Get every student talking in English, without translating, in 5 minutes
You don't need to be bilingual. Nothing to install. No student accounts.
Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
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Why it works
Not just more material. A reason to talk.
Every game has a 5-minute version, runs on pictures, cards and gestures, and gets everyone talking at the same time.
Everyone talks, not just the same three kids
Many games are played in pairs and teams, so everyone talks at once and shy students never have to stand up alone in front of the class.
Pictures and gestures, not translation
The English word is tied to what they see and do. You don't translate. You show.
Five minutes of any class
Every game has a 5-minute version with a full-screen timer. The rest of the class is still yours.
Short directions, written for you
The games are for them: pictures, cards and gestures. The directions are for you: short, step by step, easy to read out loud.
Next class, you'll hear your English learners talking.
You'll open the link on the classroom computer, choose the grade band and the level, and tap “Project.” For five minutes, everyone in the room will be talking in English. Keep your curriculum. This just adds the speaking.
I WANT TO TRY IT IN CLASS300 activities · 3 bonuses · 30‑day guaranteeDoes this sound familiar?
It's not that your English learners don't know the words.
They can finish the worksheet. It's when they have to say it out loud that the room goes quiet.
- They worked quietly the whole lesson. In the one class where the goal is to speak.
- You open the translation app again and again, and every time it does the talking for them.
- A new student starts tomorrow. He speaks no English, and the school year is already well underway.
- You don't speak Spanish — or Arabic, or Vietnamese — and it feels like that locks you out.
- You teach in rooms that belong to somebody else, and you carry everything with you.
- When you ask a question, the same few hands go up. The others wait for someone else to answer.
Why the room stays quiet
Worksheets alone won't do it.
Your English learners need a reason to talk.
The translation app gets you through the day. It also does the talking for them. One fourth-grade teacher in New York City uses hers about 25 times a day. While it's open, nobody has to answer in English.
Worksheets keep the room quiet. Even a great one only teaches students to fill in the blanks, and a worksheet can't make anyone say it out loud.
And speaking alone in front of everyone is hard, even for adults. That's why the same few hands go up.
- You don't need just another worksheet. You need the game that gets them talking, and then the page that locks it in.
- You don't need a better translation. You need a picture, a gesture and five minutes.
- You don't need to speak their language. Your job is their English, not your Spanish.
How it works
As easy as 1, 2, 3
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1Step
Choose grade band and level
K-2, 3-5, 6-8 or 9-12; Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced; then the topic. Only what fits that group stays on screen.
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2Step
Tap “Project” or “Print”
“Project” opens the game full screen with a timer. “Print” gives you the Letter-size worksheet in black and white, with the answer key for exercises.
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3Step
Everyone talks, in English
For 5 minutes the class plays with pictures, cards and gestures. You read the directions; they answer in English.
What you get
300 ESL activities, by grade and level
An app you open from one link: 200 printable worksheets and 100 speaking games, sorted by grade band, level and topic. Plus 3 bonuses.
100 speaking games
Each one with a name, a level, a 5-minute version, rules and variations. Played with pictures, cards, gestures and voice.
200 printable worksheets
Vocabulary, flashcards and bingo, grammar, reading and speaking. Letter size, black and white, with answer keys for the exercises.
Filters by grade and level
K-2 to 9-12 · Beginner to Advanced · 15 topics. You find what fits that group, not a list of 25 websites.
One link, nothing to install
Works on the classroom computer (with or without a projector), a smartboard or a tablet. No student accounts, no student data.
What's inside
All 300 activities, one by one
200 printable worksheets and 100 speaking games. Every activity is a student page or a cut-out set (flashcards, bingo), with answer keys where they apply. Worksheets that also appear in a kit are counted only once.
One game, start to finish
“What's in the bag?”
And everyone answers, in English.
A sample 5-minute game, Beginner level. A mystery bag appears on screen, and the class asks questions and guesses, in English. The directions are for you. Nobody translates. They just look.
The 15 topics
Any room, any screen
Project it, or print it.
It works in the room you're in.
Pull-out, push-in, a different room every hour: open the link on whatever computer is there, tap “Project,” and the game goes full screen with the timer.
- No student accounts and no student data. Only you use it.
- No screen in that room? Print it before you go, and many speaking games need only your voice.
- Modified version of every exercise worksheet: larger print, fewer items and multiple choice, for the students who need it.
Who it's for
For anyone with English learners in the room
Different room, same promise: 5 minutes where everyone talks, without translating.
You teach English learners in elementary
Picture-and-gesture games, and the Newcomer Day One Kit with a picture on every page.
You teach English learners in middle or high school
Pair and team games, plus reading pages with questions, by level.
A student who speaks no English starts tomorrow
Not a whole curriculum, just what gets him through his first morning: classroom words, feelings and “I need…” sentences.
You teach in rooms that belong to somebody else
One link on whatever computer is there, and Sub Plans for the days someone covers for you.
The problem, in teachers' words
You're not the only one.
Here's what other teachers have said.
Public posts and interviews from teachers of English learners about this problem, with sources.
This app is brand new, so you won't find reviews here. These quotes are about the problem, not about the app. Once the first teachers have tried it, their words will go here.
Many teachers just put them on a computer all day or hand them translated text with no instruction. It is demeaning and staggers learning.
By the way, we got another new kid today. This makes about six new arrivals in the last two weeks. Just insane. And what do you do with a kid that shows up this late into school?
5 of them are Newcomers, no English, no literacy skills in L1. So they are at literally ground zero. […] How do we get these kids moving FAST? […] HELP.
I didn't have a regular classroom to myself. […] I seemed to fly around the building feeling I didn't have a place to call home.
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Included in the offer
3 bonuses, already inside the app
They don't count toward the 300 activities: they're extra.
Newcomer Day One Kit
About 20 pages of classroom words, routines, “All About Me,” feelings, “I need… / May I…?” sentences, calendar and time. A picture on every page.
✓ Included in the offer
Sub Plans
10 one-hour lessons already organized by level, early-finisher cards and a sub report form, so you know exactly what got done.
✓ Included in the offer
Modified Version
For every exercise worksheet, a version with larger print, fewer items and multiple choice. For the students who need it, without redoing it by hand.
✓ Included in the offerESL Out Loud
US edition · Letter size · American English
- 💻 The app with 300 ESL activities by grade and level$49
- 🗣️ 100 speaking games · 📝 90 vocabulary worksheets · 🎴 30 flashcard & bingo sets · 🔤 36 grammar worksheets · 📖 15 reading pages · 💬 29 speaking worksheets · 📝 Step-by-step directions for you · 🔗 Opens from one link
- 🎁 Newcomer Day One Kit$15INCLUDED
- 🎁 Sub Plans$15INCLUDED
- 🎁 Modified Version$12INCLUDED
- Total value$91
One-time payment. No subscription.
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If it's not for you, you get a full refund, no questions asked. Try it for a whole month with your English learners. If it's not what you expected, email us within 30 days.
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Frequently asked questions
When do I get access?
Do I need to speak my students' language?
Do I have to install anything? Do students need logins?
What if there's no projector in that room?
Will it fit my grade and my students' levels?
Is it a subscription?
What if my school network blocks it?
What if it's not for me?
Next class, let them do the talking.
300 activities by grade and level, 3 bonuses included and 30 days to try it with your English learners.
GET MY CLASS TALKING 300 activities · 3 bonuses · 30‑day guaranteeThis site is not affiliated with Meta or with any brand mentioned. The quotes in “The problem, in teachers' words” are publicly available, credited to their source, and describe the problem, not this product. They are not endorsements.