Homework video song

The second student calls someone else and does the same and so on and so on until every student in class has heard the gossip for homework. (Write out a list of student names and phone numbers and hand it out to each student. Then each person can simply call the next person down on the list.)

Challenge students to listen to dialogue and note unfamiliar vocabulary they hear. Students can put their writing skills to work by writing out a scene starring someone they observed. Let them practice speaking by asking students to tell a classmate about a person they saw.

For the most part, people are willing to help someone in need, and that is doubly true for someone who needs to complete an assignment for school. That’s why sending students out to interview native speakers is such a fun homework assignment. Start by helping your students write a survey they’ll use for their interviews.

Under normal circumstances, that might seem highly unusual, but not when you make homework fun and engaging. In fact, it’s possible to assign homework to your ESL students that will have them begging for more. How? The first step is to assign homework that works.