BE YOUR OWN VALENTINE
This year I’m taking the safest path to discussing love and relationships – the ‘healthy self’ path. As a warm-up, write self-love = selfish on the board, and ask students whether they mean the same thing. Have them come up…
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A-MAZE-ING GAME: THE PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVE TO BATTLESHIPS
On days when battle themes just aren’t right for your class, go with the A-Maze-Ing Game. Bringing the classic games we grew up with into the classroom can be tricky. Sometimes we need to tweak them so they support learning,…
GETTING TO KNOW YOU MEMORY GAME
Are you more like a teacher or a holidaymaker? GO! Now take a look around and see who feels the same way. Teachers, give a high-five to someone in your group and share memories of your summer holidays. Holidaymakers, say…
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth, dare, double dare, love, kiss, promise…You may have played and enjoyed this game as a teen. I stumbled upon this version of Truth or Dare shared by from Yulia in her Discover English Teaching group the other day, and I…
THE A-MAZE-ING GAME
Speaking Games: The A-MAZE-ING Game ‘If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.’ A ‘maze’ principle has been widely used in ELT material design, in particular for reading assignments, where students are given different…
SHOW ME YOUR POKER FACE
Speaking Games for Language Learners: Personality Poker How do you know you are a teacher? Whenever you read, hear or see something new, you immediately start thinking of how you can tweak it for the classroom. The other day I…
THE SECRET KEEPER GAME: HOW TO SPILL THE BEANS
Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners: The Secret Keeper They say that applicants for membership in secret societies in ancient Greece were voted upon by having the existing members drop beans into a pottery jar. Those who approved of the…
