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Ideas 73 & 74 for Translation Activities in the TEFL Classroom

English on menus in Taiwan isn’t common in most restaurants. This means that a non-Chinese speaker like myself has to rely on a lot of trial-and-error when ordering, unless that is someone at the restaurant can help me out. This … Continue reading

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Idea for Kindergarten P.E. Hula-Hoop Game

INSIDE / OUTSIDE!!! Some hula-hoops. All students. Game: A new P.E. game that I’m refining at the minute. I scatter six or seven hula-hoops randomly on the gym floor. I then sing a made-up song along the lines of ‘Outside, … Continue reading

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Idea 64 for Kindergarten Choral Repetition

FUNNY VOICES. No materials. All students. Activity: Choral repetition (where the whole class says a word after the teacher says it) is really useful in an ESL kindergarten to give all pupils the chance to get used to saying new … Continue reading

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Idea 61 for Beginner Handwriting

MAGIC FINGER. No materials. All students. Activity: Before the children start practising writing letters in their books, I have them first write the letter in the air with their fingers and count the amount of strokes needed to complete it. … Continue reading

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Idea 48 for Intermediate-level TEFL Game

CONNECT 4. No prep. All students. Game: Each week with my older students we have 10 new vocabulary words to do. I spend about twenty minutes of each of my classes going over these words in as fun a way … Continue reading

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Idea 47 for Intermediate-Level TEFL Game

STOP THE BUS! No props needed. All class. Game: This is a game I heard about from other teachers which I’ve started using recently with great results. It’s brilliant to practise vocabulary and really stretches the children’s abilities. I split … Continue reading

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Idea 44 for Intermediate to High-Level TEFL Class

ONE WORD STORY-TELLING. No props. All class. Game/Warm-up: I’ve done this a few times with my higher-level class who are 10-years-old. To show the children the idea of the game, I choose a confident student to model the activity with … Continue reading

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Idea 42 for Kindergarten TEFL Game

LINES QUIZ. No props needed. All class. Game: This is a superb game, perfect for revising almost any subject quickly and in a fun way. It is a modified version of an idea I read on the excellent Genki English … Continue reading

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Ideas 39 & 40 for Intermediate-level TEFL Class Games

39. TABOO. Word cards that students make. All students. Game: Before the lesson, fold up some A4 paper and cut it into 8 equal pieces. On each piece write a word that the students will know; either a common word … Continue reading

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