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IELTS U3 Activity: Task 1 Practice

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Canadian Workplace Culture & Small Talk - ESL Speaking Activity

A speaking activity on workplace culture: small talk, politeness and everyday work communication.

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Finding a Job in Canada - ESL Speaking Activity

A speaking activity on the job search: resumes, job adverts and getting ready for interviews.

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Making Friends & Social Norms - ESL Speaking Activity

A speaking activity on making friends: invitations, social norms, tipping and polite behaviour.

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B1 Discussion: End-of-Level Speaking Activity

The B1 exit speaking activity: an extended group discussion on B1 topics, with roles and statement cards, where learners give developed opinions, buil

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Pass On the News: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 reported-speech chain: learners receive news with a question and a request on a card and pass it on to a third person, with a real information ga

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Present a Local Project: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 presentation task: learners prepare and present a local environmental or community project using the passive and relative clauses, then take audi

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Giving Health Advice: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 role-play: one learner describes a health or lifestyle problem from a card and the other gives advice with should, had better and must, with a re

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Technology Discussion: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 group discussion on technology and media: learners debate statements using opinions, the second conditional, wish and deduction, with optional vi

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Plan an Event: B1 Group Speaking Activity

A B1 group task: learners plan an event together - agreeing arrangements, backup plans and predictions - each with a role that brings different inform

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The Job Interview: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 role-play: a candidate and an interviewer run a short job interview, with a real information gap between the role cards, plus a cover-letter writ

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Tell a Travel Story: B1 Speaking Activity

A B1 narrative speaking activity: learners build and tell a travel story from prompt cards, then retell a partner's story, with a real information gap

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My Story So Far: A2 Final Speaking Activity

The A2 exit speaking activity: an extended getting-to-know-you conversation and interview about life now, the past and plans, with a real information

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At the Supermarket: A2 Shopping Role-Play

An A2 information-gap role-play: a customer with a shopping list and a shopkeeper with stock and prices buy and sell food, asking for items, quantitie

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Find Someone Who: A2 Present Perfect Mingle

An A2 mingle: learners ask Have you ever…? to find classmates who have had different experiences, with follow-up questions, plus a two-truths-and-a-li

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Problem Page: A2 Advice Speaking Activity

An A2 pair activity: each student has secret problems the other cannot see, and they take turns asking about the problem and giving advice with should

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Which is Better? A2 Information-Gap Speaking Activity

An A2 pair activity: each student has the specs of one of two phones and must ask, compare and agree which is the better buy.

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Make a Plan: A2 Information-Gap Speaking Activity

An A2 pair activity: Student A and Student B have different busy days in their diaries and must ask to find a day both are free, then arrange somethin

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Tell a Story: A2 Information-Gap Speaking Activity

A two-part A2 speaking activity: learners expand a secret story outline into a full told story (their partner cannot see it and reacts), then tell a r

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A Day to Remember: A2 Past Simple Speaking Activity

A two-part A2 speaking activity: a Find Someone Who past-simple mingle with secret weekend cards (a real information gap), then telling a real memorab

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Socialising & Business Dinners

A 30-minute activity practising the English of professional socialising and business dinners.

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C1 Advanced Speaking: Paired Practice Activity

A 30-minute paired activity running the four parts of the C1 Advanced Speaking test.

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B2 First Speaking: Paired Practice Activity

A 30-minute paired activity running the four parts of the B2 First Speaking test.

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TOEFL iBT Speaking: Practice Activity

A 30-minute activity practising the independent and integrated TOEFL speaking tasks with timing.