EFL Resources for Teachers
Categories is a simple no-prep warmer that’s suitable for any level! This speaking & listening activity relies on students’ existing knowledge, so make sure the topic is familiar. It can be used to bridge topics and get students thinking. For example, if teaching a lesson about immigration, I might play Categories using the topics “jobs”, “transportation”, and “countries” to activate backgrouRead More…
What’s Baamboozle? If you don’t need a tutorial, there’s a big free game at the end of this post! If you haven’t heard of Baamboozle before, it’s a Jeopardy-style question & answer game that can be played from a web browser. It’s good for vocabulary, reading, or grammar reviews. When adding questions and short answers, you can add points (5, 10, 15, 20, 25) and images by file or URL: Read More…
A little history first! The Exquisite Story is a simple writing activity based on the Surrealist drawing game, the Exquisite Corpse. When studying Fine Arts at university, this was a favorite pastime of my friends and I! While I wouldn’t recommend drawing games for EFL classes, I think the original game is too interesting to not share: The Exquisite Corpse In the drawing version of Read More…
I recently taught a class (~B2) by using For Sale Signs as a template for a vocabulary review challenge. Our reading was about animals, so I used that as our starting point. You could alternatively use your own vocabulary lists or random things. The Activity Students first chose a Random Animal, as pictured below: Screenshot from: https://www.randomlists.com/random-animals After Read More…
I always keep a few Venn Diagram handouts tucked away for my classes! Venn diagrams are a a great tool for getting students to organize their thoughts for comparing and contrasting ideas. The structure is good for younger students to begin to think more critically and for older students to use as a reference when preparing a comparative essay. After introducing the structure, I’ll jump righRead More…
