This post looks at some ESL Health Activities. These materials can be used as a great way to introduce the topic of health in a fun and engaging way.
ESL Health Questions
Materials required: A print out of the questions below. Download
Skills practiced: Speaking, listening and reading.
Level: Pre-intermediate +
Method
1. Print out the following questions and cut them out. Each student takes a question and answers it.
Do you always eat healthy food? | Do you catch a cold more than once a year? |
Do you bruise easily? |
Do you take vitamin or minerals? why/why not? |
What is a healthy lifestyle in your opinion? | Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Why? |
Do you have any allergies? |
Do you have any scars? |
Do you think smoking is not bad for your health? | Which country in your opinion has the healthiest diet in the world? Why? |
ESL Health Video
Materials required: Students require pen/pencil and a piece of paper
Skills practiced: Speaking, listening and reading.
Level: Pre-intermediate +
Method:
1. Tell the students they are going to watch a video. Tell them they need to write the following information on a piece of paper.
3. Check their answers
20% – 20% of Americans eat fast food twice a week.
75% – Customers who visit McDonald’s 10 times a month make up 75% of sales.
93% – 93% of children recognise the McDonald’s brand.
4. Encourage students to give their opinions about the facts in the video. Get them to compare and contrast to their own country. This could lead into researching about their own country. This could be set as homework or done in class.
I hoped you enjoyed these activities. If you did or have any suggestions please leave a message in the comment section below. As always, enjoy and have fun!
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ESL Health Activities
This post looks at some ESL Health Activities. These materials can be used as a great way to introduce the topic of health in a fun and engaging way. ESL Health Questions Activity Time: 5 – 10 minutes + Materials required: A print out of the questions below. Download Skills practiced: Speaking, listening and reading. Level: Pre-intermediate + Method 1. Print out […]
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Story of St Patrick (Video)
Level: Teens and adults. Pre intermediate +
Method
Whiskey In The Jar
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Project or give each student a list of the key vocabulary of the song. First, get the students to find the meaning of the words if they don’t know them.
Part Two: Listening
Give each student a copy of the handout. Give them some time to read and correct any errors they think they see, then let them listen and correct the errors.
Stage 1 Listen and correct the errors
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| The original lyrics |
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| Student’s version with errors |
The Wild Rover – gap fill
Level: Teens and adults beginners +
Method
1. Give students a copy of the handout. Tell them to look at the gaps. Each gap is missing a verb. Tell them to predict which word is missing.
2. Students check their ideas in pairs.
3. Students listen to the song and correct their answers.
4. Now get them singing and clapping! My students always love singing this song.
St Patrick’s Day Storyboard
Activity Time: 10 – 15 minutes +
Materials required: Copy of picture board
Skills practiced: Vocabulary and expressions
Level: Young Learners +
Method
1. Print out a copy of the storyboards for each pair of students.
2. Cut up the cards and mix them.
3. Give a set of the cards to each pair of students. Tell them that they must look at the pictures and arrange them in the correct order. Then they must write a story using the cards. Tell them that they must write one sentence per picture (Young Learners, a paragraph for teens etc) Tell the students they have 10 minutes.
Allow the students to use resources such as dictionaries etc to develop their stories.
4. After students have written their stories, get them to share and present them to the class.
St Patrick’s Day Idioms
Materials required: Copy of idiom pictures below PDF
Skills practiced: Vocabulary and expressions
Level: Young Learners (one or two idioms),Teens and adults. Beginners +
Method:
1. After you have introduced other vocabulary for St Patrick’s Day, you can introduce idioms. Show the students the idiom and then show them the picture.
2. In pairs, students try to decide what the idiom means then they report back to the class. Give an example of the idiom in use and then get the students to write their own sentence.
3. Revision is important with Idioms. As in the Powerpoint presentation, when revising idioms show the students the picture and ask them in pairs to write the idiom. After check if they have remembered correctly. Following this, concept check the meaning.
