Exercise for small group
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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…
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What happened here?
Read more: What happened here?Can you guess the situation? In this exercise your students will need to use all their imagination to guess what happened. One of them will know everything, and the others may ask questions that can be answered only with “yes” or “no” to get bits of information. The winner is the one who can put…
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Negotiations
Read more: NegotiationsPair or small group exercise Learning objectives Instructions for this exercise Divide students into pairs or groups of three. Distribute the task material (national park information and task instructions) to the pairs/groups and instruct each to choose one object from the information to explore. Each student will explore a different object. Give students a few…
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Stages of life
Read more: Stages of lifeHow would it feel to go back to your grandmother’s steaming soup pot for a moment? Do you still remember what your favorite subject was in school or what you did as a teenager? And what kind of future did you dream of? In this exercise, you will share memories from the past, think about…
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Idiomatic expressions
Read more: Idiomatic expressionsThis activity allows learners to understand and use common idiomatic expressions related to everyday situations by associating expressions with specific contexts, enrich idiomatic vocabulary and develop fluency and spontaneity in speaking. Through a card-matching game, learners will become more familiar with the culture of the country in which they live, enabling them to better understand…