Structured speaking activities to help primary ESL and EAL learners discuss emotions, kindness and positive relationships. Includes 36 conversation cards with sentence starters and vocabulary banks to support spoken language development.
Suitable for KS1, KS2 and EFL classrooms.

Support spoken language development and social emotional learning with structured discussion prompts designed for ESL and EAL learners.

This Kindness & Feelings Speaking Activities resource includes 36 conversation cards organised into three engaging themes:
–> Understanding Feelings
–> Acts of Kindness
–> Positive Relationships

Each theme contains 12 carefully designed prompts that encourage students to recognise emotions, discuss kindness, and develop respectful relationships with others.

To support mixed-ability classrooms and emerging English speakers, the resource also includes Language Support Cards featuring:

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

These scaffolds help students 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 speaking practice
PSHE lessons
Classroom community building
Social emotional learning
Oral language development

Learning Focus:

• Spoken language
• Vocabulary development
• Emotional awareness
• Listening skills
• Empathy and kindness
• Confidence in communication

Keywords: kindness, feelings, pshe, esl speaking, eal speaking activities
primary speaking, oral language ks2, discussion cards, sentence starters
speaking activity