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!
PUZZLE THREE The following newspaper report about Mrs Emily Inglethorp’s inquest needs completing. Hercules Poirot would appreciate your assistance in putting the words provided in the box [...]
PUZZLE FOUR: The Mysterious Affair at Styles escape room is coming to an end and Poirot needs you to answer these comprehension questions to clarify his possible explanation of some [...]
PUZZLE FIVE: Well, if you are reading this all previous puzzles must have been completed. Congratulations! But, wait, your gamemaster must give you a “snake” hiding eight words connected to crime [...]
MAY YOU HAVE A NICE DAY On Valentine’s Day we are all invited to show Love of any kind really, don’t you agree? After all, love is in the air! When I have done this activity in class I have [...]
Give thanks and eat pie Most students will have heard of Thanksgiving and most probably watched movies related to this celebration. They would know about eating turkey and the traditional [...]
Sing along! I am sharing today this song that was once part of the Christmas workshops prepared by both my group and myself. The song chosen for this workshop was Do they know it’s [...]
I find this is a nice and easy way to close up an activity. Like favourite end-of-term dynamics, lesson or anecdote. End-of-course positives and negatives, or proposals and suggestions. Also good [...]
Which one are you? This is an activity I experienced myself as a participant in Positive Discipline + Training Courses. The group dynamics had an impact on us participants when we [...]
With the update of the CEFR bringing new referential areas like mediation and the rise of a new emerging concept of what it is to be part of a team or what it is to get your ideas across, the [...]
someone in your family, someone you get on really well with, someone quite unusual, eccentric or annoying, someone you admire When it comes to family and friends students are always [...]
