Description
Your adult ESL students are already accomplished at judging others based on first impressions. But have they really thought about how they can shape the way others see them? These 60 first impressions conversation starters give your adult ESL speaking classes something genuinely worth discussing.
Having a full set of cards built around one theme means you can drop them straight into a unit without scrambling to pull questions from five different places. Less prep for you. More conversation for them.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
✅ 60 first impressions-themed conversation starters, each on its own card, formatted for small group discussion
✅ Cards range from easier warm-up questions to more challenging prompts that push intermediate and advanced students into deeper territory
✅ A teacher suggestion page with tips on how to use the cards
✅ Easel version with one discussion prompt per slide for whole-class display
HOW TO USE THESE CARDS
Before class, flip through the cards and pull the ones that feel right for your group. You don't have to use them all.
In class, give pairs or small groups a card or two and let them go. The questions are designed to get people talking, so your job becomes listening and redirecting rather than generating new questions on the fly.
Use the Easel version when you want everyone working from the same prompt at once. It’s great for a whole-class opener or a quick discussion before moving on.
Many of these also work as writing prompts or impromptu speaking topics if you need to shift gears.
THIS WAS CREATED FOR YOUR ADULT ESL STUDENTS
Intermediate to advanced adult ESL students have opinions about first impressions. They've lived them. The questions here give them a way to talk about something they already know while building the vocabulary and fluency to do it in English. Works well for conversation clubs and ESL speaking classes where students tend to run out of things to say faster than you'd like.
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**CAUTION** Please review all cards and set aside any that are not appropriate for your group of students. For example, there is a card that mentions "Karen" and one that mentions "resting b**** face". Always look the cards over again before using them with a new group.
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GRAB IT AND GO
Download, print, cut, and you're ready. Laminate if you want to. Or skip all of that and use the Easel version. Either way, you've got 60 conversation starters on a theme that just about any adult can connect with.
Questions? Drop them in the Q&A section.
If you teach conversation classes regularly, take a look at my Adult ESL Discussion Topics MEGA Bundle. It pulls together over two thousand discussion questions across 28 themes, so you'll always have something on hand when a conversation stalls or you need to fill time.
For more topics, click here.
You may also be interested in Expressions for Opinions to ensure that your adult ESL students can use a good variety of expressions to ask for and give opinions.
Looking for something more for the theme of First Impressions?
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Description
Your adult ESL students are already accomplished at judging others based on first impressions. But have they really thought about how they can shape the way others see them? These 60 first impressions conversation starters give your adult ESL speaking classes something genuinely worth discussing.
Having a full set of cards built around one theme means you can drop them straight into a unit without scrambling to pull questions from five different places. Less prep for you. More conversation for them.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
✅ 60 first impressions-themed conversation starters, each on its own card, formatted for small group discussion
✅ Cards range from easier warm-up questions to more challenging prompts that push intermediate and advanced students into deeper territory
✅ A teacher suggestion page with tips on how to use the cards
✅ Easel version with one discussion prompt per slide for whole-class display
HOW TO USE THESE CARDS
Before class, flip through the cards and pull the ones that feel right for your group. You don't have to use them all.
In class, give pairs or small groups a card or two and let them go. The questions are designed to get people talking, so your job becomes listening and redirecting rather than generating new questions on the fly.
Use the Easel version when you want everyone working from the same prompt at once. It’s great for a whole-class opener or a quick discussion before moving on.
Many of these also work as writing prompts or impromptu speaking topics if you need to shift gears.
THIS WAS CREATED FOR YOUR ADULT ESL STUDENTS
Intermediate to advanced adult ESL students have opinions about first impressions. They've lived them. The questions here give them a way to talk about something they already know while building the vocabulary and fluency to do it in English. Works well for conversation clubs and ESL speaking classes where students tend to run out of things to say faster than you'd like.
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
**CAUTION** Please review all cards and set aside any that are not appropriate for your group of students. For example, there is a card that mentions "Karen" and one that mentions "resting b**** face". Always look the cards over again before using them with a new group.
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
GRAB IT AND GO
Download, print, cut, and you're ready. Laminate if you want to. Or skip all of that and use the Easel version. Either way, you've got 60 conversation starters on a theme that just about any adult can connect with.
Questions? Drop them in the Q&A section.
If you teach conversation classes regularly, take a look at my Adult ESL Discussion Topics MEGA Bundle. It pulls together over two thousand discussion questions across 28 themes, so you'll always have something on hand when a conversation stalls or you need to fill time.
For more topics, click here.
You may also be interested in Expressions for Opinions to ensure that your adult ESL students can use a good variety of expressions to ask for and give opinions.
Looking for something more for the theme of First Impressions?
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