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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 »
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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