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Activities Teaching activities to try out in the classroom. For each one you will find a simple guide for preparation and procedure, and sometimes printable worksheets too. |
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Using the vocabulary game Pic-your-wits in classPic-your-wits is a vocabulary game that you can find on Facebook and on the |
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Listen and drawThis is a simple speaking activity that can be used with A2 level groups to provide practice in using prepositions of place and giving clear instructions. |
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My wikipediaThis is an activity 'about' the internet, but it doesn't start online. In fact it has to start offline: the idea is that students try and predict the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry for their town, region or country. |
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Family snapshotIf you teach young learners who are all the same age and live in the same town, opportunities for sharing and comparing life experiences can feel more limited than they would be in a multi-national class of adult learners. |
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I couldn't believe my eyesIn this activity the teacher creates situations for the students to get plenty of practice with the form and meaning of the past perfect. |
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Vision off – YouTube techniqueThis YouTube activity really gets your students thinking creatively. A short film is played for the students, but they can’t see the scene, they can only hear it. Students guess what happens in the scene before they get to view it to check their deductions. |
Teaching poetry using DARTsDirected activities related to texts (DARTs) are activities which get students to interact with texts. Their aim is to improve students' reading comprehension and to make them critical readers. |
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TransplantsThis activity provides students with upper intermediate vocabulary for parts of the body such as blood, liver, lungs etc. and provides opportunity for debate on an interesting subject that is frequently in the news, as well as giving students the opportunity to express their views on a little-known experiment that took place 40 years ago. |
Dating gameThis is a great activity for getting students talking. I have used it successfully with many different levels and age groups and have found that it is very effective at motivating teenagers to talk. |
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Storytelling response tasksResponse tasks are designed to give students the chance to express themselves creatively and openly, not for comprehension checking. |
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Action Research - Stop, Start, ContinueThis is an idea I got from a workshop that I went to many years ago. I have used it many times since and found it to be a really useful way of getting feedback from my students on my lessons and my teaching. |
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Active listening activitiesStudents are often asked to listen to tapes or to their teacher talking, but it can be just as useful to encourage them to listen to each other in a more active way. |
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Activities for using comic stripsComic strips can be used from beginner level to advanced level for a variety of language and discussion activities. |
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Adopt a wordAt the start of the school year I ask my students to 'Adopt a word' and share it with the class. |
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Thin Zar Pa Pa Han
Burma
Thank you for sharing it.
I do apply it in my teaching.
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ya allah
Algeria
I thank you so much for this idea .I personnaly going to try it with my pupils .
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3rohana
Sri Lanka
It's really interseting. The learners can read, edit, add and write to improve their...
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