Structured speaking activities about plants and gardening for primary ESL and EAL learners. Includes 36 themed conversation cards and language support with sentence starters and vocabulary banks to scaffold oral language.
Suitable for KS1, KS2 and EFL classrooms.

Support meaningful discussion in science and environmental topics with structured speaking prompts designed for ESL and EAL learners.

This Summer Speaking Activities resource includes 36 conversation cards organised into three key themes:
–> Summer Fun & Free Time
–> Holidays & Travel
–> Summer Weather & Outdoor Life

Each theme contains 12 carefully designed prompts to encourage vocabulary development, reasoning and confidence in spoken English.

To ensure accessibility for mixed-ability classrooms, the resource also includes Language Support Cards featuring:

• A clear overview of each topic
• 8 sentence starters per theme
• A 12-word vocabulary bank to support responses

These scaffolds help emerging English learners participate confidently in pair work, small group discussion and whole-class speaking activities.

What’s Included:
–> 36 Conversation Cards
–> 3 Themed Sets (12 per theme)
–> 3 Language Support Cards
–> Sentence Starters
–> Vocabulary Banks

Ideal For:

• Primary ESL / EAL
• KS1 & KS2 science topics
• Environmental studies
• CLIL lessons
• Speaking practice
• Literacy stations
• Whole-class oral work

Learning Focus:
Oral Language
Vocabulary Development
Listening Skills
Sentence Formation
Social Interaction
Confidence in Speaking

Keywords: summer, travel, esl speaking, eal speaking activities, primary science, oral language ks2, clil speaking, holidays, discussion cards
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