Shared by cover100
I've used this many times and it's easily the most popular speaking activity there is.
Best for classes of 10 or more. Very simple exercise to get the students talking. Don't tell them what's going to happen.
Idealy the class is split 50% male and female but if not, ask ...
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Keywords: dating, intermediate, matching, speaking, speed-dating
Shared by Mark
In fact this technique can be used to check any kind of task. The rationale behind it is that it helps to undermine the "teacher knows all" attitude of some students. It will definitely work best in classes consisting of young English learners as it encourages students to ...
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Keywords: checking, gap-fill, idea, learner-autonomy
Shared by Mark
Some of us are lucky to have computers in our classrooms. Being able to use a computer lab can be a real blessing when you simply have no idea for a fun and motivating lesson.
Basically, the most obvious idea for using computers in the classroom is "web research ...
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Posted in ESL teaching ideas
Keywords: houses, idea, internet, motivation, real-estate, research
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 ...
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Keywords: crossword, game, vocabulary
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TurboFarm helps kids with reading in a funny way,showing pictures of the animals. Very simple and easy to use. For firstgraders or preschool.
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Posted in ESL teaching ideas
Keywords: animals, children, farm, interactive, matching, pictures, software
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 ...
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Keywords: advanced, fun, lateral-thinking, listening, speculating
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.
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Keywords: elementary, idea, reading, vocabulary
Shared by Krystyna
Running dictation is what you get when reading, memorization, dictation and of course... running are combined!
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Keywords: dictation, elementary, reading, young-learners
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.
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Keywords: dictation, elementary, idea, personalising, writing
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.
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Posted in ESL teaching ideas
Keywords: game, idea, intermediate, justifying, speaking
