Age range: 10 - adult
Theme: Cycling
Lexical area: Transport

Although not really a ‘game’ this is a valuable warmer activity for any teenage class.

Introduction
In the UK we have a reputation for being polite and appreciating good manners. You can have fun with your children in many different role play scenarios, getting them to practise what to do and what not to

Graded readers or ‘readers' are books that have had the language level simplified to help second language learners read them. The language is graded for vocabulary, complexity of grammar structures and also by the number of words. They are made to cater for all levels from beginners through to advance.

This game is good to revise and practise structures in the first conditional. The teacher begins with a sentence, for example “If I go out tonight, I’ll go to the cinema.”

Theme: Use of technology in learning and the classroom of the future
Lexical areas: ICT, language of prediction, numbers and percentages for statistics
Cross curricular links: ICT, Personal and social education, social science

Introduction
This story is based on the well-known children’s joke:

Introduction
Using plays or drama in the language classroom can be both enormously rewarding and enjoyable for teachers as well as students. Here are some suggestions and guidance from Clare on how to get the best from your students.