Author: Jason Anderson
Type: Photocopiable Activity Book (PDF/Print)
Level: Elementary → Advanced (CEFR A1–C1)
Objective: Provide teachers with ready-made role play activities to get students speaking in practical, everyday situations.
Content Overview:
- Services (Practical, leisure, travel): Role plays for tourist offices, gyms, post offices, doctors, internet cafés, train stations, hotels, and more.
- Shopping (Supermarkets, clothes, restaurants): Activities around ordering food, buying clothes, complaining in shops, and negotiating refunds.
- Social Life (Friends, relationships): Situations like meeting strangers, making plans, breaking bad news, or reuniting with old friends.
- Lifestyle (Work, accommodation, education): Job interviews, university admissions, finding housing, international business etiquette.
- Creative Role Plays: Debates, TV chat shows, political discussions, fortune telling, murder investigations, and imaginative scenarios.
Highlights:
- 40+ photocopiable role plays across 5 themed sections.
- Each activity links grammar + functions + vocabulary in context (e.g., question forms, giving advice, making enquiries, apologising, expressing opinions).
- Suitable for pair work, group work, or full-class activities.
- Flexible for both ESL/EFL classrooms in Vietnam and international contexts.
Use Case:
Perfect for ESL/EFL teachers looking to encourage student speaking and fluency. Can be used for:
- Daily classroom speaking practice.
- Supplementary communicative lessons.
- Task-based learning projects.
- Conversation clubs or exam preparation (Cambridge Movers, Flyers, KET, PET, IELTS Speaking warm-ups).
✨ This resource is made available on VTJ’s Resource Hub with the contribution of EIV Education.