Download our free printable resources for practising English speaking and listening skills at Elementary level:
Free Elementary Speaking and Listening Worksheets:
Discussion:
Discussion Question Starters – Cheat Sheet
The Only Discussion Question Starters You’ll Ever Need! – FREE Infographic
Ideas for a Fun Discussion Class – FREE Worksheet
Getting your Students to Set Class Rules
Icebreaker Games:
Find Somebody Who… 7 FREE Worksheets for New Group Icebreaker Games
Music:
Talking about a Song in an ESOL Class
Role Plays:
80 Great Ideas for Role Plays in English!
132 Free Elementary Speaking and Listening Worksheets (PDF):
Class Rules:
Class Rules – Discussion Activity
Class Rules – Drawing Activity
Clear Alphabet:
400 Elementary Words – Translate from Clear Alphabet to Normal Spelling
400 Elementary Words – Translate from Normal Spelling to Clear Alphabet
100 Basic Words – Translate from the Clear Alphabet
100 Basic Words with the Clear Alphabet
Cut-Up Clear Alphabet Sentence – Example and Blank
Discussion Words – Transport – Comparison of Clear Alphabet / IPA
Practice Text with the Clear Alphabet 2
Practice Text with the Clear Alphabet 3
Role Play with the Clear Alphabet 1
Classroom Activities for Learning the Clear Alphabet
Clear Alphabet – 48 Phonemes (Individual Sounds)
Clear Alphabet – 400 Elementary Words
Clear Alphabet – Longer Phrases
Find the Mixed-up Countries with the Clear Alphabet
Find the Mixed-up Leisure Activities with the Clear Alphabet
Learn the Clear Alphabet – Rhyming Words
Learn the Clear Alphabet with Flashcards
Learn the Sounds of English with the Clear Alphabet – Sample Lesson Plan
Problem Sound Connections – when Clear Alphabet Looks Awkward!
Translate 40 Famous People from the Clear Alphabet
Translate Countries from the Clear Alphabet
Translate Countries into the Clear Alphabet
Translate Words from Clear Alphabet to Normal Spelling
Translate Words from Normal Spelling to Clear Alphabet
Translate Leisure Activities from the Clear Alphabet
Translate Leisure Activities into the Clear Alphabet
Words that Look Confusing in the Clear Alphabet
Connected Speech:
200 One-Syllable Words that End with ‘t’
The Techniques of Connected Speech
What is Connected Speech? (Student’s Handout)
Discussion:
Discussion – Booking a Holiday 1
Discussion Starter – Leisure Activities
Discussion Questions – Clothes
Discussion Questions – Food and Drink
Discussion Questions – Free Time
Discussion Questions – Shopping
Discussion Questions – Transport
Following Instructions:
Functions:
40 Common Functions of Spoken English (Elementary)
Games:
Talk a Lot – Big Word Game (Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook)
Talk a Lot Bingo! Instructions and Bingo Cards
Information Exchanges:
Information Gap 1 – Looking for a Job
Information Exchanges – Blank Template
Information Exchanges – Instructions
Introductions:
Presentations:
Group Work: Make a Presentation: Birthday Presents
Project Work:
Map of Kangaroo Island – without Place Names
Return to Kangaroo Island – Map Activity
Pronunciation:
100 of the Most Common Suffixes in English
List of Common Weak Forms in Spoken English
The 100 Most Common Words in Written English
Spelling and Sounds – Consonant Clusters
Spelling and Sounds – Vowel Clusters
Phonetic Words in Normal English Spelling
Talk a Lot Foundation Course – Course Outline
Glossary of Pronunciation Terms
List of Contractions and Mega Contractions in English
Practice Page 1 – Notes for Teachers
Practice Page 1 – Blank, Example, and Notes for Students
vc Sound Connections – Further Study
Common Prefixes and What they Indicate
Common Prefixes and What they Indicate – Matching Game
Common Suffixes and What they Indicate
Common Suffixes and What they Indicate – Matching Game
Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (First Words)
Compound Nouns – Activity Sheet (Second Words)
Weak Forms – Complete the Table
Weak Forms – Information Sheet
Discussion Words with Suffixes in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2
List of Common Contractions in English
Words and Phrases with Glottal Stops
Questionnaires:
It’s All About You! – Pair Questionnaires
Pair Questionnaires – Blank Template
Role Plays:
Role Play – Booking an Appointment at the Dentist’s
Role Play – Buying a Ham and Cheese Roll
Role Play – Buying some Stamps
Role Play – Finding Out Cinema Times
Role Play – Going to a Fast Food Restaurant
Role Play – Going to the Doctor’s
Role Play – Taking something back to a Shop
Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 – Role Play Extensions
Sentence Stress:
Sentence Stress – Blank Activity Cards
Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1
Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 2
What is Sentence Stress? – Talk a Lot Elementary Handbook
Spelling and Sounds:
General Statements on English Spelling and Vowel Sounds
Spelling Patterns and the Sounds they Make
Spelling and Sounds – The Magic ‘e’ Rule
Tests:
Word Stress:
General Statements on English Stress
Analysis of Discussion Words in Elementary Book 2
Working Out Word Stress – Analysis of a Newspaper Article #1
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