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First lesson-getting to know you, the student , and also the teacher
I have used this for the first lesson of groups of varying age and level. Bring in some objects which describe you, your passport, drving licence, degree certificate, photo album,etc and allow the students to use this material to discover about you and complete the worksheet. Obviously you will need to adapt the �About Me�worksheet to apply to yo...
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Eurojoke (stereotypes)
Before showing students the completed text write up the text, with blanks, and invite students to make their own decisions. It can be a good lead-in to further discussion on stereotyping.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 26
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Getting to know you
A pair work activity useful for breaking the ice in a first lesson.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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Find your family (class mingle)
This activity really gets the class excited as they receive a new identity in a new family. They must mingle and ask simple questions, which you can drill beforehand, to discover which of their classmates are in their �new�family. You can distribute the families according to the class size and also to gender balance, and of course you can create ...
Level: elementary
Age: 9-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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Past simple song-perfect for teenagers
Amusing song to help teach/reinforce the past simple. First students have to complete the first few lines for themselves before they listen and complete the rest of the song. A good lead-in would be to ask the class: �What/you/learn/today?�, �What/you/have/for lunch?�,etc.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Needs Analysis
Use on the first lesson with Int-Advanced students to get to know them a bit better and also to check out their written ability.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Present simple board game
A present simple board game useful for general revision or speaking exam revision. Use a dice with numbers 1-3 only so they don�t get through it so quickly.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: others
Downloads: 10
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Make A Bracelet
Practise target language with a more hands-on approach by following instructions in order to produce something nice!
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 6
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Shopping role play
Pre-teach shopping dialogues and elicit the vocab for each shop. Set up a shopping street in the classroom, label each table as a shop and ask for volunteers to be the shop assistants (it works well with two people per shop). The rest of the class are the shoppers and are given a shopping list. Change roles once you feel that they have had enoug...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: others
Downloads: 9
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Blankety-blank word game
Fun game to use in class based on the old TV gameshow �Blankety-Blank (remember?!) Anyway, you can have two teams, each with an appointed �leader� who will change every 2 or 3 turns. Read out a sentence saying "blank" where the blank appears. Without conferring students write down their word(s) on their scrap of paper. A point is scored each tim...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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