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This is the exact type of activity for speaking I found for my C4A groups. The topic is animals and it gets the students to read a dialogue and then speak. In my case this activity was a success! For beginners this is a very good and effective task.

This listening/speaking activity will teach students about prepositions of place and movement. It may also serve to teach imperatives. This activity will work best with pre-intermediate level of students.

In this writing/speaking activity students talk about their holiday experiences using negative and positive adjectives. Students should try to be be creative while writing the postcards. I think this activity can be good for pre-intermediate level. 

They are flash cards for speaking activities. It can be used with a group or as pair work. The student is to describe what they see in the pictures in the flash card to the rest of the group until they can guess what is in the flash card. It is very engaging and the students will practise speaking with fun and excitement.

The flashcards don't seem to be free though.

This is a communicative activity which gives the students the chance to speak about the topics they want to, thus practicing their speaking skills.

This is a good reading and speaking task which includes scientific issues in a simplified language. The topic is attractive for teenagers and there are enough discussion issues to use as a reading and speaking exercise in the class situation.

This cartoon can be used to practice the four skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening. Suggestion on how to use: Before students listen/read the story, they are pre-taught some new vocabulary used in the story. Then students can play the story in pictures while they're listening to it. They can click on the button "READ" to turn off and on the text. It's better if the first time, they listen to the story with the text on (reading while listening). Then, they will listen to the story with the text off and see if they can still understand. (listening) When they feel confident, they can watch the story again with the text off and try to tell the story along with the pictures, without reading (speaking). You can also ask them to write this tale down as a composition (about 250 words or more if you want to). Vocabulary can also be boosted through story. Students can also come up with their own ideas by discussing where they would go if they had a magic carpet. I tried this with my young advance elementary students and it was pretty successful. we had also a very engaging discussion in which students said they would have gone if they have had a magic carpet. They also very much liked the cartoon itself.

A very good and engaging tool to use in the classroom and have a follow up discussion. Everybody loves spekaing about their wishes, this way they will watch a video, have some vocabulary on the topic and then express their wishes. I think this way the students will be very engaged in the discussion and improve both their listening and speaking skills. This will best work with adults or young adults, intermediate level. I haven't used it yet in my classes, but I will for sure:)

All the three activities are good for practising Past Continuous but most of all I liked "Alibi" . I do think, it's excellent for all level students but I would prefer to practise it with intermediate ones. Students will be able to improve their speaking skills via creating stories. Besides, the process can be very intriguing.

This is a nice group speaking activity that will best suit pre-intermediate and intermediate students. It requires students to think creatively critically to justify their choices.

In this interesting writing/speaking activity students write and discuss how people must and mustn't behave in their imaginative perfect world. I think this will work best with pre-intermediate level.

We liked this activity very much, we will definitely use this right away.

I would like to use this activity in my class , if mine are higher level. This is amazing activity to practice speaking, develop team working skills.

An activity that can be used for pre-intermediate and higher level students. It can be easily applied with all age groups to practice the daily vocabulary and overall speaking skills.

In this speaking activity students think about and discuss a city they would like to live in for a year. The activity is based on themes from the British Council OPENCities project.

This is a very good ice breaker, it can work with all levels. I think the students will appreciate the creativity of their teacher to use M&M's in order to get acquainted with her (the teacher) as well as with each other. I think this can also work with kids, only in that case the teacher would ask the SS to tell about themselves in their native language.

This speaking exercise is perfect for reviewing modal verbs. The teaching activity covers modal verbs of ability, obligation, prohibition and possibility.

This is an interactive game which improves the learner's creativity skills, speaking skills, and also writing skills for short descriptive paragraphs.

Today I tried this activity on my 5th grade students and my little sister. This acitivity is not just a song. It is a game where your child can enhance his/her speaking and listening abiltiies and pronouciation while listening to it. Actually it is about people living in the world and it is an animated video. It was funny and I even promised them to write down the words (which is not difficult, as the animated man is singing and below the page u can see the sentences of the song) and give them at the next lesson so that they can learn it and sing the song together.

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