Activities
Activity: Football Review Game
Tagged: ESOL football lessons
Level: Any
Age: Primary – Teens
Target language: Any
Time: 10 minutes +
Preparation: Prepare revision questions
Activities
Activity: Classroom Tag
Tagged: kids English games
Level: Beginner
Age: Kindergarden – Primary
Target language: Clothes, describing appearance, likes/dislikes, questions
Time: 5 minutes +
Preparation: None
Activities
Activity: First World Problems
Tagged: first world problems
Level: Upper-Intermediate
Age: Teens +
Target language: Vocabulary related to societal problems, so/such e.g. There is such high employment that …/There is so much bureaucracy that…
Time: 30 minutes+
Preparation: None essential
Writing
Activity: Adjective Poems
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Adjective Poems This idea is based on an idea from Grammar Practice Activities by Penny Ur. Focus: Writing, Lexis Level: Any Age: Teens/Adult Target Language: Copular ‘to be’, adjectives and adjective order Time: 15 – 20 minutes Preparation: A sample poem Procedure: 1: Read more…
Activities
Activity: MP3 Dictation
For more ESL games and activities, click here. MP3 Dictation Dictation fell out of favour with the acceptance of communicative language teaching. It was felt that dictation doesn’t fulfill a communicative purpose and further it was boring (and usually too hard) for students. However, dictation can provide an effective way Read more…
Activities
Activity: Pronunciation Choices
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Pronunciation Choices This activity is based on an idea from Pronunciation Games by Mark Hancock which is a great resource for pronunciation activities. In this simple game, students have to listen to a word and decide which of two phonemes is being used. Read more…
Activities
Activity: What Have You Got?
For more ESL games and activities, click here. What Have You Got? This very simple activity has become one of my regular routines for revising vocabulary with small primary classes. Focus: Young Learners, Lexis, Speaking Level: Beginner Age: Primary Target Language: Concrete nouns, What have you got?/I’ve got…, indefinite article Read more…
DELTA
How to Prepare for DELTA Module 3
For more tips and advice about Delta, click here. Preparing for Delta Module 3 Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here In my view Delta module 3 is easier than the other two modules because you are not constricted in terms of time. However, you should still take this Read more…
DELTA
DELTA Module 1 and 2: Reading List
For more tips and advice about Delta, click here. Delta Module 1 and 2 Reading List Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here Thinking about taking Delta but not sure if you are ready? The following post is a list of books which are recommended reading before taking the Read more…
DELTA
How to Prepare for DELTA Module 1
For more tips and advice about Delta, click here. Preparing for Delta Module 1 Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here More than 30% of module 1 takers fail this first step towards obtaining their Delta qualification. In this post you will find some of the most useful ways Read more…
