These activity plans are designed to support the needs of volunteers who facilitate adult EAL conversation groups. The activities vary by Canadian Language Benchmark, CLB, level and the topics focus on settlement issues in Manitoba to address learners’ immediate needs.
All the activity plans have been designed for a 90-minute-group frame and the main goal is to enhance listening and speaking skills. The format is pdf; if volunteers wish to manipulate/change content, a Word version can be emailed upon request.
If you need additional support on how to adapt any of these activity plans to your group, please contact the Access English Centre team at 204.943.9969 extension 222
- 911 Call – Health and Safety (work-out)
- Banking – at the ATM
- Calling 911
- Canada – National Anthem (warm-up)
- Canadian Culture #1 – A Glance of Canadian Culture
- Canadian Holidays – Canada Day
- Canadian Holidays – Easter
- Canadian Holidays – Louis Riel Day
- Canadian Holidays – Thanksgiving
- Canadian Holidays – Mother’s Day
- Canadian Holidays – Remembrance Day
- Canadian Holidays – Winter
- Daily Conversational Skills 1 – How was your week
- Daily Conversational Skills 2 – This Is My Family
- Daily Conversational Skills 3 – What do you do everyday
- Daily Conversational Skills 4 – How to Apologize
- Daily Conversational Skills 5 – Do You Like Dancing
- Daily Conversational Skills 6 – Do You Have …
- Daily Conversational Skills 7 – Are You Happy Today – Feelings and Emotions
- Daily Conversational Skills 8 – Ask for Clarification – I’m sorry, I don’t Understand
- Describe Your Friend (warm-up)
- Do you like dancing (warm-up)
- Employment – Occupations (warm-up)
- Employment Part 1- In the Workplace
- Employment Part 2 – How to Prepare for a Job Interview
- Family – Friends – Neighbours – Top 5 List (work-out)
- Family – Friends – Neighbours – Wise One (warm-up)
- Family fun (warm-up and work-out))
- Feelings and Facial Expressions (work-out)
- Foods – Flyer Fun (work-out)
- Foods – Potluck Party (warm-up and work-out)
- Getting to Know Each Other – Introductions (warm-up)
- Getting to Know Each Other (warm-up and work-out)
- Good First Impression – (warm-up)
- Greeting People (warm-up)
- How Much Do I Have (warm-up)
- In the Classroom
- Introducing People (warm-up)
- Introducing People – Who is your friend
- Introduce Yourself – I am Sofia
- Jobs Circle – (warm-up)
- Making an Appointment with the Doctor
- People – Look at You
- People Bingo (warm-up)
- Personal Information (warm-up and cool-down)
- Personal Skills & Job Choices (complete activity)
- Shopping at the Supermarket (work-out)
- Spring – Vocabulary Bingo (work-out)
- Summer Fun Activities – Word Bingo (work-out)
- Summer Safety
- Summer Safety – Vocabulary Bingo (work-out)
- Telephone Conversation – Apartment Problems (work-out)
- This is – That is – She is – He is (warm-up)
- Tic-Tac-Toe – Set Game 1
- Valentine’s Day
- Visiting the Doctor
- What Do You Like To Do (warm-up)
- Winnipeg Transit Part 1
- Winnipeg Transit Part 2 – Asking for Information
- Winter – Are you ready for it (work-out)
- Winter in Winnipeg
- Winter Safety
- Winter Safety # 2 – Vocabulary – (warm-up and work-out)
- All in Order (warm-up)
- ATM Banking
- BUZZ (warm-up or cool-down)
- Calling 911
- Canadian Culture #1 – A Glance of Canadian Culture
- Canadian Culture # 2 – In the Workplace
- Canadian Holidays – Canada Day
- Canadian Holidays – Easter
- Canadian Holidays – Louis Riel Day
- Canadian Holidays – Mother’s Day
- Canadian Holidays – Thanksgiving
- Canadian Holidays – Winter
- Daily Conversational Skills 1 – Ask for Clarification
- Daily Conversational Skills 2 – What do you do everyday
- Daily Conversational Skills 3 – This Is My Family
- Daily Conversational Skills 4 – How to Apologize
- Daily Conversational Skills 5 – Do You Have …
- Daily Conversational Skills 7 – Are You Happy Today – Feelings and Emotions
- Colours Game (work-out)
- Daily Activities Card Game (warm-up)
- Describing Objects (full activity plan)
- Dress-up Theatre (warm-up)
- Employment Part 1 – Promote Yourself
- Employment Part 2 – How to Prepare for a Job Interview
- Employment Part 3 – Top Four Interview Questions
- Fall Folly (full activity plan)
- Family Fun Activities (full activity plan)
- Fill-in the Blanks-A Lovely Day (work-out)
- Flyer Fun (work-out)
- Food Trade Game (work-out)
- Foods (full activity plan)
- Four Corners Fun (warm-up)
- Frugal Living (warm-up)
- Getting to Know Each Other (work-out)
- Guess Who (warm-up)
- Interests or Hobbies Survey (warm-up)
- Introducing People (warm-up)
- Introducing People – Who is your friend
- Look, See, View Game (warm-up or cool-down)
- Making an Appointment with the Doctor
- Mystery Objects (warm-up)
- News Clip (warm-up)
- Occupations (full activity plan)
- Onomatopoeia (work-out)
- People (full activity plan)
- Prepositions Actions (warm-up)
- Small Talk (cool-down)
- Spring Frolic (full activity plan)
- Supermarket Dialogue (work-out)
- Valentine’s Day
- Visiting a Doctor
- Vocabulary Fun (warm-up)
- Where are my Keys and Other Objects (work-out)
- Winnipeg Transit Part 1
- Winter – Are You Ready for it? – Part I
- Winter Fun (full activity plan)
- Wise One (warm-up)
- Award Interviews – (work-out)
