Listening Activities

Do you explicitly teach listening skills to your students? Did you know that 70-80% of our waking hours are spent in some form of communication? Of that, listening makes up about 45% of our daily communication! When I learned these statistics, I knew that I needed to be as intentional about teaching/practicing listening skills as […]

Do you struggle with finding interesting ways to teach ESL listening skills? Maybe you have an activity or two already but you want to be able to mix it up and keep things interesting. By the end of…

Listen and write the letters.

An Active Listening and Following Directions Game. A fun auditory processing twist on Simon Says that helps with following directions and impulse control.

Building listening comprehension skills doesn’t have to be boring! "Mashed Potatoes" is a listening game that promotes listening comprehension AND giggles!

Tips for Primary Teachers.

These tips help elementary students improve their listening skills and ability to follow directions. These classroom management strategies have been successful in many elementary classrooms and students are engaged in listening.

Pair Work exercise useful for practising speaking and listening skills and giving/following instructions. Put students in pairs and give each half of the worksheet. Student B tells student B where to go on the grid and what to write or draw. Make students can not see each other´s sheet. This ws allows the whole class to practise simultaneously. At the end of the exercise, Ss should compare their answers to the teacher´s answer sheet. Enjoy. - ESL worksheets

Test for Unit 5 by Quick Minds 3

Try these 10 activities to improve your students' speaking and listening - essential skills for the development of communication, speech and language.