Beginning Speaking Tasks (10 minute Mini-lessons) Low Beginning: Speaking Tasks Task 101: Greetings and Introductions Task 102: Giving and Asking for Information Task 103: Talking about Classroom Items Task 104: Talkling about Favorite Things Task 105: Talking about Family Task 106: Talking about Occupations Task 107: Expressing Likes and Dislikes Task 108: Describing People Task 109: Talking about Here and Now Task 110: Describing a Picture Task 111: Talking about Feelings and Health Task 112: Talking about Past Actions Task 113: Talking about Life Events Task 114: Closing a Conversation Task 115: Expressing Thanks Task 116: Talking about the Future Vocabulary Topics Topic 117: Daily Activities Topic 118: Family and Relationships Topic 119: Sports Topic 120: Personal Items Topic 121: Body and Health Topic 122: House and Home Topic 123: Clothing Topic 124: Transportation Topic 125: Food Topic 126: Occupations Topic 127: Hobbies Topic 128: Colors Topic 129: Pets and Farm Animals Topic 130: Video: Unusual pets! More Speaking Situations Phrases for Conversation High Beginning Task 131: Encouraging Words Task 132: Making suggestions Task 133: Making plans for the weekend Task 134: Talking about abilities Task 135: Asking for favors Task 136: Asking for repetition Task 137: Requesting Task 138: Inviting Task 139: Offering Task 140: Expressing possibility Task 141: Talking about locations Task 142: Giving directions Task 143: Talking about travel Task 144: More Descriptions Task 145: Comparing things Task 146: Count and non-count nouns in context Task 147: Telephone talk Task 148: Narrating Other topics Daily ESL Simple English News To call a partner, you must be enrolled in our online Speaking program.

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