A box of TEFL tricks for you!
Here we list hundreds of lesson plans, activities and ideas to use in your TEFL classroom.
The main list below has activities which practice many different aspects of English: reading, writing, listening, speaking. These can often be used with many different types of classes.
What I Did at the Weekend is a common activity used in TEFL classrooms. At the beginning of the lesson as a kind of warm up the teacher will typically ask a few students what they did last weekend, or yesterday, or during the holidays, etc. This can be a […]
Warmers or Lesson Starters are quick activities used at the beginning of a lesson to get students warmed-up and ready to learn. They are useful to help students relax and feel comfortable in the classroom; they help promote a fun learning environment and can be a good way to help […]
This article is on how to use Videos in the Classroom (or of course, movies or films in the classroom). It describes the basic technique so that you – and your students – make the most of this valuable resource. (Note that this also applies to DVDs, online clips, etc…). […]
Verifying Tags is an activity which gets your TEFL class practicing using question tags. Question Tags are often used to verify information of which we are not 100% certain. For example we might be discussing holidays and ask someone, “You went to the Seychelles a few years back, didn’t you?” […]
Unique People is a game to practice the present perfect simple verb form. Firstly you’ll need to make sure your class are familiar with the Present Perfect Simple verb form, both formation and usage. Ideally the game can be played after teaching the it and can be used to practice […]