The Police spend some time preparing their questions.Ģ. For example: If they were at a restaurant, what did they eat? What did it cost? Who arrived first?ġ. They need to decide all of the details about where they were during the time of the crime. The Suspects go outside or to another room to prepare their story. Tell the class: “_, _, _ and _ were seen near the scene of the crime, and the police would like to question them.” So, for example, in a class of 20 you could choose four Suspects and then have four groups of four Police for questioning. “Last Friday night, sometime between _ and _, someone broke into the _ Bank on _ Street.”ĭepending on the size of your class, pick several students as “Suspects.” The “Police” can work in groups of 2-4, and you need one Suspect for each police group. The teacher tells the class that a particular crime has been committed. This well-known ESL game is great speaking practice for adults. This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you

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Keep reading to find out all you need to know about ESL activities for adults. That being said, speaking out loud in front of other people-especially in a second language-can be nerve-wracking for anyone. They treat being in ESL class like being on the playground.Īnd that’s how it should be! ESL class is the perfect place to make English mistakes. J23 ESL Speaking Activities for Adults: Free Their Inner Kids By Michelle Baumgartner and ruthwickham Last updated:

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