A video retelling activity. Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened in the video to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Describing, clarifying, rephrasing and checking are used in this activity. Video #1 (5:26) Video #2 (4:05)
pairs
Illnesses: Listen to the symptoms and guess the illness. FULL-SCREEN
Three Guesses: Illnesses
Present Continuous: Guess what the people are doing. FULL-SCREEN
Three Guesses: Present Continuous
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Riddles
An activity to challenge your memory and describing skills. Look at the picture for 15 seconds. Your partner then describes the items on the ‘item sheet’. You must decide which ones were in the picture. FULL-SCREEN
What’s in the Room?
Can you find what’s different? Describe your picture. Listen to your partner’s description. The difference is sometimes obvious, but often it is in the details. STUDENT B: click here Welcome to ESLdocs – a free teaching resource STUDENT A: click here
What’s the Difference?
Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened in the video to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Describing, clarifying, rephrasing and checking are used in this activity. Video #1 (1:21) Video #2 (1:22) Hand-out Print the quiz […]
Retelling 3: Fugu + Teamwork
A video retelling activity. Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened in the video to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Describing, clarifying, rephrasing and checking are used in this activity. Video #1 (1:12) Video #2 (2:22)
Retelling 2: Acupuncture + Black Hole
A video retelling activity. Watch a video while your partner is turned around. Then describe what happened in the video to your partner. Finally, quiz your partner to see how much was understood. Describing, clarifying, rephrasing and checking are used in this activity. Video #1 (4:18) Video #2 (5:05)