Exercise for small group
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Boss Rush?
Read more: Boss Rush?How do you face a job interview? Do you know what kind of questions are usually asked in them? With this fun videogame-insipred exercise, your students will face bosses one after the other in order to gain experience and be finally able to get the job. They will need to prepare a suitable CV and…
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Would you rather?
Read more: Would you rather?Would you rather live in the city or in the countryside?What are the benefits of each other? Can you convince the others that your opinion is the best? In this exercise, your students get to decide which option suits them best and convince their classmates to join them. And then they have to make them…
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What Should I Wear?
Read more: What Should I Wear?What should I wear? In this activity, students work with clothing cards to build essential vocabulary and then apply it to real-life situations. From family dinners to freezing temperatures and rainy days, they decide what to wear and explain their choices in full sentences. The task gradually moves from simple identification to meaningful communication: learners…
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Situation cards
Read more: Situation cardsWhat is going on in the picture? What should happen next to solve the problem? In this simple exercise, students need to remember and use common vocabulary and sentence structures in order to describe a situation they see. At the same time, they might learn new words and benefit from peer support they receive from…
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Persuasion exercise
Read more: Persuasion exerciseCan you justify your will well and persuade others? In this exercise, which is based on real-life situations, students get to test what they could say in different situations when the purpose is to persuade or entice others to do something or change their minds. The exercise works well with B1 level students, but it…
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Who built our future?
Read more: Who built our future?Who built the world?Not kings, not CEOs, not only the men in lab coats. Behind some of the world’s most important discoveries stand women — curious, brave, and often forgotten. The Wi-Fi you use every day? Thank Hedy Lamarr.The dishwasher that changed households? Josephine Cochrane.The first computer code? Ada Lovelace. In this exercise learners explore…
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Life in colours
Read more: Life in coloursLet’s dare to see life in colour and give free rein to our creativity! With this introductory or revision activity, even your beginner learners can play and express their imagination. Whether using dominoes, mind maps, word associations or short poems, everything is an excuse to use simple but essential everyday vocabulary. Tip for teachers: you…
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Surfin’ the Internet
Read more: Surfin’ the InternetAre you aware of how much the Internet affects your daily life? Do you ever take into consideration how much of your time is spent in leisure or being productive? Or do you even know how many things you can do with your phone nowadays? Let’s take some time to reflect on all of this!…
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Crazy Language!
Read more: Crazy Language!In this exercise, your students will need to use all their imagination and metacognition about the language they have learned in class and in their daily lives to create memes – or humorous visuals. After a simple and concrete presentation of meme culture, its format and humour, your learners will be able to share their…
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Cultural differences
Read more: Cultural differencesDid you ever feel funny or silly doing something that feels normal to you but other people seem to look at you like you are an alien? Sometimes when you move to a new country, you learn new habits by accident when you notice that everyone else is doing something differently than what you are…