Activities
In this section you will find a wide range of classroom activities sent in by contributors around the world. Click the links below to select activities under each topic area.
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: 3.1 (10 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: 3.7 (16 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 (1 vote)
Supporting city openness  

This is a listening activity aimed at intermediate level adult and young adult students.

Average: 3.2 (13 votes)
Sitcom activity: listening and guessing  

This activity is suitable for pre-intermediate students and above.

Average: 3.2 (167 votes)
Stop, go back dictation  

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: 3.3 (177 votes)
Understanding dialogues  

These are two simple listening activities which test students' understanding of two dialogues.

Average: 3 (80 votes)
Listening for key words in songs  

This is a fun activity which helps students listen out for key words.

Average: 3.3 (39 votes)
Active listening activities  

Students 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.

Average: 3.3 (31 votes)
Dictation 3 - Texts  


These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua, 22 August , 2003.

Average: 3.7 (18 votes)
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