Intermediate Resources

Edutopiahttps://www.edutopia.org/discussion/12-fun-speaking-games-language-learnersEvery teacher has faced the struggle of encouraging students to speak. Here’s a list of fun activities to get your students talking.

15 Controversial Statements for ESL Speaking Classes — TEFL Lemon: Free ESL lesson ideas and great content for TEFL teachershttps://www.tefllemon.com/15-controversial-statements-for-esl-speaking-classesControversial statements and questions can give the perfect platform for ESL speaking classes with teens and adults.

150 Amazing Writing prompts Pictureshttps://www.slideshare.net/kevcummins/150-amazing-writing-prompts-pictures

150 amazing images to use with students to help them with inspiring their imagination.

26 Must-Watch TED Talks to Spark Student Discussions – WeAreTeachershttps://www.weareteachers.com/ted-talks-students/?utm_content=1553022060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1wSJWK8_2KG1MqF6XqUbKy2EUseFeZLzPtG9stkdbIP6FbM9qrY2ub86o

Who knows? The next TED speaker may be in your classroom.

3 tips to boost your confidence (4:16)https://youtu.be/l_NYrWqUR40

TED-Ed talk to help students overcome stage fright

301 Prompts for Argumentative Writing – The New York Timeshttps://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/301-prompts-for-argumentative-writing/

Divided into theme categories, they suit also as speaking prompts.

4 Fast Debate Formats for the Secondary Classroomhttps://www.thoughtco.com/fast-debate-formats-for-the-classroom-8044Here are four easy-to-use debate formats that can be implemented in the secondary classroom in any discipline.

50 Argumentative Essay Prompts for Secondary ELA | The Daring English Teacherhttps://www.thedaringenglishteacher.com/2021/03/50-argumentative-essay-prompts-for.htmlEngaging teaching strategies and learning resources for middle school ELA and high school English students.

50 Creative Third Grade Writing Prompts (Free Printable!)https://www.weareteachers.com/third-grade-writing-prompts/Taking the leap from the primary level to the intermediate grades. Question cards for speaking and writing.

50 Questions To Ask Elementary Kids To Check In & Get To Know Themhttps://www.weareteachers.com/questions-to-ask-elementary-kids/Who is your best friend and why? What can I, as your teacher, do to help you this year?

50 Would You Rather Scenarios For  Studentshttps://www.weareteachers.com/would-you-rather-scenarios-elementary/Would You Rather scenarios are a fun way to jumpstart student conversations. Use them for debates, writing prompts, brain boosts, classroom discussions, lessons on comparisons, or even graph the results!

83 Teen Writing Prompts – Robyns.Worldhttps://robyns.world/2012/01/22/teen-writing-prompts/There are some great prompts in here that would work well for bloggers too I think.

Amazing Tongue Twister Raphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvLmcRZte78

A quick rap with words in the alphabetical order. Listen for fun!

Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games | American Englishhttps://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-board-games#child-1494

Games for Learning American English

Anchor – The easiest way to make a podcasthttps://anchor.fm/Create, distribute, host, and monetize your podcast, 100% free. Tutorial by Richard Byrne(6:11) PrivacyGet a free guide here

Argumentative Writing Prompts for High School Englishhttps://www.weareteachers.com/argumentative-writing-prompts/

Get teens thinking and typing…fast! More Argumentative Prompts 

 

Ask a question and tell two thingshttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jlGlgxs7EOdhJ_dRWWnPR9PBjQK2H3Ec8yoU24W0ptg/edit#slide=id.i0

A printable board game to play with dice

Chat Stations for Class Discussion – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/eFUL4yP0vqo

Chat Stations is a discussion framework so simple you can use it tomorrow to liven up your instructional routine.

CLASS DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES: NO HIDING, NO OVERPOWERING – ELT-CATIONhttps://eltcation.wordpress.com/2018/03/18/class-discussion-techniques-no-hiding-no-overpowering/‘Split into small teams and discuss …’  Why won’t they discuss? There might be a whole lot of reasons for that: I don’t know enough words. I’m worried about my grammar. I’m …

Describing windows around the world – On the same pagehttps://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/describing-windows-around-the-world/Window Swap is a website where people from all around the world submit views from their windows in short 10-minute long videos, most of them including background sounds.

