Specialists in creating engaging, interactive and fun language learning resources for English, French , Spanish, German and Portuguese classes.
Exam preparation, conversation, reading & writing, speaking & listening, grammar & vocabulary.
ESL | ELE | FLE
Specialists in creating engaging, interactive and fun language learning resources for English, French , Spanish, German and Portuguese classes.
Exam preparation, conversation, reading & writing, speaking & listening, grammar & vocabulary.
ESL | ELE | FLE
20 x Flashcards with vocabulary related to:
The classroom
Increase vocabulary retention with active engagement with new words.
A communicative approach to learning new vocabulary.
Gamification options and full instructions provided.
Target Vocabulary:
Sac à dos
Livre
Horloge
Dictionnaire
Gomme
Ordinateur portable
Papier
Crayon
Trousse
Règle
Ciseaux
Taille Crayon
Étagère
Tableau blanc
Fenêtre
Prepositions of place gap fill.
Students are presented with a picture of a classroom and have to complete the sentences with the appropriate preposition of place.
Level: Elementary
Words included:
Au-dessus
Sous
Sur
À gauche/droite
Derrière
Devant
Au milieu de
Entre
À côté de
The activity also revises classroom vocabulary.
Wake your students up with a whiteboard vocabulary race!
Level: Elementary
Cut the flashcards out and stick them in random places on the whiteboard.
Divide the class into two teams and give each a team a name.
Write the team names on the whiteboard (see picture below)
Line up the students single-file in front of the whiteboard. There should be two lines in front of the whiteboard.
Stand adjacent to the whiteboard and shout out one of the words.
Award a point to the first student to touch the correct flashcard.
Both students go to the back of the line.
Repeat.
A 14-word crossword with vocabulary related to the classroom.
Target Vocabulary
Étagère
Dictionnaire
Sac à dos
Gomme
Taille crayon
Livre
Trousse
Tableau blanc
Papier
Crayon
Ordinateur portable
Horloge
Règle
Ciseaux
A classroom vocabulary gap fill.
Students are presented with a picture of a classroom and have to complete the sentences with the appropriate classroom vocabulary.
Level: Elementary
Target Vocabulary:
Trousse
Sac à dos
Règle
Ordinateur portable
Horloge
Papier
Crayon
Tableau blanc
Ciseaux
The activity also revises prepositions of place.
No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Part 1: Photo description & comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)
No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Part 1: Photo description & comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)
After reading the description of a classroom, students have to draw the objects (classroom equipment) in the correct place.
Level: Elementary
Lexical requirements:
Classroom vocabulary
Prepositions of place
A pairwork speaking activity focusing on classroom vocabulary and prepositions of place.
Worksheet 1: Décrire et dessiner !
Working in pairs, students have a picture of the same classroom, but with different objects.
The students need to describe the location of the objects their partner is missing and their partner needs to draw the objects in their picture.
Worksheet 2: Questions en conversation
Elementary questions about the classroom and classroom vocabulary.
The teacher describes a picture of the classroom. The students have to listen and draw the objects (classroom equipment) in the correct place.
Level: Elementary
Lexical requirements:
Classroom vocabulary
Prepositions of place
2 x writing activities focusing on classroom vocabulary and prepositions of place.
Level: Elementary
Worksheet 1: Lettre
Students are presented with a picture of a classroom and have to write a description using classroom vocabulary and prepositions.
Worksheet 2: Questions à réponse courte
Elementary writing prompts about the classroom and classroom vocabulary.
A WHITEBOARD race game.
Ideal for revising pet vocabulary.
This activity is ideally used as a follow up to:
Let’s talk about PETS!
Let’s talk about PET PRODUCTS & ACCESSORIES!
Increase vocabulary retention with active engagement with new words.
A communicative approach to learning new vocabulary.
Gamification options and full instructions provided.
INSTRUCTIONS
Increase vocabulary retention with active engagement with new words.
A communicative approach to learning new vocabulary.
Gamification options and full instructions provided.
INSTRUCTIONS
Students first acquire vocabulary relating to stages of life by matching vocabulary with images.
Students then discuss & debate conversation questions relating to the stages of life and life events.
Target Vocabulary:
Baby
Child
Elderly
Teenager
Middle-aged
Young adult
30-something
Students are challenged to:
Express opinions
Extend answers
Maintain a conversation
Elicit more information
Agree or disagree
Justify their arguments
Increase vocabulary retention with active engagement with new words.
A communicative approach to learning new vocabulary.
Gamification options and full instructions provided.
INSTRUCTIONS