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I know that I am generalising, but so often workbooks are relegated to the ‘also ran’ or ‘lemon’ status of materials. Lacking vivid magazine-like colour and language (read grammar) input, workbook exercises are often given as a homework after thought… Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a very simple activity that is very useful to have in your toolbox as a no materials activity.
Aims: Fluency in speaking, listening and group negotiation. Giving advise and suggestions.
Skills: Speaking and listening.
Materials: A board and board pen.
Level: Elementary and above.
Preparation time: None, 
save a little time thinking… Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a very simple activity that is very useful to have in your toolbox as a no materials activity.
Aims: Question forms and demonstrative pronouns. Giving personal information/getting to know you.
Skills: Speaking and listening
Materials: A board and board pen.
Level: All but the most early beginners.
Preparation time: None save a little time thinking… Read the rest of this entry »
Do you teach speaking with few or no materials? Here are some speaking activities that you can try with your classes. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some more activities, some of which you can use with little or no prepararion. These are activities that I have found by dredging my computer directories. I there fore do not know the sources fo these activities. I would be happy to give any credit where it is due.
air off students. It’s a good idea to pair off the students off oneself, as they might be a bit bashful in pairing off with a partner they don’t know. Read the rest of this entry »
This is an activity that requires no setting up and can be done at the drop of a hat just the kind of activity that I love to have in my toolbox! Essentially, the idea is to promote automatization through quick responses, under moderately stressful conditions.
Aim: learners will recycle vocabulary and/or create short sentences under moderately stressful conditions.
Materials: none - don’t you just love it 
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Activities for developing and activating vocabulary in the English classroom (the original idea came from Joanna Stirling July 2000 Bell Teacher Training Summerfest)
One constantly hears of presenting this that and the other. In fact in some institutions, the word “present” seems to be repeated one hundred and one times more than the word “recycle”… Read the rest of this entry »
This milling activity is very simple. Each student has a different sequential series written on a strip of paper. Their task is to find the participant wıith the exactly the same sequence as them self. For this to be a speaking and listening task, monitor the learners carefully to ensure they don’t show their sequences to people. Read the rest of this entry »
This type of activity lends itself to ımproving group cohesion through a cooperative or collaborative task involving listening and speaking.
Drawing dictation is an activity adapted from Christopher Sion’s excellent: Recipes for Tired Teachers.
Download the plan here
Download the key here.
Aim: To introduce and recycle simple lexis related to geometry in a project.
Level: Pre-int and higher.
Materials: The plan and key.
Time: For all stages, allow 180 minutes depending on how you exploit opportunities for recycling.
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