Descript | Create podcasts, videos, and transcriptshttps://www.descript.com/Record, edit, mix, collaborate, and master your audio and video with Descript. Download for free →.

Discussionhttps://eltbuzz.com/prompts/Just click on New Question and you will always have something to talk about in class, pairs, or small groups.

English Promptshttps://englishprompts.com/English Prompts is the home of several random activity generators. Check out our creative writing, discussion, and activity prompts by clicking on the links.

ESL Conversation Lessons | ESL Videohttps://www.eslvideo.com/conversation.phpFree ESL conversation / discussion questions for online classes

ESL Story Dice Online – ESL Kids Gameshttps://eslkidsgames.com/esl-story-dice-onlineOnline Story Dice is a fun and free way to create stories, practice writing or speaking using randomly generated pictures.

Find someone who… generator – EFL Summer Schoolhttps://eflsummerschool.com/2021/09/01/find-someone-who-generator/Find someone who… is a speaking activity that is typically performed as a student mingling. It can serve multiple purposes such as helping students to get to know each other.

Conversation Startershttps://www.conversationstarters.com/101.htm101 conversation starters on various topics and moreWould You Rather Questions

How to Create a Podcast in Six Minutes or Lesshttps://practicaledtech.com/2018/02/25/how-to-create-a-podcast-in-six-minutes-or-less/If you have ever wanted to start a podcast but got deterred by complexity of publishing it, Anchor.fm is the tool that you need.

Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Softwarehttps://www.useloom.com

Get your message across with instantly shareable videos for work. Capture your screen, record your front-facing camera, and narrate it all at once, then instantly share with a simple link. Privacy

Online Voice Recorder – Record Voice from the Microphonehttps://online-voice-recorder.com/Record a voice using a microphone – instantly, and save as mp3

The Last Warriorhttps://www.pobble365.com/One picture. One teaching resource. Every day.

Questions & Answershttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QuestionsAnswers.pdfThis is the first step to getting your students to speak in the classroom. Students read out the questions and answers in turns. The point is that they don’t often match, which makes this game fun.

Questions & Answershttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QA.pdfThis is the first step to getting your students to speak in the classroom. Students read out the questions and answers in turns. The point is that they don’t often match, which makes this game fun. (yr 5-7)

Random Questions – Conversation Topic Generatorhttps://www.conversationstarters.com/generator.php

An interesting site for student-centered group discussions

Speak & Improvehttps://speakandimprove.com/Speak & Improve is a research project for learners of English to practise their spoken English. Take a test and get an estimated score for your English speaking.

Speaking Practice With a Side of Reading Comprehension – The Gaming Grammarianhttps://thegaminggrammarian.com/2022/12/07/speaking-practice-with-a-side-of-reading-comprehension/A consistent desire of my students is more speaking practice, and it is a desire I want and try to fulfill.

Synthhttps://gosynth.com/

Synth is a free platform for recording short podcasts that listeners can reply to with short audio recordings of their own.
Tutorial by Richard Byrne (9:51)Privacy

Talk Your Head Offhttps://www.talkyourheadoff.eu/collection/categories/free-lessonsInnovative speaking lessons for English classes. FREE

Talking Cardshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Talking-Cards-4573470

574 cards with discussion questions to copy, cut and laminate. TpT $3 Advice: Choose before Use

Tongue Twistershttp://www.tongue-twister.net/en.htm

Practise pronunciation by articulating these tongue twisters properly.

What’s going on in this picture?https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picturel

New York Times publishes images as speaking and writing prompt: “What’s Going On in This Picture?”

WordGamehttp://wordgame.se/WordGame is a web app that helps you get better at speaking the language you’re learning. Hang out with some friends and get started! Explain the word and let your friends guess it. Laughing and learning are guaranteed! Have fun!