Creative English Lessons for Teachers

ESL Speaking Warmer | Take A Breath

15/12/2019

This is a surprisingly fun game that your kids, teens, and even adults will love. In its most basic form, it only involves counting, and your students will benefit from and have fun.

You'd be surprised how many even advanced students have a hard time with numbers.

This will work for all ages and levels.

How it works:

Take a deep breath
Choose something to say on one exhale (counting, having conversation, practicing unit vocabulary, etc)
Make it a competition

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Pro Tips:

Go first - It's always recommended for the teacher to demonstrate what they are asking their students to do. This shows them what you want and nobody likes to go first... unless they do.

Record the Numbers - Record the times, words they say, etc to make the competition seem more real.

Easter Egg Lessons:

Giving Effort - Once you find the right topic or objective, your students will be giving effort without even knowing it.

Multi-tasking - They will be focusing on the exhale, speaking, and thinking about what they are actually saying.

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EFL Vocabulary Game | Stop The Bus | Perfect for KIDS, TEENS, and ADULTS

9/8/2019

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If you've never actually played Stop The Bus in your PRE-TEEN and TEEN classes, you're doing yourself a disservice. This can also be a lot of fun for INTERMEDIATE ADULT classes. Your students will have to think quick because they're racing against each other to think of spontaneous English words.

It might be a good idea to remind them to remember and use their vocabulary section of their notebooks. Any rules or parameters you give to include things you've learned in your classes would make this game even more productive.

Lesson Plan

LESSON: Use as a class opener or to start a speaking lesson
OBJECTIVES: Learn and think of vocabulary on the spot
LEVEL: Can be appropriate for most levels and ages.
TIME: 10-14 minutes

Activity:

· Draw 6 columns on the board. (I like to make it six)
· In each column goes a category (food, country, clothes, animals, jobs, phrasal verbs, adjectives, etc.)
- For Example -

ESL Vocabulary Game: Stop the Bus

food | jobs | animals | phrasal verbs | adjectives | transportation

·      Choose a letter for the class to use
·      Students write a word in each column that begins with that letter.
·      The first person who finishes yells, "Stop the bus!" and everyone has to stop writing.
·      5 points for shared answers; 10 points for unique answers

Pro-Tips:

· I like to add some "English" categories like phrasal verbs or adjectives.
· This works for classes and 1-on-1 students.
· In 1-on-1 lessons, the student goes against you. (Don't be surprised if you student does better than you!)

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Easter Egg Lessons:

Thinking Under Pressure - If you ever play this game with co-workers or students, you'll know what kind of pressure this game offers. You'll find it's difficult to think of a profession that begins with P when you're in the game. Our students are practicing the skill of thinking under pressure.

Losing - The truth is, most of your students will lose this game. It's an important skill to know how to lose, and to know that it's not the end of the world. Some of your classes will get very competitive. Losing is an important skill to learn in order to know how to win.

More Words - Many of the students will lose because they missed some of the obvious words that they didn't know that they know. They will end up learning words that they don't even realize that they're learning them... but you'll be able to observe this.

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EFL Vocabulary Game | Stop The Bus | Perfect for KIDS, TEENS, and ADULTS

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food | jobs | animals | phrasal verbs | adjectives | transportation

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ESL Speaking Warmer | Take A Breath

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EFL Vocabulary Game | Stop The Bus | Perfect for KIDS, TEENS, and ADULTS

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Activity:

food | jobs | animals | phrasal verbs | adjectives | transportation

Pro-Tips:

Easter Egg Lessons:

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