Articles tagged ‘TEFL Games’
Top 10 TEFL Games And Speaking Activities
By Katie | May 30th, 2007 |
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In no particular order, my personal top ten of TEFL games and speaking activities which I’ve posted about right here:
1. Taboo
2. Crossword puzzles
3. Moving questions
4. Debates
5. Hotseat
6. Jigsaw read & explain from Breaking News English
7. Roleplays
8. Hide a word
9. Alibi
10. Two questions
TEFL Word Game, Courtesy Of Hasbro
By Katie | May 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Taboo is word game that rivals only crossword puzzles (and perhaps clever roleplays) in my mind. If you’re from an English-speaking country, you’re probably already familiar with the concept via the Hasbro party game of the same name. One player somehow gets the other(s) to guess a certain word; in this case there [...]
TEFL Classroom Games: Hide A Word
By Katie | May 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It can be a challenge to find games which are both useful and fun for higher level learners that involve speaking fluency. I am eternally grateful to the Inside Out series orienting me to “Hide a Word”. It’s very possible this activity originated elsewhere and/or is used widely outside of this particular text [...]
TEFL Logue Review: Oxford University Press Teachers’ Club
By Katie | May 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I’ll admit it: sometimes I make fun of Headway. But I also sometimes teach from Headway – sometimes by choice – and it’s not a bad book. Following Sue’s comment on my post about tapescripts a few weeks ago, I decided to have a look around the Oxford University Press website – and [...]
Sometimes Learning English Is Like Joining A Gym
By Katie | May 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It occurred to me that knowing a language – for the sake of logic I’ll use English as an example – is a little bit like losing 20 pounds. Many people want these “ends” and feel that achieving them would improve their lives - and possibly their dating ability - multifold as well. There [...]
Incorporating Different Learning Styles in EFL
By Katie | April 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Do you learn by doing, hearing, seeing or smelling? Okay, I’m kidding on the last one, though it might make an interesting lesson.
It makes sense that taking into account different learning styles can help students learn more. The “main” three (in my opinion, perhaps meaning the easiest to conceptualize, describe, and incorporate [...]
TEFL Speaking Activity: Auxiliary Police
By Katie | April 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Even in my higher level classes, the curriculum often includes a revision of auxiliary verbs – though students do tend to need at least some practice to use them naturally, the simplicity of their form means that it can be hard to find an appropriate way for higher levels to practice. Here’s an activity [...]
Resource: Larry Ferlazzo’s “Website Of The Day” Blog
By Katie | April 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Recently I stumbled across Larry Ferlazzo’s Website Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL & EFL and was impressed with the collection of resources available on his English for beginners/lower intermediate page.
As it’s a blog dedicated to “websites of the day”, the main component of it is obviously links to other sites; he points out [...]
Class Revision Activities
By Katie | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Revision. Of vocabulary, grammar, and functional language. Students need it and often want it. Teachers are told to do it but are also often told to avoid written exercises and focus on speaking. How can you put all these restrictions together to revise successfully?
With a group:
Students work in pairs and each [...]
Grammarman Update
By Katie | March 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Grammarman comic is special in that it is a living and evolving site: it’s not a blog, but there are regular updates and additions of comics, games, and other content that keeps it fresh.
What is the latest innovation? See if you can guess:
Which classic comic strip provided a base for spinoffs such as Sabrina [...]
