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 is Venn diagram which can be used with students of any level for comparing and contrasting any topic. For example, I used it to compare and contast lifestyle in New York and London. This diag ...
In this worksheet, students have to pick the appropriate word to fill the gap in this conversation between a travel agent and customer. Can also be used as a role-play activity. Target language/mi ...
Very good activity to make your students talk and debate in the classroom. Speaking and writing skills are developed in this simple and fun activity, this worksheet can be done individually or in ...
My master thesis was 'Developing speaking skills with the help of games'. I have collected a lot of games connected with my master thesis. The collection contains structure, pronunciation, s ...
It's a speaking activity that you can use and edit according to the student's level, hope you are going to enjoy it. Take the cards and cut them then, shuffle them and ask each student to take on ...
This worksheet is for young learners practising questions about their possessions, giving short answers and finding students in the class with the same answers, e.g. Have you got a kite? Yes, I h ...
There are more than 30 questions about topics for beginners. You can cut the questions and apply it as a game. Students can choose the questions like raffle and after reading, they can answer or y ...
It is based on the episode of "Light Sleeper", Season 3 Episode 14. It basically starts with two Korean women that have been killed. Turns out they, and the Korean who found them all married US ar ...
Speaking activity. 'Imagine you are a radio presenter, Marie, and you have a programme to give your listeners some advice. This week- Christmas special! Welcome your listeners, tell them about the ...
In this worksheet there are seven different role play ideas for students to perform in the classroom. They were designed to work in pairs, but some of them can also be used in groups so that you c ...
You can divide students into groups. Each student from the same group shall be given one card and read the information on the card. They can help each other within the group. Then the students are ...
This is a quizz-game that teaches some facts about water use and how to save it.You can incorporate it in an environmental project for your students. 1) Print the game on both sides of a shee ...
Instructions: Play in teams of five ss and see which team can get the most correct guesses from their classmates’ pantomimes. We give students’ team who are playing pantomim ...
The lesson plan is intended for students who are not familiar with disasters vocabularies and it develops their listening and speaking skills. I have always noticed their lack of proficiency in s ...
This is a present perfect survery that can be used as an introduction for the present perfect tense. I always start present perfect with a class survey. The students are asked to mingle around the ...
Ideal for English conversational classes. Tell the students to sit back to back. Student A is the reporter. Student B is the runner. Student A will speak being a runner. Student B w ...
I had some students that wouldn't speak at all so I invented this. I have used it for all levels (from teenagers up) and it is always good fun. Give students around 30 minutes to work together in ...
A lesson for FCE or Advanced level groups, based on the 2002 TV programme of the same name seeking to determine the greatest ever Briton. Students do a few reading and listening activities to ensu ...
Every couple gets one speaking card and try to learn it by heart. After 2 min time all couples meet at a "cocktail party“ and exchange their information. After the conversation they switch t ...
This is an activity that I prepared for my upper intermediate and advanced students and it was very successful. Students will practice listening, vocabulary, speaking and then create a role play. ...
The worksheet is devoted to developing speaking skills at different levels. It concentrates at making suggestions, using such tenses as past simple, present simple and present continuous. It might ...
Use this practice/game after teaching the difference in using present perfect and past simple tenses. Two groups of students. A asks B the question Have you ever.........? (1st page); B answers ei ...
A set of topical vocabulary that should be grouped under such headings as "food, disease, treatment'. Studentds work in groups or pairs to classify words. Afterwards, you can ask studentds to spea ...
This is an advanced level lesson based on the television programme The Secret Millionaire. Due to the issues involved this is recommended for older teenagers or adults. Students watch an episode o ...
A multitasked file about the issue for the 11th graders- cloning; it allows debate about bioethics. Students enjoy the film because it's up-to-date and presents a science fictional approach. ...
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