ENGLISH ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM
TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS
1. LISTENING AND MOVING
- Pupils listen and move or act
while the tcr gives
instructions or reads a
description.
2. LISTENING AND DRAWING
- Pupils listen and draw an
object or diagram
3. LISTENING AND MAKING Pupils
listen to instructions and carry out
stage by stage
4. LISTENING TO AND IDENTIFYING
SOUNDS
- ELEMENTARY
-Listening and identifying sounds-
word of one syllable with
t/d/p/b/f/p
5. LISTENING AND REPEATING
- elementary
- Listening and repeating
(imitating) speech patterns
6. LISTENING AND DOING
-ELEMETARY
-Listening and identifying the
meanings of single words and
carrying out actions.
7. LISTENING AND RECALLING
- elementary
-Listening, recalling and
responding to questions
8. LISTENING AND CARRYING OUT
INSTRUCTION.
- Intermediate
- eg draw a four cm square on your
sheet of paper. Next cut out the
square. Fold the square in two,across,
diagonally etc.
9. Listening and identifying meanings.
-intermediate
-e.g 1. Tcr reads out the description
sentence by sentence-the vegetables
stall is in the centre of the market.the
chicken stall is behind the vegetable
stall
-pupils come out and place
picture/figurines as each details is
read out by the teacher.
10. LISTENING AND SUPPLYIMNG
DETAILS.
-INTERMEDIATE
-text of description with blanks
replacing te details descriptions. Tcr
reads the description aloud or play
the recording twice…….
11. LISTENING TO A DESCRIPTIVE
PASSAGE
- text description, a list of words on
the board.
- tcr reads the description aloud.
Pupils fill up the blanks.
12. LISTENING AND MATCHING
-intermediate
-Matching questions and answer
- matching sentences-tcr reads the
sentence aloud. Pupils select the
appropriate words/picture and place
them in the sentence maker.
13. LISTENING AND DRAWING A
PICTURE.
-intermediate
- eg- write your name on the top right
hand corner of the page-draw a
smaller house to the right of the large
house-three dicks are swimming in
the pond.
14. LISTENING AND FINDING A ROUTE
-intermediate and advance
-pupils trace a route on map/picture
15. LISTENING FOR DETAILS
-intermediate/advanced
-tcr reads or listen to tape recorder
- pupils answer yes/no true/false
questions
16. LISTENING TO A DIALOGUE
- advanced
- Listen to the conversation and tick
the correct answers
-Listen to the conversation and write
yes/no true/false
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
1. SAYING WHAT IN THE PICTURE
-elementary
-naming things, describe actions
2. DESCRIBING A SERIES OF ACTIONS
- Elementary and intermediate
- Teacher does the actions-
pupils describe say what the
tcr has done.
3. ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON A
FILM/VIDEO
- Intermediate/advanced
- Pupils relate or describe what
they have seen from the
movie/video.
4. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
- Intermediate/advanced
- Pupils listen to the story
- They talked about what they
have heard.
- Tcr asked questions-pupuls
answer.
5. READING AND SPEAKING
-intermediate/advanced
-Talking about what is read
-tcr ask further questions
6. TELLING A STORY
- pupils tell the story stage by
Stage in group/pair
7. DESCRIBING AN INCIDENT
- Describing an incident with
picture
- Tcr gets pupils to suggest
what might happen….ending…
said……..
8. SHOW AND TELL
-simple naming and describing
-Individual/group
-pupils present the object and
describe it briefly
9. WHO AM I?
- intermediate
- describe the identity of a person.

10. FINDING OUT

- intermediate
- Asking for information and
giving information

11. ROUND ROBIN

- Intermediate
- Telling part of a story in
sequence.
- Pupils take in turn to continue
the story based picture/card.
12. THE WATCHING GAMES
- Intermediate
- Describing a sequence of
three or four actions observed
- Individual/group
- Pupils observe, make notes
and describe.
13. TELEPHONE MESSAGES
- Pupils refers to the card and
make similar telephone calls
to convey the message
outlined.
14. SOCIAL MEETINGS
-advanced
-role play. Students meet and
interview someones.