Counting Cards is an activity which lets you practice countable and non-countable nouns‏‎ with your class. Preparation You will need to prepare a set of flashcards‏‎, each with a picture of a countable or a non-countable noun on them. You will need enough so that each student in the class […]

Constantinople is a traditional word game that can be easily adapted for the ESL classroom. It works as an ideal filler activity at the end of class and can also be used to tire out lively students! It practices vocabulary but can also be adapted for semantic fields. Running the […]

Conditional Mashups is a simple activity to have your class practicing conditionals. It also encourages your students to use their imaginations which is never a bad thing! Preparation For this you’ll need loads of slips of paper. Each slip should have a dividing line right down the middle. Later a […]

Conditional Links is a very simple activity with no preparation needed; it’s ideal to practice conditionals and can be used as a quick filler to do just that. Simply write up on the board the first clause of any conditional, e.g. If I won the lottery… Choose a student at […]

Comics are an excellent way to introduce your TEFL students to current, everyday English, in a non academic format. Comics are ideal because they are simple to understand (because they’re accompanied by pictures which often help explain) they are hugely popular in many countries they cover a wide range of […]