Before engaging your students in a full blown classroom debate you may want to get them accustomed to discussing ideas and exchanging opinions and of course it's great for listening and speaking practice. Here are a few ideas for mini debates. They are easy to...
This article offers a simple First Lesson for Beginners. It assumes that all instruction will be done in English and the class knows no English at all, i.e. the class are all complete beginners. Background It is generally accepted that using English only in the...
The Warm Up Game can be used to literally warm up the class and is ideal for teaching new vocabulary, especially to younger students. An added bonus is that it gets the children going first thing in the morning and wears them out a little! How to Play It's a simple...
Storytelling is an ancient art that developed alongside the development of language and it is one of the earliest forms of folkart. The story can be of a real event or it can be made up. Storytelling has been used over the millennia not only as a means of...
Debates and Discussions in the TEFL class are great techniques to improve student participation. They help to improve the students’ general communication skills and confidence. They encourage quick thinking and improve rebuttal skills. In a more general way, they are...
A Lesson Plan is the outline of what will be taught in a single lesson. It is, if you like, a road map for the hour or 90 minutes or so you will spend with the class. Creating a good lesson plan is vitally important for a successful lesson and good teachers invariably...
What If is an activity to practice the third conditional looking at impossible outcomes. Preparation Firstly select a famous historical event and prepare a summary of it in about 200 words (you can often find good summaries online in Wikipedia for example). Make...
The word Karaoke means empty orchestra from the Japanese Kara = empty and Oke (short for Okesutora) = orchestra. Karaoke tracks are without lead vocals. The lead vocals are provided by the performer singing the Karaoke song through a microphone. The song is played in...
Comics are an excellent way to introduce your TEFL students to current, everyday English, in a non academic format. Comics are ideal because they are simple to understand (because they're accompanied by pictures which often help explain) they are hugely popular in...
This activity is to practice expressing likes and dislikes. The principle can be adapted, however, to practice almost any language item. The game is best suited to medium to large groups of students. The objective is for each student to fill in a row of their bingo...
This is a simple activity to help students practice the passive voice in the present simple. You should use it once you have gone through the basics of the passive voice and your students are familiar with the rules of formation for the passive present simple...
