Simon Says is a very simple, very effective activity you can use in your TEFL class. It often works best with younger learners and has been adapted from the traditional English game. How it Works The game is simple. You, as teacher, give commands to your class using “Simon says” […]

Silly Sentences is an easy game which is ideal as a 5 minute filler activity at the end of the lesson. It practices sentence structure and vocabulary. Method of Play As the teacher, you write on the board a few random letters (or draw them from a bag of Scrabble […]

Sherlock Holmes is a fun ice breaker, ideal with a new class on the first day of school, ideally a class who do not know each other. The idea is that the class guesses the answers their partner will give to certain questions; from this the class can get to […]

Sentence Mix is a simple game you can use to help your students practice sentence construction and revise parts of speech. With no preparation it’s ideal as a five minute end-of-lesson activity or you can build it into something longer and more involved. Simply write up on the board a […]

This is a simple game you can play with semantic fields. Preparation Prepare a set of flashcards. On each one write the name of a semantic field. For example, kitchen items things in my bedroom office equipment fruit When you choose the semantic fields, make sure they are relevant to […]