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The students must be motivated to speak, or need to speak in order to complete the activity. For the last couple of years, I've specialised in teaching children aged 6-10 (mainly at beginner level), but I don't see why some of these basic principles can't be applied to learners of any age.

Unit 6 looks at a number of different activities we can use to help our learners with their speaking skills. 

These activities are designed to provide practice for learners preparing for the IELTS, TOEFL and FCE tests.

These activities are all designed to motivate lower level learners to speak in pairs or small groups.

Here are some tips you can give your students to help them with their vocabulary acquisition and self study.

Extended speaking is a type of speaking activity that involves learners speaking for longer periods of time and in a freer form than controlled speaking practice.

People spend a huge chunk of their everyday conversation time talking about themselves and the people they know, so the most natural thing in the world is for us to invite our students to do the same.

Students are often asked to listen to tapes or to their teacher talking, but it can be just as useful to encourage them to listen to each other in a more active way.

Listening skills are hard to develop. Learners can do a variety of work before listening to help them understand.