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ESL Roleplays: A fantastic way to practice telephone skills

The ESL telephone lesson, ‘The Amazon Telephone roleplay,’ is a pairs’ activity to practice telephone skills. It is especially useful for business classes as students are keen to practice taking down information on the phone. This free English teaching material takes up to 40 minutes to complete. Enjoy!

Download the full roleplay here.

The telephone roleplay

Instructions

Step 1: First explain to your students what to say when they first pick up the phone .i.e. ‘hello’, ‘Good morning’, ‘ [Name...

5# Killer ESL speaking activities that require no preparation

A good ESL speaking activity makes an TEFL lesson but it doesn’t have to take a lot of time to prepare. In fact, the more you step back from an EFL activity, the more you will engage your students as you’ll give them space to use their imaginations. Follow this five activities to get your students speaking requiring no preparation from the teacher.
1# No preparation role play

Let’s be honest here, traditional role plays are not very inspiring. Students are given a sheet of paper on which they...

Teaching English (ESL) in Spain: 8 things you must know before you arrive

If you’re thinking about becoming an ESL English teacher in Spain you probably have lots of questions, such as: how much money do you make teaching English in Spain? How do you become a TEFL teacher in Spain? Do you need Spanish to teach in españa?

Well, to find out what expect when teaching English in Spain, TEFL guide to find out.

What happens when I arrive?

Before you can even think about looking for a job you have to get an NIE number (Número de Identidad de Extranjero). Without this you...