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Drawing Dictation ESL Listening Activity
Have you ever tried doing a drawing dictation in the classroom? Drawing dictations are fun for all ages and are an excellent method for improving active listening skills.
Student Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Weather Forecast ESL Listening Activity
Do your students know how to listen to weather forecasts in English? This Weather Forecast ESL Activity explains how to use authentic video from YouTube to help your students improve their listening skills. You can use this activity with kids and adult learners.
Student Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Map Directions ESL Listening Activity
Have you tried using Google Maps in your ESL classroom? By using this Map Directions ESL Activity, you can improve your students listening skills and get them to practice telling directions. The activity is appropriate for all levels and age groups.
Student Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Inside The Actors Studio ESL Listening Activity
The Inside the Actors Studio ESL activity works particularly well as an ice-breaker during the first day of class. Moreover, it can still be used at any time throughout the school term. Note, this listening activity uses James Lipton’s 10 questions from his show Inside the Actors Studio.
Student Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Movie Buzz ESL Listening Activity
The Movie Buzz ESL Activity is a relatively easy activity to prepare that involves getting students to answer questions about movie scenes. It helps with their listening with dialog and can also improve their speaking and discussion skills.
Student Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Movie Words ESL Listening Activity
The Movie Words ESL Activity can give your students some additional practice listening for specific details using dialog from any movie scene.
Student Level: Beginner, Intermediate
TED Talk ESL Listening Activity
Here is a TED Talk ESL activity that will help improve students listening skills and get them talking about interesting topics in the classroom.
Student Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Age Group: Adults
Movie Dialog ESL Listening Activity
This movie dialog ESL activity can be used with any scene from a movie or any compilation of scenes that you would like to show to your class. It gets students listening for what the characters say in the movie and arrange dialog lines in a correct sequence.
Student Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Age Group: Adults
Song Lyrics ESL Listening Activity
Using music for listening activities in class can help students of all ages develop their listening comprehension skills. Here is a fun song lyrics ESL activity that you can use with any type of song. You can use YouTube or play the tune from your phone for the students to listen to.
Student Level: Intermediate
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