It turns out that role play is not simply a way to dress up, but it is also a way to increase the appeal of the quiz lesson to students in the classroom. Dressing up and playing pretend can actually be a powerful tool in the hands of the ESL It turns out that role-playing […]
Teaching advanced ESL students can at times be intimidating – if your students are already holding complex conversations and have a strong grasp of grammar and a large vocabulary; what do they need a teacher for? But rest assured that even the most advanced ESL learners out there have a lot to gain from a […]
1. Bananagrams Bananagrams is an excellent game for students who need to practice or improve their general spelling skills. Similar to scrabble without the board, Bananagrams requires players to use letter tiles to create their own collage of connected words. How to play: Prepare and print tiles online and cut them out. You’ll need to prepare several sets. […]
Ace the Interview Goal: Students practice professional English; proper interview etiquette and responding appropriately to common interview questions related to some certan topics Key Phrases: Where did you study? I graduated from ____ in ____. What are your strengths? One of my strengths is ____. Why do you want this job? I want this job because ____. […]
“Activity planning for teenagers can be a challenge. To make things easier, we’ve sorted these activities based on whether they work best for groups or one-on-one teaching. And don’t worry if you’ve got a mix of beginners and advanced speakers—there’s something on this list for every learner.” Group Activities I Mustache You a Question Level: […]
Having a bad sense of direction isn’t just a nuisance. It can be pretty scary. Sometimes, people give you bad directions either to seem like they know what they’re talking about, or because their memory is terrible. Other times, the directions are fine, but you run into construction! There are a million ways to get […]
You’re just wrapping up class when you hear someone call out from the back of the room, “Please, please, teacher, you forgot to give us some homework!” Under normal circumstances, that might seem highly unusual, but not when you make homework fun and engaging. In fact, it’s possible to assign homework to your ESL students […]
The benefits of using authentic material to teach English and listening in the TESOL classroom are many. They generate interest, they are certainly more varied in range than the material embedded in textbooks, they can be extremely practical, they can be fun and they can be very current. Especially for teachers who are not in […]
Heads Up! Heads Up! is a game and an app that was created by the charismatic television host Ellen DeGeneres. This hilarious game is an excellent interactive tool to use when teaching an adult ESL course. The game encourages students to use a variety of verb tenses and descriptive vocabulary. And they have to do so quickly! […]
Some of the classroom debate games are as follows: Quick Fire Each student chooses a slip of paper with one topic, such as ‘students should wear uniforms‘ or ‘mobile phones should be banned in schools’. Now, everyone stands; they have 2 minutes to give their opinion on that topic to a classmate, using the target language such as […]
