Picture description activities can be rather boring after some time and it occurred to me that usually, the pictures are not very creative. I came up with an idea of how to spice it up a bit. The picture prompts for speaking and writing in this activity are unusual, imaginative…
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Bean Boozled in ESL Classroom: A Funny Way to Warm Up, Engage And Motivate Your Students.
Who doesn’t like jelly beans? Most kids love them. Why not use that love for them in your classroom? I’m sure most of you know the naughty version of Jelly Beans- Bean Boozled. It is a game which features a spin wheel and 14 different flavours of the jelly beans….
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Business English Vocabulary Card Game | Forbidden Words
Forbidden Words is a game card activity based on Taboo. The aim of the game is to explain given words, but without those words that you would most likely use because those are taboo – that means, you can’t use them. The simplicity of this game allows for endless variations…
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28 ESL/EFL Conversation Starters to Spark Conversation
There are not enough conversation questions in the resource universe to satisfy the needs of an average EFL/ESL teacher. We need more, more! Especially, when you teach one-on-one, the search for good questions can be excruciating. I put together 28 questions which can help the conversation to get going. Some…
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Make Game Quizzes For ESL Lessons
My younger students are very competitive and playful, and I love that about them. It is great to see that they are engaged and immersed in the activity, that they are having fun; and that they don’t even realise they are learning. I am always in need of new resources,…
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At The Restaurant: ESL Pair Work and Role Play Lesson.
Not everyone can cook, but we all love food. It is a perfect conversation topic and even the shy students usually come out of their shells (seafood pun) when you ask them about their favourite food. Food is everywhere now, popular TV shows made home cooking fashionable, food blogs with…
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3 Board Games You Can Use In The Classroom.
I love playing games. My students love playing games. You can learn a lot by playing games and it is so much fun. It is a total win-win and what is best, it doesn’t require any preparation. You just grab the game and off you go, revising vocabulary, improving communication…
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5 Apps To Learn English Without Knowing It
There are 2.2 million apps in Android store and 2 million in Apple’s App store. I’m sure a huge number of those apps is useles, but you can also find there plenty of helpful, entertaining of educative apps. Here’s a simple infographic of 5 apps I’ve been using with my…
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7 Reasons Why Your Lessons Should Be Fun
Are language lessons or any lessons even supposed to be fun? It is all about learning, hard work, discipline, focus, determination. How can all that be fun? Simple. You, the teacher, should love your job, enjoy working with people and bring life into the dull stereotypes of a boring lesson. Why…