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“Sexy Taxi” - crossword game »

Shared by Kasha Why buy designer games, when some of the best competitive pastimes need only a pen and paper? Here is a game, excellent for whiling away the time on train journeys. Usually called Crosswords or Word Squares, it is also known, among true aficionados, as Sexy Taxi, for reasons which ... more »
 

“Turbo Farm” - interactive farm for young children »

from: tangobanger@hotmail.com TurboFarm helps kids with reading in a funny way,showing pictures of the animals. Very simple and easy to use. For firstgraders or preschool. more »
 

“Lateral Thinking” - listening and speculating »

Shared by Adam Tasks Read the four stories to your students and ask them to invent plausible explanations. As simple as that :) If you know any other "lateral thinking" situations drop them here at www.eslhandouts.com. The Plane Crash Susan watched her husband get on the 8.15 p.m. flight from Toronto to Chicago. She ... more »
 

How to present new vocabulary? »

Shared by Marek from Poland I always have trouble presenting new vocabulary items to beginners and false beginners. For obvious reasons I cannot use monolingual dictionaries and translating words from English into Ss native language all the time feels a bit wrong. more »
 

Running dictation »

Shared by Krystyna Running dictation is what you get when reading, memorization, dictation and of course... running are combined! more »
 

Personalised dictation »

Shared by Krystyna Most of us think of dictation as the boring blast from the past but there are ways of making it a little bit more interesting. more »
 

Meaningful scrabble / domino game »

Shared by Adam It's a very simple task that will help your students practice associating ideas. The ability is especially needed during oral tests when a person is presented with a topic about which one knows very little or nothing. more »
 

How to create a gap-fill exercise in 5 minutes »

Shared by Marek from Poland Creating a gap-fill exercises is a tedious process. Deleting words is time-consuming and simply boring. And then, you never now what words to cut out! more »