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| Definition: A wish of good luck to someone. |
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| Definition: A talent for making things grow. |
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| Definition: Jealousy |
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| Definition: To recycle materials and good for the environment. |
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| Definition: A different place appears better than where you are. |
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| Expression: The Irish are lucky or have luck. |
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| Definition: To give someone permission to do something. |
Extra materials For Young Learners
St Patrick’s Day Flashcards – Large flashcards
Key words: Ireland, leprechaun, pot of gold, rainbow, shamrock and snake
St Patrick’s Day Word Search – A word search to practice the key vocabulary of St Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day Vocabulary Match Game (young learners)
ESL St. Patrick’s Day Activity: True or False is a simple St. Patrick’s Day activity for teens and adults. In this activity, students test their knowledge about Ireland and Saint Patrick’s Day by deciding if the statements are true or false.
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Page updated 13 March 2019
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FCE Speaking Activities
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Getting teens interested in topics can be hard work. Videos can be a great way to get them and even adults more engaged in a topic.
This week’s post looks at four different activities that can help practice key skills and develop interest and knowledge in the topic of food.
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Fast Food Facts
Materials required: Students require pen/pencil and a piece of paper
Skills practiced: Speaking, listening and reading.
Level: Pre-intermediate +Method:
1. Put the class in pairs. Tell the students they are going to watch a video.
3. Tell the students they are going to hear twenty facts in one minute. Tell them that they must listen and write as many as they can. After they hear the list for the first time, they will get a few minutes to check their answers with their partner. Then, they will listen a final time.
(Note: It is not essential that your students get all of the facts.)
4. Ask the students to look at the facts and pick one piece of information that they found interesting or surprising. Discuss the facts.
#2 Each day, one in four Americans visit a fast food restaurant.
#3 60% of adults and 16% of children are overweight.
#4 A mustard stain will damage a good shirt.
#5 French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America
#6 You would have to walk for seven hours to burn off the calories from a Coke, fries and Big Mac.
#7 Sometimes chicken isn’t chicken.
#8 Burger King’s Light Italian still has 18 percent of your daily fat.
#9 Cute cows die
#10 McDonalds distrubutes more toys per year than ToysRUs
#11 Children who eat fast food gain about 6 pounds (2.7Kg) more per year than normal.
#12 100,000 deaths each year have been linked to obesity.
#13 Love handles aren’t lovely.
#14 Daily consumption can lead to a psychological addiction.
#15 Fast food compromises diet quality by displacing healthy food.
#16 Obesity has been linked to 20 physical problems and diseases.
#17 Only seven items on McDonalds menu don’t contain sugar.
#18 Taco Bell equals frequent bathroom visits.
#19 Obesity will pass smoking as the leading cause of death in America
#20 A diet hight in sodium, fat and cholesterol can lead to heart disease.
ESL Food Conversation Questions
Materials required: A print out of the questions below. Download
Skills practiced: Speaking, listening and reading.
Level: Pre-intermediate +
If you could only eat one thing every day for your entire life, what would it be? Why? |
Food Memory Challenge
Materials required: It’s optional to project the image below to use as a guide and visual.
Skills practiced: Speaking, vocabulary.
Level: Any levelMethod
1. Explain to the class that they are going to play a game. The first student starts with A and they must say a fruit or food that begins with A. e.g Apple
2. The second student must say a food item that begins with B e.g Banana.
3. Keep going student after student. If a student is unable to answer, they are eliminated. The game ends when there is only one student left.
Celebrity Chef
Activity Time: 10 Minutes +
Materials required: Video shown below
Skills practiced: Speaking, Listening and Writing.
Level: Lower intermediate +
ESL Food Activities
Getting teens interested in topics can be hard work. Videos can be a great way to get them and even adults more engaged in a topic. This week’s post looks at four different activities that can help practice key skills and develop interest and knowledge in the topic of food. Don’t forget to follow/add me on twitter and […]