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If you are profe English insurance that one of the main problems that you encounter is to make your students speak English.
We usually teachers "burden" because we do not get our students to express themselves, and when they do often end up doing in their mother tongue. You must keep in mind that it is normal in the world. For them to use a language that is not yours is complicated, and how to do it when not motivated or appeals.
Therefore, in today's post I leave 6 activities to encourage speaking in class and get your students begin to loosen, even a little! 😉
- Topic dice.
For this activity you need only two things: A list of topics and given.
First, adecuad list of topics at your level and age of your students. A list of topics type could be:
- The weather
- Your family
- Sports
- Last weekend
- Animals
- Summer
Dealers the class into pairs and dynamic explicadles: you lanzaréis the die, according to the number drawn will have to talk about it for a minute, 30 seconds each. To make it more fun, and everyone more attentive, You can use a given projected on the whiteboard.
During the game, surely your students will go through issues that had already tried before, You can copy them these phrases on the board for use by:
- Moving back to previous topic:
“Going back to…”
“As I was saying…”
- Moving to a new topic:
“Oh, by the way…”
“That reminds me of…”
“Yeah, well, anyway…”
“Let’s move on…”
- The talk ball.
This game is great if, in addition to your students speak, You want to move a little.
It's super simple. Buy some plastic ball typical beach selling in Chinese. Fill the ball issues and peguntas, always appropriate to the age of your students.
Put music, In English course! And strike out the ball. Your students should lazársela until the music stops. Whoever has the ball at that time, You have to see what question or topic is under the thumb of his right hand and discuss this topic during the time you estiméis. Already you will see how this game like!
For this game you must prepare prior cards opposite: big/small, tall/short, thin / fat ... Put on each card each of opposites. These may be of the type you wish, and, of course, always adapted to the level of your students.
Repartid cards and explain the dynamics children: They have to scroll through the class seeking its opposite, they can never let others see your card, and they can not tell you directly what is. They will have to find out by asking questions, the first to find its opposite win.
- Story in a suitcase.
Although the name of the game is based on elements that are inside a suitcase, may be in a box, Surely it will be easier to achieve!
This game is very well to introduce a subject that will be discussed during the class. The teacher is who brings the elements and the children who are asking.
If, for example, you are going to work a writer, You can put a pen in the box, a folio, letters ... Anything you can think of! The important thing in this game is that students get excited and ask lots of questions to find out what it is or who the mysterious character of that class that day will.
- Mystery object.
This activity will bring much excitement to your class but I'm sure they'll love.
First, dealers into groups and put a number to each student in the group. And The, for example, you have 30 students, you can do 6 groups of 5 students each. Explain to your students the dynamics: You have a mysterious image that will have to decipher between all, how? You shall go calling each number group. will 30 second to see the image, back to the group and explain what they have seen. A member of the group will have to draw what the pupil has seen. Call the following number and are making the same dynamics: look at the picture during 30 seconds, return to his group and complete the image that has seen the first. Once everyone has seen, described and complete image. Together you decide which is the most complete picture of all.
- Role plays.
For this game you have to prepare in advance cards each role.
The game basically involves talking, for a certain time, of the issues we have on the card that has touched us. The funny thing is that others try to talk about the issues your card, while we try to talk about the issues of ours ... so a pretty funny situation will occur 😉
Before starting the game, You can teach your students structures and simple sentences in English to interact with others in a group:
- Oh really!
- Yeah!
- I agree!
- Listen
- Well
- Let’s see
- Erm…
- Anyway
- Right
- Still
Some ideas for cards can be:
I hope these games will help foster Speaking in class, and that you may tell me how you are going and what they look like your students.
Thanks for being there!
"Who really knows what he's talking, sees no reason to raise your voice. "
Leonardo da Vinci
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Very good suggestion and advice!!!
Thank you Yanet!
A hug,
Cristina
Thanks a lot. I’ll use them in my English class.
Great! 🙂
Regards,
Cristina
great ideas!
Thank you Dina!
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Cristina
I really liked Super. Thanks for the good ideas so I'll put into practice.
Thank you for commenting on the post Martha!
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Cristina
Thanks very useful. I work with teenagers. High school. and are very restless porfa more suggestive me estratrgias
I'm glad you help Maribel! 🙂
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Cristina
I just realized that of Topics Dice and excellent students was well liked and could hardly speak English, This activity gave them no choice but to speak English, Thank you.
How well Miguel! I'm so glad 🙂.
Thank you for commenting on the post.
A greeting,
Cristina
Dear Cristina, thank you for sharing these activties for the conversation club. Regards
Jesus Rodriguez O.
Dear Jesus,
Thank you for reading the article 🙂
Regards,
Cristina
Thanks Cristina!!
Very good ideas for classes…Cheers
Thank you for reading the article Maria!
That good! thanks 🙂
Thank you for reading the post! 😀
I'd like to help clubs have more conversation topics for my English students
Hello Luis,
Where are you looking for Conversation Clubs?
A hug,
Cristina
Thank you very much am a student and the teacher asked us about students ideas for your classes and this helped us too ;3
too buenisimas, thank you very much and had no idea doing more activities…
Fresh ideas for chic @ s loved.
Excellent material to put into practice… Thank you!
Thanks for the input, I found helpful.
Thank you for commenting on the article Miguel!
A hug,
Cristina