- Bucket List (warm-up)
- Canada’s Winter Holidays – FILE NOT FOUND
- Canadian Way
- Canadian Culture # 1 – A Glance of Canadian Culture
- Canadian Culture # 2 – In the Workplace
- Causes and Effects (full activity plan)
- Cloud Watching (warm-up)
- Conversation Skills 1 – How to participate in Conversations
- Conversation Skills 2 – How to ask – make – refuse suggestions
- Conversation Skills 3 – How to give opinions
- Conversation Skills 4 – Responding to Requests (work-out)
- Conversation Skills 5 – How to giving advice
- Earth Day (warm-up)
- Employment Part 1 – Promote Yourself
- Employment Part 2 – How to Prepare for a Job Interview
- Employment Part 3 – Top Four Interview Questions
- Feelings (full activity plan)
- Find My Dream House
- Frugal Living (warm-up)
- Getting Ready for Work – (warm-up)
- Giving Directions (warm-up)
- Goal Setting
- Greeting People II (full activity plan)
- Icebreaker
- Idioms and Expressions – (work-out)
- If You Had a Magic Wand – (warm-up)
- Interests – Hobbies Survey (work-out)
- Jobs – Occupations Charades – (warm-up)
- My first day in Canada
- O Canada – National Anthem (warm-up)
- People Bingo (work-out)
- Personal Goals (work-out)
- Remembrance Day
- Shopping Survey – (work-out)
- Snowball Fight – (warm-up)
- Sport Event – YouTube Video (work-out) – FILE NOT FOUND
- Storytelling (warm-up or cool-down)
- Story Starters (warm-up)
- Survivor Island (warm-up)
- Taking a Bus
- Telephone Skills 1 – May I take a message (work-out)
- Telephone Skills 2 – Daily Telephone Conversation Skills (work-out)
- The importance of arriving to work on time
- Tic-Tack-Toe
- Two Truths and a Lie (Warm-up)
- Valentine’s Day
- Vocabulary Fun (warm-up)
- What is bothering you in your life
- Who Am I – Exercise 1
- Winter Safety # 1 – Are You Ready for the Winter?
- AEC Talk Show (work-out)
- Art Posters (warm-up or cool-down)
- Canadian Trivia (full activity plan)
- Discussing Idioms – FILE NOT FOUND
- Giving Instructions (warm-up)
- My Favourite Recipe (warm-up)
- My Neighbourhood
- O Canada – National Anthem (warm-up)
- Pop Topics (full activity plan)
- Quotations
- Random Acts of Kindness (full activity plan)
- Requesting Assistance (work-out)
- Retell a Story (work-out)
- Picture This (work-out)
- Situations (full activity plan)
- Survey on Current Issues
- Travel Agent – Role-Playing (work-out)
- 15 Seconds Intro (warm-up)
- A Lovely Day (work-out)
- Add-on Sentences (warm-up)
- All in Order (warm-up)
- Best Day Ever (warm-up)
- BUZZ (warm-up or cool-down)
- Cheers! (warm-up)
- Conversation Chain (warm-up)
- Conversation Piece (warm-up)
- Cute Pictures (warm-up)
- Enjoy the Scenery (cool-down)
- Fill-in the Blanks – A Lovely Day (work-out)
- Getting To Know Each Other (warm-up)
- Giving Compliments (warm-up)
- Happy Canada Day (full activity plan)
- In My Home Country (warm-up)
- Let’s Talk About It (warm-up)
- Look, See, View Game (warm-up or cool-down)
- Minute Talk (warm-up)
- Mystery Words (warm-up)
- Name Game (warm-up or cool-down)
- Observation Game – What Do You See (cool-down)
- Personal Story (warm-up)
- Question Time (warm-up)
- Simple Compliments (warm-up)
- Tongue Twisters (warm-up)
- Who Gets the Last Brownie (work-out)
- News in Levels – The News presented for listening and reading activities. Covering Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level learners.
- Immigrants and Careers – By clicking on Browse Short Stories facilitators have access to several personal short stories from immigrants who have settled in Manitoba. There are many themes including: finding work, workplace culture and life in Manitoba. Some stories are read-only while others have a listening component.
- English Central –English Central contains several short video clips on several important topics including: daily life, education, environment, getting around, health, socializing, etc. Some videos are for higher level students while others are more suited for intermediate and beginner level students. After watching a few videos the website asks the user to register, but don’t worry it’s free!
- EAL Fast –ESL Fast.com is a useful website to engage learners in a variety of everyday topics. The website contains 365 short stories for learners to read and discuss. Each story comes with a listening component and follow-up exercises such as yes/no questions, cloze exercises and vocabulary building. The website also contains several conversations for beginner and intermediate learners to practice. Common topics include daily life, transportation, entertainment, sports and jobs.
- Listening Room –The Bow Valley College Listening Room is a listening website which contains several meaningful and everyday conversations students can listen to, practice and discuss. The conversations are categorized into 3 levels: Level 1 (beginner level), Level 2 (intermediate level) and Level 3 (advanced level).
- EAL / ESL Lab –Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab contains an exhaustive list of conversation dialogues for EAL learners. Conversations are categorized into three sections: easy, medium and difficult. The website also contains basic listening quizzes, listening quizzes for academic purposes, vocabulary lessons, language learning tips and short videos.