Discussion Starters

Grab your students' attention with this series of worksheets based on topics designed to get even the quietest students talking. Topics such as tipping, road rage, and flu shots are relevant today. Each lesson contains warm-up questions, an audio file, a reading, vocabulary review, comprehension and discussion tasks, plus a class survey. New lessons are added monthly and students can preview the lesson in our weekly podcasts. (Intermediate)

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The Grass Is Always Greener… When You Paint It

Here is a fun way to introduce the English saying "The grass is always greener on the other side". This fun story is an interesting way to explore the differences between "literal" and "figurative" language.

Great links to articles and resources for this topic...

Podcast: The History of Ice Cream

ESL-Library blog: June 19, 2013

Ice Cream Soda Day is the perfect day to learn the history of ice cream. Share this extra listening practice with your English learners and try our Famous Things lesson plan about America's favourite treat.

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