Needs Versus Wants Speaking Mats: Oral language Activities for English Learners

Description

Get English learners talking with visual Needs vs. Wants speaking activities designed to build vocabulary, oral language, and confidence! These ESL speaking mats give students the visual and language support they need to discuss everyday needs and wants while practicing meaningful conversation with classmates.

Students use the colorful picture-supported mats to identify, describe, compare, and discuss needs and wants. Sentence frames and visual supports make the activities accessible for multilingual learners while encouraging students to expand their responses and explain their thinking.

What’s included

• Needs vs. Wants speaking mats
• Visual vocabulary support
• Sentence frames to support oral language
• Roll & Talk activities for additional speaking practice
• Opportunities for partner and small-group conversation

Ways to use this resource

Use these speaking mats for ESL/ELD small groups, partner talk, speaking centers, warm-ups, or vocabulary practice. They also work well alongside a social studies or economics unit about needs and wants.

Students can use the visuals and sentence supports to practice vocabulary, answer questions, make choices, compare ideas, and explain their thinking before moving into reading or writing.

These activities are especially helpful for beginning and intermediate English learners who benefit from having visuals and language supports readily available during conversation.

Make speaking practice purposeful, accessible, and engaging while giving every student something to talk about!