39 ESL Warm-Ups: For Teenagers and Adults

By Jackie Bolen

Get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes and make your English classes even more awesome with 39 ESL Warm-Ups.

 

Many of our students will not have spoken English or even given the class a single thought since our last lesson. Begin the lesson with a warm-up activity that eases students back into English, orients them to the upcoming lesson and focuses their attention on the work ahead.

 

Effective ESL warmers are a valuable teaching tool, but finding good ones takes time, a scarce resource for most teachers. That's what makes this ESL Warm-Up book so valuable. It helps you get the class back into the English mindset while reducing prep time, so you can focus on other important teaching tasks. Or, just have more free time for other things!

 

If you want to get your ESL or EFL classes off on the right foot, buy 39 ESL Warm-Ups now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jackie Bolen
• Release date: Jul 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393027751

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Jackie Bolen

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Jennifer Booker Smith

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Table of Contents

About the Author: Jackie Bolen...............................................................................................4

Jackie Bolen around the Internet.......................................................................................5

About the Author: Jennifer Booker Smith............................................................................5

Why Use Warm-Ups?.................................................................................................................7

Warm-Ups for All Levels...........................................................................................................8

Just a Minute............................................................................................................................8

Draw a Picture, but Someone Else is Talking................................................................9

Only 1 Question....................................................................................................................10

Talking Bag............................................................................................................................11

Running Dictation................................................................................................................12

Five-Minute Debate.............................................................................................................13

Proof-Reading/Editing.........................................................................................................14

Fortunately, Unfortunately/Luckily, Unluckily............................................................15

Word Association..................................................................................................................16

Picture Prompt......................................................................................................................16

Comic Strip Challenge........................................................................................................18

Boggle......................................................................................................................................18

The Alphabet Game.............................................................................................................19

Conversation Starters.........................................................................................................20

20 Questions..........................................................................................................................22

Watch a Video.......................................................................................................................23

Four Corners.........................................................................................................................24

Cocktail Party........................................................................................................................25

Photo Description.................................................................................................................26

Would You Rather?..............................................................................................................27

Partner Conversation Starters.........................................................................................27

Describing Something Guessing Game.........................................................................29

What Am I?.............................................................................................................................30

Warm-Ups for Higher Level Students................................................................................32

Free-Writing Time................................................................................................................32

Top That (Four Yorkshiremen).........................................................................................32

Never Have I Ever...............................................................................................................33

Find Something in Common.............................................................................................34

Small Talk ESL Speaking Activity...................................................................................36

Password.................................................................................................................................37

Cards Against Humanity....................................................................................................37

Agony Aunt.............................................................................................................................39

Ask Me About .......................................................................................................................39

Dictagloss...............................................................................................................................40

Who do you Want at your Party?.....................................................................................41

Warm-Ups for Lower Level Students..................................................................................43

Concentration........................................................................................................................43

Odd One Out..........................................................................................................................44

Tic-Tac-Toe.............................................................................................................................44

Mixed-Up Conversation or Sentences............................................................................45

Show and Tell .......................................................................................................................46

Before You Go............................................................................................................................48

About the Author: Jackie Bolen

I've been teaching English in South Korea for a decade to every level and type of student and I've taught everyone from kindergarten kids to adults. Most of my time has been centered around teaching at two universities: five years at a science and engineering school out in the rice paddies of Chungcheongnam-Do, and also at a major university in Busan where I now teach high level classes for students majoring in English. In my spare time, you can usually find me outside surfing, biking, hiking or on the hunt for the most delicious kimchi I can find. 

In case you were wondering what my academic qualifications are, I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology. During my time in Korea I've successfully completed both the Cambridge CELTA and DELTA certification programs. With the combination of almost ten years teaching ESL/EFL learners of all ages and levels, and the more formal teaching qualifications I've obtained, I have a solid foundation to offer teaching advice. I truly hope that you find this book useful and would love it if you sent me an email with any questions or feedback that you might have—I'll always take the time to personally respond ([e-mail]).

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If you teach speaking or conversation classes, you'll find these books useful: 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities: For Teenagers and Adults. Or, the version for children: 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities: For Kids (7+).

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About the Author: Jennifer Booker Smith

I have a Master of Education in TESOL and have spent fifteen years teaching students of all ages in Korea, from two-year-old preschoolers barely out of diapers to businessmen and even