Back writing

      This is a good activity for restless younger classes.

      A Dark and stormy night

      The main focus of the activity is on developing writing skills, but it's also good for developing listening speaking and reading skills and also for practising past tenses, descriptive vocabulary and generally having fun.

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      Desert Island Escape

      This is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations.

      The Coffeepot game

      This game is good for practising and reviewing action verbs and adverbs.

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      Telephone Wires

      This is the classic children’s party game sometimes known as ‘Chinese whispers’.

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      The Chat Room

      This activity was presented to me by a teacher I met a couple of years ago on a training course, so thanks go to Carme for this one.

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      Battleships

      This childhood favourite can easily be adapted for use in the language classroom.

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      The Yes and No game

      Nominate one student to be in the hot seat, slightly apart from the rest of the circle.

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      Gobbledygook

      Put students in pairs and give them a scene to act out.

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      Two word games

      Introduction
      The following games can be played throughout the school year but are also very useful as a round up at the end of term.

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