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    ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults: With Vocabulary, Questions & Writing Prompts
    ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults: With Vocabulary, Questions & Writing Prompts
    ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults: With Vocabulary, Questions & Writing Prompts
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    ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults: With Vocabulary, Questions & Writing Prompts

    By Jackie Bolen

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    Have better English conversation classes!

    Get your students talking with these English conversation topics that consist of a warm-up question, vocabulary challenge, idioms & phrases, conversation questions, and 2 writing prompts. It's the ultimate book for speaking or conversation classes with teenagers or adults.
     

    Check out the book if you want to...

    • Save time when planning lessons
    • Help students improve their English conversational skills in a big way
    • Talk about interesting things with your students
    • Have something you can print off and take to class at the last minute
    • See happy, smiling students in your classes


    The best part? It's a no-prep solution! Seriously. It's designed so that you can just grab it and go, so stop wasting too much time doing lesson planning. There are dozens of ESL conversation topics so you can make it through an entire semester in style.

    The basis of a good conversation class is giving learners a reason and an opportunity to speak. Combine this with scaffolding of grammar and phrases and that's some serious ESL teaching gold! Your students will love this engaging, interesting approach to working on their English conversational skills.

    Author and CELTA/DELTA certified teacher Jackie Bolen is sharing her great ideas with ESL teachers around the world. She has 20 years of experience teaching conversational English. These are the lesson plans that she uses in her own classes. It's designed for intermediate-advanced English learners.

    Pick up a copy of the book today and get ready for better English conversation classes in the future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJackie Bolen
    Release dateApr 10, 2024
    ISBN9798224395156
    ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults: With Vocabulary, Questions & Writing Prompts

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      ESL Conversation Lessons for Teenagers and Adults - Jackie Bolen

      About the Author: Jackie Bolen

      I taught English in South Korea for a decade to every level and type of student and I've taught every age from kindergarten kids to adults. These days, I live in Vancouver, Canada where I teach privately. I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology and the CELTA and DELTA teaching certificates. You can find me here:

      ESL Speaking (www.eslspeaking.org)

      YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/jackiebolen)

      Pinterest (www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking)

      Facebook (www.facebook.com/eslspeaking)

      Email: [email protected]

      Get even more things ESL teaching, delivered straight to your inbox: (www.eslspeaking.org/subscribe).

      You might also be interested in these other resources of mine. You can find them wherever you like to buy books:

      −  39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities for Teenager and Adults

      −  ESL/EFL Teaching Practice and Methodology

      −  101 ESL Activities for Kids

      How to Use this Book

      These conversation lessons are designed for teenagers, university students, or adults. They do assume a basic knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary so are best suited for intermediate or advanced students.

      The main purpose of these lessons is to get students talking about a certain topic and can be used for classes of 30 minutes to two hours. Each lesson includes the following:

      −  warm-up question

      −  vocabulary challenge (5 scrambled words from the conversation questions)

      −  idioms and phrases related to the topic (5)

      −  14 conversation questions

      −  2-3 writing prompts suitable for class time or homework

      For smaller classes of fewer than three students, it's possible to work through each lesson together as a class. It's also possible to use these conversation lessons for 1-1 or private tutoring. However, for larger classes of four or more, I recommend putting students into pairs and letting them work through the lesson together to make classes more student-centered.

      AI

      Warm-Up

      What does AI stand for? Do you have any experience with it?

      Vocabulary Challenge

      i e g n c t e n l e l i = The ability to aquire knowledge and/or skills.

      t c g h p a t = One of the most popular AI chatbots.

      n e t x i t i o n c = Something dying out, or no longer existing.

      o r t o b = A machine that resembles a human.

      r i s e g o u l n a t = Rules.

      Idioms and Phrases

      take over the world, human intelligence, out of hand, around the corner, machine learning

      Don't you think that AI doctors are just _____?

      AI can potentially help humans, but not if they get _____.

      _____ will always be required to manage machines.

      There is a lot of danger to _____. What if they get too smart?

      I'm nervous that machines will one day _____.

      Answers

      Vocabulary: intelligence, chatGPT, extinction, robot, regulations

      Idioms: around the corner, out of hand, human intelligence, machine learning, take over the world

      Let's Talk!

      What are some of the potential benefits of AI?

      What are some of the dangers?

      Machine learning tries to get machines to imitate the way humans think. Do you think this will ever be fully possible?

      Do you think human intelligence is superior to machines?

      One concern that people have with AI is that it will take over the world and get out of hand. Do you think that this is possible?

      What's the difference between AI and robots?

      What kinds of jobs will be impacted by AI?

      Does AI have the potential to change healthcare?

      Would you feel safe in a driverless car? Why or why not?

      Can machines learn to display emotion?

      Writing Prompts

      Machines taking over our world is just around the corner. Do you agree or disagree?

      Will AI do more harm or good for our world? Share your opinion, along with some examples.

      Annoying Things

      Warm-Up

      What are some of your pet peeves?

      Vocabulary Challenge

      o s o c l h = a place people go to learn.

      p w l o a c r k e = a place people work.

      l r a e r g e u l y = often or usually; most days.

      n t r t a n a s o p t o r i = cars and trains are examples.

      u c t o m e m = going to work.

      Idioms and Phrases

      family members, listening to music, public transportation, public displays of affection, cuts in line

      My pet peeve is when someone _____.

      I don't mind some _____ like holding hands but something like kissing is too much.

      My _____ love to play practical jokes on each other.

      _____ on _____ without headphones is generally considered to be very rude.

      Answers

      Vocabulary: school, workplace, regularly, transportation, commute

      Idioms: cuts in line, public displays of affection, family members, listening to music/public transportation

      Let's Talk!

      What are some things that annoy you about where you live?

      What are some things that annoy you about your school or workplace?

      What are

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