This game is good for revising lexical sets and is useful for practising using adjectives. It can be teacher led or played as a team game.
5 January, 2011
16 November, 2010
This lesson plan for primary learners at CEFR level A1 and above revises the use of the present continuous. Learners will draw pictures and...
10 November, 2010
This is a good activity for checking information for younger learners.
3 November, 2010
This lesson focuses on the use of classroom instructions, establishing discipline and rules at the beginning of a course and learning...
6 October, 2010
With very young learners much of what they do in the classroom revolves around them. Before school they are often the centre of ‘their’...
22 September, 2010
The tendency with primary learners is to treat the class as a whole group and underestimate their ability to work in pairs or in small...
16 September, 2010
This is a good activity for getting your students going in the morning. It is also excellent for revising vocabulary.
16 September, 2010
This lesson focuses on vocabulary to talk about daily routines and using the present simple in the first and third person.
8 September, 2010
This is a good activity for restless younger classes.
18 August, 2010
This is an activity for primary classes based on an adaptation of the famous poem What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti.
18 August, 2010
This is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations.
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 9 to 10 years old at level A1 explores the themes of racism, prejudice and tolerance...
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 7 to 8 years old at level A1 explores the theme of the rain cycle in the African...
7 July, 2010
Children are often fascinated by machines; the way they work or inventing their own. We are not going to go into the scientific intricacies...
11 June, 2010
This activity aims to develop primary pupils' understanding of healthy, balanced eating and provides practice of basic food vocabulary and...
11 June, 2010
This activity uses samples of world music available from the BBC and helps primary or secondary pupils identify where different styles of...
9 June, 2010
Following on from Drama with children 1 here are a few suggestions that will help you integrate drama into your classroom. Many of the...
9 June, 2010
This is a fun question and answer writing activity.
26 May, 2010
For young children and adults alike it can be intimidating to speak a foreign language in front of other people. Even five-year-olds can be...
26 May, 2010
This childhood board game can easily be adapted for use in the language classroom.
19 May, 2010
The following ideas are ideal for a post-Christmas show and tell style session but can be equally adapted throughout the year. You will...
12 May, 2010
Vokis are great for practising speaking skills with learners of all ages. Creating an animated character and giving it a voice is really...
5 May, 2010
Children love learning about animals, especially ones which are big, scary, colourful, wild, and potentially dangerous!
21 April, 2010
The biography section of portfolios is a documentation of the learners' personal language learning history and can include, for example, a...
Pages
5 January, 2011
This game is good for revising lexical sets and is useful for practising using adjectives. It can be teacher led or played as a team game.
16 November, 2010
This lesson plan for primary learners at CEFR level A1 and above revises the use of the present continuous. Learners will draw pictures and...
10 November, 2010
This is a good activity for checking information for younger learners.
3 November, 2010
This lesson focuses on the use of classroom instructions, establishing discipline and rules at the beginning of a course and learning...
6 October, 2010
With very young learners much of what they do in the classroom revolves around them. Before school they are often the centre of ‘their’...
22 September, 2010
The tendency with primary learners is to treat the class as a whole group and underestimate their ability to work in pairs or in small...
16 September, 2010
This is a good activity for getting your students going in the morning. It is also excellent for revising vocabulary.
16 September, 2010
This lesson focuses on vocabulary to talk about daily routines and using the present simple in the first and third person.
8 September, 2010
This is a good activity for restless younger classes.
18 August, 2010
This is an activity for primary classes based on an adaptation of the famous poem What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti.
18 August, 2010
This is a speaking activity for higher level students with good imaginations.
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 9 to 10 years old at level A1 explores the themes of racism, prejudice and tolerance...
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 7 to 8 years old at level A1 explores the theme of the rain cycle in the African...
7 July, 2010
Children are often fascinated by machines; the way they work or inventing their own. We are not going to go into the scientific intricacies...
11 June, 2010
This activity aims to develop primary pupils' understanding of healthy, balanced eating and provides practice of basic food vocabulary and...
11 June, 2010
This activity uses samples of world music available from the BBC and helps primary or secondary pupils identify where different styles of...
9 June, 2010
Following on from Drama with children 1 here are a few suggestions that will help you integrate drama into your classroom. Many of the...
9 June, 2010
This is a fun question and answer writing activity.
26 May, 2010
For young children and adults alike it can be intimidating to speak a foreign language in front of other people. Even five-year-olds can be...
26 May, 2010
This childhood board game can easily be adapted for use in the language classroom.
19 May, 2010
The following ideas are ideal for a post-Christmas show and tell style session but can be equally adapted throughout the year. You will...
12 May, 2010
Vokis are great for practising speaking skills with learners of all ages. Creating an animated character and giving it a voice is really...
5 May, 2010
Children love learning about animals, especially ones which are big, scary, colourful, wild, and potentially dangerous!
21 April, 2010
The biography section of portfolios is a documentation of the learners' personal language learning history and can include, for example, a...
Pages
9 January, 2003
In this activity, students make their own 'English' telephones and try them out.
7 May, 2018
This lesson provides teachers and primary children with an opportunity to see different kinds of families that might better reflect their...
14 September, 2011
This is the first in a two part series. Here you have a few ideas on how to review days of the week, months of the year and dates while...
29 October, 2008
This is the second in a two part series. Part two focuses on special days and birthdays in particular. You can do this early on in the...
12 February, 2016
This lesson plan for teachers of primary learners looks at several creative ideas for making an English activity book for the summer...
5 October, 2016
This lesson plan for primary learners is about teachers and is ideal for celebrating World Teachers' Day on 5 October.
8 April, 2009
During the school year children can move house and change schools for various reasons. When they arrive in a new school it can be hard for...
29 April, 2009
This lesson reviews vocabulary related to school subjects, people and games as well as days of the week and times.
12 June, 2017
This lesson plan for primary learners is about life under the sea.
5 January, 2011
This game is good for revising lexical sets and is useful for practising using adjectives. It can be teacher led or played as a team game.
22 May, 2014
In this lesson learners play a numbers game and try some maths, listen to and read a story, then play a board game. They talk about numbers...
25 May, 2011
This lesson focuses on language to describe classroom objects.
16 January, 2006
This BritLit Primary Kit includes ideas to engage the children in the tale in addition to a host of activities to exploit the story and to...
24 August, 2011
This is a simple activity where each student adds a word to create a group story.
19 February, 2012
In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song ‘Over the mountains’. They will listen to the song, complete comprehension...
16 February, 2012
This is a vocabulary lesson with speaking and listening for very young learners.
22 May, 2014
In this lesson, learners will review or be introduced to vocabulary for parts of the body. They will either sing a song about parts of the...
19 January, 2011
This game practises adjectives. You need a ball, or alternatively a screwed up piece of paper will work fine.
3 September, 2018
This lesson plan for primary students is designed to celebrate International Day of Peace on 21 September, but can be used at any time of...
12 July, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of primary students aged 5 to 6 years old at level A1 explores the themes of ecology, the environment and...
13 April, 2011
This is a topic which could be easily spread over several lessons by taking a different person, e.g. firefighter, per week as the focus....
12 February, 2016
In this lesson, learners will be introduced to the popular song ‘People work’. They will listen to the song, complete comprehension...
23 June, 2002
This is a low preparation fun activity that works well with large classes, especially with young learners and teens. All your students need...
22 May, 2014
In this lesson, learners will learn some vocabulary for playground equipment and practise talking about doing activities in the playground...
17 June, 2009
This story is based on a well-known children’s joke. The joke has been expanded into a repetitive story and provides an ideal context to...