Here’s what I know about English teaching at the start of a new term: a few simple activities I’ve been using with my classes. These activities can be used as ‘getting to know’ activities at the beginning of the new terms. Level A1/A2 Age: All What I Know About English: Getting-to-Know-You Activities Songs and…
Here are some classroom games for vocabulary practice that require minimal preparation and work well with almost any age group. Classroom Games for Vocabulary Practice: My Go-To List Paper planes: First, have your students make some paper planes. Stand the students in two lines as two teams. For the competition, assign different classroom objects points…
I know I am a bit late for the following lesson ideas but for a while I’ve been a bit reluctant to write anything. I hope I will keep my blog alive in 2013 … Now here I go … A lesson for the next Christmas Christmas sounds like — Christmas tastes like —- Christmas…
Here is my session handout for TESOL France 2010 and you can download the it clicking http://www.box.net/shared/2xmpbx363f
After writing the fun activities for present simple and present continuous, I decided to continue compiling all the fun activities that I’ve been using for years here. I’ve just done future tenses so I think it’s time to think about the fun follow ups. Fortunetelling: Pair them and ask them to write a dialogue between…
Improvisations part 2 Sometimes I adapt activities from TV shows, games, etc. The following activity is from a drama group called ‘Mahser-i Cumbus’. While watching their performance, I usually find great ideas for my classes. It sounds a bit confusing but it really is fun. Student A stands up and mimes. While miming she makes…
