Springboards: Communication Starters

From puzzles to paintings, these completely reproducible activities place the English language learner on the springboard of communication! The nine units include: Getting acquainted activities, Picture galleries, Memory skills exercises, Crossword puzzles, You Be the Judge court cases at an ESL reading level. Story pictures featuring reproductions of Norman Rockwell paintings, Classes and Categories games, and A special Using the Telephone section. All activities develop speaking and listening skills. Specific language functions include: Asking and answering questions, Presenting and defending opinions, Memorizing and recalling specific vocabulary, Reinforcing language structures such as comparisons, conditionals, and two-word verbs, Interpreting and predicting, and Practicing telephone skills.