Stacks of teaching oral English articles on improving fluency, spoken accuracy, range of language, etc. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.
Free conversation articles
(Really) teaching in free conversation classes – NEW
Adapting free conversation classes
Good free conversation classes
General teaching speaking articles
11 instant controlled practice speaking activities
How to teach conversational reactions (including conversational reactions games)
How to teach starting and ending conversations
57 ways to improve your fluency
Activities for conversation exchanges
15 ways of dealing with students who pause before they speak
Speaking games for beginners and false beginners
15 fun ways of practising telephoning
15 Q and A personalisation games
Discussion questions- problems and solutions
Discussion questions to use with images
Articles on brainstorming
Problems with brainstorming in EFL (with solutions)
Different ways of brainstorming in EFL classes
Spoken error correction articles
Why doesn’t my teacher correct all my mistakes when I am speaking?
Alternatives to spoken error correction
A well-balanced use of error correction
Pairwork articles
Why your students don’t want to do pairwork
Why does my teacher make us work in pairs?
A well-balanced use of pairwork
Speaking exams articles
How to teach IELTS Speaking Part One
How to teach IELTS Speaking Part Two
Functional language for IELTS Speaking
Classroom practice for IELTS Speaking Parts one and three
Teaching B2 First Speaking Part One (teaching tips, lesson plan and worksheets)
Teaching B2 First Speaking Part Two (ditto)
Teaching B2 First Speaking Part Three (ditto)
Teaching B2 First Speaking Part Four (ditto)
Speaking articles for students
Speaking English problems and solutions – NEW ARTICLE FOR LEARNERS
57 ways to improve your fluency
Activities for conversation exchanges
The three keys to doing well in speaking exams (for students and teachers)
Why does my teacher make us work in pairs?
Why doesn’t my teacher correct all my mistakes when I am speaking?
Aptis speaking part one preparation tips
Aptis Speaking Part Two preparation tips
Functional language for IELTS Speaking
Related pages
Teaching pronunciation articles
Teaching functional language articles
Teaching grammar articles (including loads of speaking games for each point)
Updated 16 June 2025
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