Listening and/or speaking activity
Literacy: General literacy / English
ESOL: General ESOL
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment
A short reading text followed by exercises: True or False; Putting words in the correct order to answer questions; Writing sentences with words from the story (or sentences may be copied from the story) and a WordSearch.
This is followed by some dialogue using the situations in the story for practising pronunciation.
Suitable for literacy and ESOL.
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Listening and/or speaking activity, Writing prompts
Sample dialogue using food idioms for intermediate, upper intermediate ESOL students. Can be used with food idioms list (link provided) to encourage dialogue writing and acting to aid retention.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
ESOL: General ESOL
Context: Health and safety
Resource type: Bingo, lotto or Pelmanism, Discussion points, Lesson plan, Listening and/or speaking activity, Warm-up, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment, Writing frame, Writing prompts
Level: E1, E2
Worksheets and tasks around the theme of emergencies. Written for ESOL but also suitable for adult literacy and Functionakl English.
The worksheets and tasks include reading for information, preparing and practising an emergency phone call, speaking and writing about an emergency situation. The material is set in an Irish context so some of the vocabulary is specific e.g. ‘garda’ is a police officer and ‘gardai’ is police.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
ICT: Finding and selecting information, Developing, presenting and communicating information
General: Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond
Context: Sport
Resource type: Discussion points, ICT task sheet, Investigation or project, Listening and/or speaking activity, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1, L2
Learners must choose the next manager of the England football team. Using the task sheet to guide them, they must research, collate and present information for five candidates and then make the final choice.
There is scope for plenty of lively discussion around the choices made and also about what the manager’s job entails.
A Power Point presentation is included as an example, but can also be printed out to use in some of the additional activities described.
Literacy: Functional English - speaking, listening & communication, Engage in Discussion
Resource type: Discussion points, Ice breaker, Listening and/or speaking activity
Level: E3, L1
This task was originally used for Functional Skills although it can be applied just as effectively to literacy sessions. The task aims to encourage learners to work in small groups to discuss what each phrase really means and therefore explore the different interpretations that other people have of them. Also makes a good ice breaker. Includes proverb cards, answer sheet and worksheet.
Literacy: Functional English - speaking, listening & communication, Present information
Free tags: Humour
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Listening and/or speaking activity
Cards that can be laminated and used over and over again for speaking and listening using persuasive language. Ideal for Functional Skills English speaking, listening and communication practice.
Literacy: Rw/E2.4, Rw/E3.4
ESOL: ESOL Rw/E3.4a
Context: Employment skills & Public services
Resource type: Interactive presentation, Listening and/or speaking activity, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E2, E3
The resources have been designed to complement the alphabetical ordering component of the E2 and E3 adult literacy exams. There are are four printable worksheets suitable for levels E2-E3. Two worksheets have also been adapted as PPT slides which include audio files so that the jobs and instructions can be heard as well as read.
Literacy: Decode, Apply strategies to spell correctly
General: Study Skills and General Teaching, Staff development
Level: E1, E2, E3
Resource type: Listening and/or speaking activity, Teaching idea
The need for deliberate teaching of phonemic awareness, and a means of doing this.
A research paper followed by a useful step by step method.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English, Form filling
Free tags: New Year, Equality and Diversity
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism
Level: E3
Resource type: Assessment material, Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Revision material, Writing prompts
A practice paper written for Entry 3 Adult Literacy C&G exams at E3 but suitable for, and fully mapped to, Functional English.
All activities are based on a New Year’s Eve theme. The main text and related comprehension questions are about New Year’s Eve superstitions. Other activities include form filling, alphabetical order, dictionary work, planning and writing, and group discussion.
Literacy: Functional English - speaking, listening & communication, SLlr/E2.2, SLlr/E2.3
ESOL: ESOL Lr/E2.2a, ESOL Lr/E2.3a, ESOL Lr/E2.3c
Context: Retail Hospitality Customer service
Resource type: Listening and/or speaking activity, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E2
Two listening exercises based on everyday events. Each provides a transcript and written questions so they could also be used as reading comprehension exercises.
1) Asking where the pasta is in Asda
2) Listening to a weather forecast
Fully mapped to E2 Literacy (listening) and E2 Functional English (speaking, listening and communication). Also suitable for ESOL.
