Ask and imagine the story

      This is a story-telling activity which involves the whole class, and may be used with adult or younger learners.

      Average: 4.1 (29 votes)

      Using songs in the classroom

      This is from a song workshop I gave some time ago. Take care with the copyright!
      Songs can be exploited in many ways:

      Average: 3.4 (125 votes)

      CLIL History: The causes of the Second World War

      This is a listening activity based on this recording from the BBC.

      Average: 3.4 (31 votes)

      Big City Small World

      This is a fun listening activity that can be used with adults and secondary groups.

      Average: 3.3 (105 votes)

      Elementary podcasts

      This is a simple listening activity that can be used with adults and secondary groups, and is based on LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts. There is a lead-in activity that students can do in class and then a follow on task that can be done in class or set as homework.

      Average: 3 (78 votes)

      CLIL PE: Football training

      This activity uses a football training video from the BBC to

      Average: 3.4 (29 votes)

      Stop, go back dictation

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      This is a dictation activity which pushes students to make sense of the language they hear by writing it down as accurately as possible.

      Average: 3.4 (300 votes)

      Who is it?

      In this activity students listen to information about two people who emigrated to Dublin. They then have to create profiles of other immigrants based on the text from the listening.

      Average: 3.6 (70 votes)

      Artists as immigrants

      This activity attempts to challenge some of the preconceptions that people often have about immigrants by looking at a group of artists that have emigrated and exploring some of the challenges they

      Average: 3.9 (39 votes)

      What does migration bring?

      This is a listening and speaking activity for students based on the theme of migration. It should be suitable for adult or young adult intermediate level learners. Immigration can be a difficult and controversial topic to tackle and some students may have very strong opinions on this topic. The activity was based on themes from the OPENCities project www.opencities.eu

      Average: 3.6 (19 votes)