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.
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Type of activity: Speaking. Pair work and group work. Aim: to practise speaking, to improve fluency, to boost your students' confidence so that they can overcome their fear of not speaking correct ...
This ppt is a good game for your students to practice speaking for one minute on one of the topics that they are going to choose by luck, it is appropriate for a conversation class ( beginner- int ...
I use 'Find Someone Who (Simple Present)' as a warm up or as an activity following a lesson on SIMPLE PRESENT with adult learners. The reason I specify 'adult learners' is that the questions mostl ...
I use 'Find Someone Who' as a warm up or as an activity following a lesson on verb 'to be' with adult learners. The reason I specify 'adult learners' is that the questions relate to adult situatio ...
This worksheet is a short role play based on the Christmas song Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. The guideline is adapted for children of elementary level to be dramatized in front of the class. It ...
This worksheet is suitable for intermediate students. There's a role play that can be used as a warm-up. Students are encouraged to learn new vocabulary (slangs, phrasal verbs, etc.) in context. I ...
This lesson gives step-by-step instructions to help students prepare a presentation. It includes topic discussion questions, important phrases for presentations, an example script, and brainstormi ...
This is a two-page video worksheet for students doing a Business English course. Before viewing the students are asked to describe the screenshot and comment on the heading in order to predict th ...
Here is another of my themed conversation worksheets. This worksheet covers the topic of help. Personally, I love using this kind of sheet to stimulate conversation. I hope you find it useful, and ...
The following is a set of daily situations where learners can face every day in their life, working, traveling…in fact, there are 30 situations where role A and B are clearly stated. Teache ...
Here is just a hint to help the kids improve their speaking skills. It can be used for speeches, but also for role-plays, in pairwork (talking about a selected topic), creative writing. I think it ...
This worksheet can form the basis of a TV debate. It asks students basic questions about their TV habits and the possible advantages and disadvantages of watching TV. After students have written a ...
Looking for subject matters to get debates and discussions going. Here's a list to stimulate you. Also comes in quite handy as speaking in groups at oral exams. Subjects that are part of our youn ...
Ss will discuss about the prostitution in their countries Students could work in pairs and read one text each, then report to each other. Ask students who they most agree with - Helen Ma ...
This is a speaking activity where students will practice the adverbs of frequency, specially always, usually, sometimes, never, once, twice… Students will work in pairs and they will ask qu ...
This classroom language activity can be used in many ways, the easieast as a matching exercise once the sentences have been presented and practised in the classroom. It can also be used as a memo ...
Teachers can use this worksheet to have students of intermediate level practice their interviewing skills such as questioning, analyzing, decision-making… The class will be divided into two ...
Pair work speaking activity: Students A and B have different pictures. First, teacher elicits the needed vocabulary with the whole group. Secondly, students work on the questions individually, w ...
I designed this worksheet to practice indirect questions. A student will play one of the roles in it as a celebrity, while the others may ask questions based on the gists given. Of course, you can ...
This is a Bingo activity based on Fairy Tales Titles. It is played like a normal bingo game. Teacher chooses her own criteria. I discussed with the children about different fairy tales and th ...
This is a role-play game for intermediate and advanced students. They have to work in pairs, one student will be a famous person and the other one will be the interviewer. Students will practice t ...
This activity is related to Fairy Tales. The teacher reads out the clues in any order of her/his choice. The children have to tell the name/names of the story(ies). The children form two groups A ...
This worksheet is for elementary or pre-intermediate students. They can build sentences about what they want or don't want to do and it starts basic and leads up to freer speech. It can last anywh ...
Here is another of my themed conversation sheets. This worksheet covers the topic of "Happiness". If you like this worksheet and find it useful then please take a look a look at my other worksheet ...
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