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Level: Basic to Advanced
Chinese culture has been in existence for at least 5000 years so there are plenty inventions that orginate from China. My students have always enjoyed the ESL Conversation Topic of Inventions because I encourage them to use our imaginations.
Warmup: Bring in a picture of the steam engine and ask your students if [...]
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Since China has their own version of Bigfoot, this ESL Conversation Topic should be very interesting. If you can get some drawings of the American Bigfoot, this would enhance the ESL lesson.
Warmup: Give your students a copy of an article about the Chinese “Bigfoot” from this website. Ask your students to take [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced (appropriate for adults)
The ESL Conversation Topic of Dating should make the time pass by quickly in your English class. Just make sure it does get out of control!
Warmup: Talk about a funny or sad dating experience that you had back in your own country. Ask students if they have any stories [...]
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
The ESL Conversation Topic of Sales forces students to be creative and works well with almost all English levels.
Warmup: Pair up your students and explain to them that they are sales teams. Tell them that they will each have an item to sell to the class. Since they don’t have the item [...]
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
If you have the right students, holding a Presidential Election in ESL Conversation Class can be a great activity! Plus, it is a good learning experience since most of your Chinese students have probably never voted before.
Warmup: Explain to your students that they will be participating in a presidential election. Choose three people [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun teaching an ESL social talk then when I did this activity about bosses and employees. There was controversy and humor and all of my students left class laughing.
Warmup: Ask your students if they have recently been looking for a job. Make sure they [...]
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Talking about crime is always an interesting ESL topic because you can go many different ways with the discussion.
Warmup: Print off some information about the 5 most dangerous cities in your home country. Go through the cities and then ask your students to tell you what the 5 most dangerous cities in China are.
Discussion:
Why is [...]
Level: Beginner to Advanced
ESL Role Playing is a fun way to lighten up the mood and ’shake things up’ a bit. Of course, the role of your ESL role playing class will largely depend upon the participation of your students. Encourage them to ‘be actors’ and not worry what others think about them.
Warmup: Divide the [...]
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Sometimes I just do not have the energy to lead a ESL topic discussion so I will resort to using a series of random questions that your English students can discuss amongst themselves. After all, the purpose of an ESL conversation class is to get your students talking.
Warmup: Divide students into groups [...]
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Technology is an interesting conversation for students of all ages. There are many ways to go with this ESL topic but talking about how technology affects humanity is always an interesting route to take.
Warmup: Ask your students to tell you who Bill Gates is and why he is famous. Ask your students [...]
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