Speaking/Conversation Resources to encourage students to speak more and improve their fluency

Interesting Conversation Topics to get the student to practice speaking - site has 1000+ additional questions accessible from the sidebar (ConversationStartersWorld)

Small Talk Tips from EnglishClub.com

Conversation topics for adult ESOL learners - 150+ open ended questions organized by topic (FluentU)

Speaking Challenge Game - Interactive vocabulary site with speaking challenges. Click gear icon in upper right to tailor to student's level

Random Image Generator - Image-based conversation topics (Can pick from 20 categories - if the student likes fashion for example, or if wanting to work on food vocabulary)

Formal vs. Informal Language and Words from 7esl.com - Informal vs Formal words and phrases to help with presentations at work or more formal speaking

Shadowing fluency improvement technique - introduction to speech shadowing, where the student uses a transcript of an audio and speaks along with the audio

Sold a Story - Over 4 hours of podcasts with transcripts that can be used for shadowing

The "Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody" short story that has the text on the screen and can be used for shadowing

The captions at YouGlish.com can also be used for shadowing in concert with the videos