Comparing Pictures English Speaking
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- ESL, Language Development, ELA
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- ESL, EFl
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About this resource
This resource of Comparing Jobs serve as speaking prompts for ESL students.
They include:
- useful expressions
- functional vocabulary
- speaking questions for lower to intermediate level students.
These prompts are useful for exam preparation, specifically exams that use picture prompts, such as TOEIC, FCE and ECCE.
This resource of Pictures Comparing Jobs is great for:
- teaching online classes
- focus on language production
- focus on fluency development.
- developing fluency
- developing self-confidence
I have used it in an online classroom environment as well as with one-on-one students and they all loved it.
The product is suitable for anyone from the age of 10 to 100!
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Use comparative sentence starters ("in comparison with," "on the one hand...on the other hand") to describe similarities and differences between two photographs.
Produce an extended spoken or written comparison following the structure modelled in the sample answer.
Use topic-specific vocabulary (e.g., team spirit, dedication; marble, monument, ancient) when discussing a given picture topic.
Teaching tips
Review the model response before students compare pictures independently.
Keep the relevant images visible while students speak.
Start with a familiar topic, then use the debate questions for a longer discussion.
Skills covered
Comparative speaking structures — students use sentence starters like "both...and" and "whereas" to compare two images aloud.
Extended spoken response — students produce a multi-sentence comparison following a modelled example.
Opinion and discussion — students answer open-ended follow-up questions tied to each photo topic.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Does this resource cover just one comparison topic, or several?
Several — the deck moves through comparing jobs, vacation styles, historic landmarks, team versus individual sports, extreme sports, and zoo/animal captivity, each with its own vocabulary and discussion questions.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Comparative language
Descriptive speaking
Picture-based discussion
Topics