Exercise for the whole group
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Comic story
Read more: Comic storyTell a Story with Comics! This fun and easy activity gets students telling each other stories while practicing everyday vocabulary. Pictures and guiding questions make it easier to come up with ideas – and the results are always creative! You can use ready-made comic strips from newspapers or online – or ask students to draw…
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Taking action for our Planet!
Read more: Taking action for our Planet!This B1 level activity is an excellent tool for developing oral production skills and raising environmental awareness among language learners. It combines a structured approach with engaging, real-world topics, making it both educational and impactful. The activity is specifically designed to hone several key oral communication competencies: Argumentation and Persuasion, Enriched Vocabulary and Collaborative Communication.…
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Secrets in a basket
Read more: Secrets in a basketDo your students know each other? When they know the others in the class cooperation is much easier, and they will start actually caring about their partners. With this simple questions game they will have fun while practicing asking and answering questions, and they wiil build bonds that will make the lessons much more interesting…
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Alibi game
Read more: Alibi gameThe alibi game is a fun game that easily tickles the nerves of laughter, in which students have to use past tenses and describe their actions almost without even noticing. “What time did you come home yesterday? What movie did you go to see? Who paid for the tickets?…” Challenge your students to answer quickly…
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Classroom rules!
Read more: Classroom rules!This activity offers an interactive and meaningful way for learners to take ownership of their learning space and start communicating in the target language from the very first lesson. For beginner learners, the class rules should be created during the first or second lesson. This activity promotes oral expression, interaction and a sense of belonging…
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This or that?
Read more: This or that?This or that? You can only pick one! This fun and easy activity helps students talk to different classmates, share opinions, and get to know each other. The game is also super easy to adapt for any group! Cover image: Riina MerisaariActivity contributed by: PO / Anni Toikka Exercise for the whole group Learning objectives:…
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Power to the people! A debate exercise
Read more: Power to the people! A debate exercisePower to the People? A Debate on Hot Topics! Step into the shoes of a policymaker and join our C1-level classroom debate! Two teams. One controversial topic. Can you argue for or against it convincingly? Build your case, challenge others, and sharpen your speaking skills in a structured, real-time debate. Great for improving fluency, critical…
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Health dominoes
Read more: Health dominoesLet’s play dominoes! Playing this game is an easy and fun way to memorize and review health-related vocabulary. You can use the same template to practice all kinds of vocabulary — just search for pictures (or draw them!), turn them into domino cards, and you’re ready to go! Cover image: Hertta SäkkinenImages of the cards:…
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Describe & draw
Read more: Describe & drawDifferent working methods bring a pleasant variety to lessons, and in this activity that combines speaking and drawing, learners also get to practice their listening comprehension skills. It’s worth spending a bit of time introducing the exercise so that learners understand the idea and know that the drawings don’t have to be very elaborate –…
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Speed friending
Read more: Speed friendingEspecially at the beginning of a new course, it’s a good idea to spend time on team-building activities. In the speed friending exercise, language learners get to know each other. The exercise is quite fast-paced, and the goal is to have short conversation sessions with changing partners, so that everyone can meet as many people…