First TEFL Lesson Interview

First TEFL Lesson Interview is a good activity for a 1-to-1‏‎ lesson to break the ice and get to know your student. It can also be adapted for larger classes. Quite simply, either before the lesson if you have the chance, or during the first few minutes of the lesson, […]

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How to Play Bingo

Bingo is a fun game of chance that anyone can play. The game is played on a scorecard that’s made up of 25 squares — if you get 5 squares in a row, you win!   Setting up Bingo Get at least 1 scorecard for each player. Bingo scorecards have […]

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What is Bingo

In the United States, Bingo is a game of chance in which each player matches numbers printed in different arrangements on cards with the numbers the game host (caller) draws at random, marking the selected numbers with tiles. When a player finds the selected numbers are arranged on their card […]

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ESL Bingo

This activity is to practice expressing likes and dislikes. The principle can be adapted, however, to practice almost any language item. The game is best suited to medium to large groups of students. The objective is for each student to fill in a row of their bingo card with the […]

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ESL Backup Plan

Almost any teacher experiences sooner or later a time in their teaching career when due to lack of preparation, misjudgment of their students’ language ability, or simply laziness they ran out of material, activities and even ideas before the end of their lesson. Not a nice place to be! If […]

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