Greetings, Farewells, & Introductions ACTIVITIES for Adult ESL Newcomers

I created this quick-start ESL speaking pack on greetings, farewells, and introductions for new English learners who need to focus on essential speaking skills they'll use in real-life situations. This pack is perfect for use with adult or high school ESL newcomers and beginners, with clear, easy-to-understand activities that promote active participation and real-life communication. Full of practical content, this will help your adult ESL students ace the basics of everyday conversations.

This pack covers two core sections: Greetings & Farewells and Introductions. It has materials to help students understand, practice, and use expressions in both formal and casual settings. The activities are designed for easy integration into any ESL classroom and are ready to use with minimal to no prep.

What's Inside:

GREETINGS & FAREWELLS

• ✅ Rate It Pages: Students rate their agreement with various statements on greetings and farewells to reflect on cultural norms.
• ✅ Grouping Worksheet: Helps students identify expressions as either "hello" or "goodbye".
• ✅ Card Sorting Activity: Reinforces the categorization of greetings and farewells.
• ✅ Formal vs. Casual Worksheet: Students label expressions based on their formality level.
• ✅ 40 Mini-Dialogues: A mix of formal and casual dialogues for practicing greetings and farewells in context.

INTRODUCTIONS

• ✅ Personal Introductions: Students learn formal and casual ways to introduce themselves, along with phrases for asking someone to repeat their name or call them by another name.
• ✅ Mini-Dialogues for Personal Introductions: Two pages of mini-dialogues to help students practice introducing themselves in real conversations.
• ✅ Introducing Someone Else: Clear example sentences for both formal and casual ways to introduce another person.
• ✅ Mini-Dialogues for Introducing Others: Four pages of dialogue starters give students numerous examples of how to introduce two people to each other where students take on the role of the people being introduced and create rest of the dialogues.

You’ll save time with these activities because they're easy to implement and require no extra planning. Many of the activities are differentiated, making it easier to use with various proficiency levels.

Your students will learn and practice using language that will improve their understanding of social norms around greetings and introductions, helping them hit the right note when speaking with others.

EVERYTHING IN THIS PACK WAS CREATED FOR ADULT ESL STUDENTS

I created this with adult students in mind. You will not find any cartoonish clipart or children's content.