I would like to share with other teachers these group dynamics that have worked well throughout the thirty years I have had the pleasure of working with adult students in ESL Classrooms (1993 – 2023). I hope you find them useful and please share your experiences with us!
Once upon a time, some students had become so confused with grammar structures that they got completely stuck in the same level without managing to move forward because of their poor command of [...]
Why would someone commit murder? Well, these very clever B2.1 students have found out the reasons why Mr Henry Barkerville was murdered and here is the breakout they completed after their class [...]
This Oxford Bookworms reader by John Escott is the protagonist of this breakout specially created for my A1 students. The narrative behind today’s activity is [...]
2023 and we keep moving onto 21st century classrooms! I was recently shown this videoclip with what-makes-no-sense in modern times educational environments, which I am happy to share with you [...]
Based on Gamification, SEL and 21st century skills the proposal today is a Breakout Educational Experience for upper-intermediate students, as a follow-up class activity to extensive reading [...]
Author of some of the most singular buildings of the time, Antonio Gaudí left behind old architectonic concepts with his revolutionary construction solutions inspired by nature. He was 52 years [...]
This is a multidisciplinary linguistic mediation task for C1 students. The activity aims at commemorating International Women’s Day and is presented in two different sessions: task a [...]
This activity for advanced ESL students originates in the historical consequences of an unprecedented rift between 10, Downing Street and Buckingham Palace represented in Netflix The Crown S4:E8 [...]
This linguistic mediation task to commemorate International Women’s Day is presented in two sessions beginning with «48:1 as preparation» for the final task When they have completed the [...]
In these unusual times that we are living thoughts and emotions, feelings and sensations may also seem rather unusual to us all. When I sit and get my lessons prepared to teach my students, [...]
