definitely a challenge. It’s very difficult for your students to do if they don’t practice on a regular basis. Luckily, you need to look no further because BusyTeacher.org has the tools to help your students practice their speaking - and want to do it, too! Let’s face it, students aren’t always jumping for joy at the opportunity to speak a language they aren’t 100 percent comfortable with. Students can be hesitant to speak for a wide variety of reasons - fear of mistakes, peer pressure, or lack of self-confidence are some of the main factors. BusyTeacher.org has 936 speaking worksheets to help you plan effective speaking lessons, which will get your students to break through their shyness and start talking!
These worksheets are great to use for your lessons because they come in many different styles and formats. Some include flashcards, PowerPoint presentations, and games that you can include in your lesson and help your students increase their speaking ability with interesting, educational, and fun activities. Many of our speaking worksheets can be used in a variety of different ways. Some can be used to inspire topics of discussion, enabling you to hold an open forum with your students, so they can express their ideas. Some are grammar and vocabulary-ased, and can help your students learn new words while using grammar points. Some are games that spark creativity and activity in the classroom - for example, some worksheets are for mingling activities, where students walk around and have to speak about something with others – for example, about their hobbies. Other worksheets are for role play, and get students to take on the roles of an employer and an interviewee. Some worksheets aren’t for every level - some are specifically for kids, some for teenagers, and some for adults.
You can preview the worksheets you want to use before you download them. Just click on the thumbnail to see if the worksheet is right for your class. You can also check the level the worksheet can be used for, too. You don’t have to register or subscribe to download any worksheet. All worksheets are free to download to use in your lessons, and all of them were created by ESL teachers around the world, who use them in their classrooms every day.
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This hand-out is aimed to teach teenagers as well as adult learners how to communicate assertively in day to day situations. It contains explanations for assertive, aggressive and passive beh ...
This is a simple but funny activity I use with my intermediate students, but it can be adapted to almost all levels. There are 5 different prompts with some information about the character's likes ...
I've designed these 18 role cards for a small group of adults who need to review basic introductions. Each card gives the student a role freely based on a celebrity. Then I tell them they all ...
This is a power point presentation made in order to train students who are studying for one of the sections of the speaking part of the cambridge exams (FCE and CAE). It has several pictures that ...
The worksheet includes 7 different job adverts and two sets of job interview questions to help provide students with a focus and springboard for "Job Interview" practice. I used the materials in ...
This sheet has a series of connected activities in which you can work with vocabulary, grammar, writing as well as speaking and listening skills. You'll find new lexis, dialogues, multiple choice ...
This is a roleplay about the classical story for kids Alice in Wonderland. It was made based on the Walt Disney movie using the main characters of the film. It can be represented for an end of sem ...
This is a 2-activity worksheet based on John Mayer´s record "Dreaming with a broken heart". Elementary students will do just fine with it as long as they are familiar with basic verb tenses ...
This is a collection of warm-up activities. I use it at the beginning, in the middle and in the end of my lessons. I say or sing and show the "rhymes" together with my students. They like and enjo ...
This is a printable handout of questions that correspond to standard playing cards that I use to end lessons. In small groups, students take turns to draw a card and ask the corresponding question ...
These flash cards are based on others found on BusyTeacher.org, so credit goes to those creators. They are American vs. British English flash cards, but with each word on a separate card. Useful f ...
"Annoying Things" was initially designed for interactive boards but it can be used in any other way. How many times have we been annoyed by habits other people have? But have we wondered about how ...
Manners and behaviour was initially designed for interactive whiteboards but not only. What are good manners? Do we behave differently when we want to impress that special someone? Our classes rea ...
This is a very funny PPT. I use it with my intermediate and advanced students to hace some speaking in class. One of the students has to read the dilemma to the class and then give his/her opinio ...
A worksheet teachers can use as a listening for intermediate students with glossary in Spanish. There are eight questions for students to answer and a final question that can be used as a debate i ...
This activity is suitable to intermediate and advanced students in practicing how to persuade and/ or dissuade the other person. It is better done as a role playing activity. This will motivate ...
I made these cards for children over the age of 7 - 8 years old. It was for conversation lessons, so the students could mix and speak . Each card has information about people. The teacher gives on ...
The Future is a discussion where students use their imagination to predict what our world will be like in the future. With stimulating pictures and questions the conversation diverts into various ...
Body Language was initially a presentation for interactive boards, but it can be used in any other way. Most of the times our body language reveals truths or lies. Different gestures have differe ...
Students will play the role of a parent and child. The child has to describe an illness and its symptoms to avoid going to school, and the parent has to try to catch the child lying. There is a ...
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