ESL Speaking Activities Kimberly Kern, English Language Fellow IHCI, 2013 kimberlykern.weebly.com
Warm Up Line up! How long have you been teaching? Oldest to youngest. Most shy to most outgoing
Types of Speaking Activities Talk as Interaction Talk as Transaction Talk as Performance
Talk as Interaction Games Dialogues Discussion (opinion) Mini-debates (argue) Consensus (argue/agree)
Talk as Transaction Information gap activities (questions) Information gap with pictures Jigsaw activities (retell) Role-playing activities Surveys/quizzes
Talk as Performance Presentations with images (no reading!) Debates (researched with facts and data) Show and Tell (things or pictures) Report on an interview of someone Recite a poem or song Reader’s Theater/ Role play
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