Amazing facts  

This activity is designed to be used as a warmer for Intermediate level learners. It could be used to generate interest in amazing facts as a lead in to a lesson using comparatives and superlatives.

Average: 3.2 (66 votes)
Design a mobile phone  

This activity can be used for all levels and could be extended to a mini-project for younger students.

Average: 3.3 (23 votes)
A class survey  

Doing surveys can be a useful way of getting your students to interact, produce question forms and collect and analyse real information.

Average: 2.7 (3 votes)
Why do we do that?  

Learners have a lot of questions about how they should learn a language, and often form their own answers, which we need to discuss. Many of these answers are not necessarily things you agree with, and discussion

Average: 1 (1 vote)
Mutual dictation  

A pair work activity that I find works particularly well with learners of all ages is a 'mutual dictation'. It is especially appropriate for low level students.

Average: 3.2 (9 votes)
Noughts and crosses quiz game  

I have found this game to be very popular with teenagers although it can be used with both younger learners and adult groups as well. I often use it as a warmer or as an end of lesson game. Although a pre-intermediate

Average: 3.4 (5 votes)
Christmas Games  

Here are some games which we associate with parties and Christmas celebrations in UK schools. These games can be adapted for language learners of all ages and levels.

Average: 5 (1 vote)
Planning lessons for students' preferred learning styles  

It is important to vary the activities in your lessons so that you cater for students with different learning styles. The following lesson-planning framework can help you do this.

Average: 3.7 (3 votes)
Eavesdropping  

This is an activity for students to practise reporting speech. It provides a situation for reporting what others have said that can be more realistic than some of the exercises that are found in textbooks, and great fun!

Average: 4 (1 vote)
Thumb print stories  

I've found that this activity that works well with pre-intermediate 10 and 11 year olds but can be adapted for various ages and levels.

Average: 4.7 (3 votes)
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