An activity that combines translation, drilling newly acquired vocabulary and engaging the students with the language to go beyond vocabulary input provided by textbooks and
Category: Speaking
10 fingers
This zero prep activity works really well to practice present simple, present perfect or past simple tenses. This is how it goes: Get all your
from reading passage to interview
Here is a highly productive and engaging way of getting the most out of a reading passage. The idea is for the students to first
mini whiteboards 1
It’s easy enough to welcome state-of-the-art technology, if our school can afford it. Whether the technology is used or used wisely is up to us.
connotation in songs
I have been listening to Sting’s last album 44/876 quite a lot recently and there are two songs that have particularly called my attention as
taking sides
This speaking activity gets students to make choices, take sides and use arguments and counter arguments to support their ideas. This is how it goes:
