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!
«Your position in the family» is a multipurpose activity for B1 students to practice speaking skills at the time students learn new personality adjectives. The final result is always quite [...]
World Poetry Day March 21st is probably a good day for this task: The Guest House. The poem by Rumi has become a constant reference in my every day life and I would like to share it with [...]
During the BECREA course sessions mentioned above a fascinating post-reading activity named «Literature and the senses» was presented, which caught my attention like a magnet and reads as [...]
When your advanced students have read «Windows of the Mind» whilst listening to the audios and have completed after reading assignments like group discussions, written tasks or role-plays [...]
This graded reader could not be more appropriate for October 31st as a «reading for pleasure» activity. Prepare the class in advance with candles and treats scattered all over the desks, [...]
Here are two activities you can try with your students around Christmas time: Christmas tree of wishes for Liar’s Club and The Advent Calendar The first one worked really well with [...]
Once upon a time when I was an English student myself in Jane Austen´s Bath (South West England) we were asked to bring in an artifact to this Multicultural training course where we would mix [...]
This is one of the most beautiful Emotional Intelligence practices I have experienced. As a student myself I followed the lecturer’s instructions to «open up the envelope at home if you [...]
Based on Gamification, SEL and 21st century skills the proposal today is this Agatha Christie Experience: a Breakout Educational activity for upper-intermediate students. THE [...]
Puzzle one BEFORE CLASS: Watch this documentary on Agatha Christie’s works and life and answer the questions. The correct answers will grant you a key to open “The [...]
