A box of TEFL tricks for you!
Here we list hundreds of lesson plans, activities and ideas to use in your TEFL classroom.
The main list below has activities which practice many different aspects of English: reading, writing, listening, speaking. These can often be used with many different types of classes.
Picture Word Match is a very simple activity ideal for young learners. It helps reinforce vocabulary and spelling. Preparation Cut out and prepare a load of flashcards. These should be in pairs. On one put a picture of an item and on the other, the written name of the item. […]
Pictionary is a classic game which you can use in the classroom to practice vocabulary. The basic premise is simple: draw a picture to represent a word. This can be very easy to do with basic concrete nouns where students can draw a picture of, for example: a cat a […]
Opposites Attract is an activity you can use to practice opposites (or antonyms) in class. Preparation Prepare a set of flashcards, each of which forms half of a pair of words. big – small always – never cheap – expensive and so on. The words you use should be of […]
One Word Speeches is a very simple activity which needs very little preparation but which is highly effective in giving your students practice in all four skills, especially listening and speaking. It is very flexible and in different forms it works for both beginners right up to highly advanced students, […]
Non-Threatening Debates are ideal TEFL debates which can be held in class and then voted on. The idea is simple. If you get your class to debate a hot topic (e.g. anything political or religious) then students can get very emotional and carried away. Because they are often emotionally involved […]