Secret Words is a simple game you can use in the classroom. It can be adapted to many different levels. The game can also be used as a filler activity to take up a few minutes at the end of a class. Beforehand, prepare a list of words to be used. These should be...
Name That Title is a simple game which can be used with intermediate levels and above (although with a little careful tweaking it can be used with all levels and abilities). It practices speaking and listening and is an ideal way to spend 10 minutes or so at the end...
Clap Slap is a simple game which is great fun with younger children. It practices listening comprehension, word groups and also helps them to let off a little steam! Decide first on an appropriate word group. This will depend on your class and their level, but could...
Author: R. R. Jordan Publisher: Cambridge University Press Details: paperback, 424 pages; pub. 2005 ISBN: 052155618X This guide and resource book for teachers provides a comprehensive overview of the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). It not only looks at...
Speaking is one of the four main language skills. In general it is the second skill to be acquired after listening. Later comes reading and writing. There are many areas to speaking and this article looks at the main concerns you, as a teacher, should have here....
TEFL on Film are those movies or television series which have as a theme or plot point, the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language. Here we present a short list ordered by date and review them. If you know of any others including TEFL then do please email us with...
Will the right grammar or a few choice phrases get you served in a French cafe? Think about when you have just arrived in a foreign country, perhaps on holiday or maybe to teach English there. You don't speak the local language but you need to communicate. So you...
Author: Eric H. Roth ; Toni Aberson Publisher: BookSurge Publishing/ Chimayo Press Details: Paperback; 164 pages; Pub.2007 ISBN: 141965828X Suitable for Upper Intermediate to Advanced Students, this book provides questions and quotations on timeless topics. Designed...
Silly Sentences is an easy game which is ideal as a 5 minute filler activity at the end of the lesson. It practices sentence structure and vocabulary. Method of Play As the teacher, you write on the board a few random letters (or draw them from a bag of Scrabble...
What's the current teaching situation in the USA? We look into what is happening here right now in terms of immigration and teaching English. Each year more than one million immigrants who arrive in the USA face one of the biggest challenges of moving abroad -...
