The Expert is a fun warmer/cooler for your class. In this game students have to talk about a topic for 30/60/120 seconds. There are over 80 different speaking topics that cover a range of common and uncommon topics to practice speaking.
Use The Expert to practice speaking with your students and to challenge them by talking about topics that they might not otherwise talk about.
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Use The Expert to practice speaking with your students and to challenge them by talking about topics that they might not otherwise talk about.
How to play
- Put students into teams of 2/3
- One student from each team needs to speak about a topic for 30/60/120 seconds depending on their level. If they can talk for the duration of the time about their topic without deviating they win a point for their team.
- Each student takes a turn and the team with the most points wins.
Did you find this resource useful? Request more of this type of activity by leaving a comment below.
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Discover more of ESL Kids Games’ online activities.
ESL Scattergories! – A classic quick thinking vocabulary where students need to think of vocabulary quickly to get the most words beginning with a letter.
Irregular Verb Challenge – Practice irregular verbs with your students using this tool. This versatile game can be played in many different ways and is a great routine to master irregular verbs with your students.
ESL Odd One Out – An online game that is a great way to practice vocabulary and speaking with young learners. This activity is great to help students practice for the Cambridge Movers exam.
Number Match – A simple multiplication challenge to get students thinking and multiplying in English. A great warmer to get your students thinking and focused.
ESL Vocabulary Fortunes – An online game for teens and adults that is a great way to practice vocabulary on a large number of topics.
ESL Bomb Game – Bomb is a engaging scoring system that adds excitement to any game.
Interactive Word Search – Online interactive word search (word soup) puzzles for Young learners with target vocabulary for Cambridge Young Learner Exams (Starters, Movers and Flyers A1 & A2. A Fun way to practice spelling with students in class, on their own or online with Zoom.
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Describe the photo – Practice speaking about photos for B1 (PET) students.
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