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 printable activities from the Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards series.
Increase vocabulary retention with active engagement with new words.
A communicative approach to learning new vocabulary.
Gamification options and full instructions provided.
INSTRUCTIONS
A fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activity.
Target Language: Adverbs of Frequency
never
rarely
sometimes
often
always
PART 1:
Student A describes a series of images (a-d) using adverbs of frequency. The circle in the bottom-left corner indicates the frequency. Student B has the answers and corrects Student A, if necessary
PART 2:
Conversation questions encouraging use of the target language.
Full instructions provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: Past Perfect
PART 1:
Divide Ss into pairs.
Student A asks Student B the question at the top of picture a.
Student B looks at the picture and answers the question using past perfect.
Student B has the answers and corrects Student A if necessary.
Now it’s Student B’s turn
PART 2:
Conversation questions encouraging use of the target language.
Full instructions provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PART 1:
Students describe the differences in their pictures using the past perfect continuous
PART 2: Excuse!
Students ask each other questions and try to think of good excuses which explain the situation, using the past perfect continuous.
For example:
Student A: “Why did you sleep in your car all night?”
Student B: “because I had been drinking in the pub all day and I lost my keys”
Full instructions and gamification options provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: Present Continuous
PART 1:
Students describe the differences in their pictures using the present continuous
PART 2:
Conversation questions encouraging use of the target language.
Full instructions and gamification options provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: REPORTING VERBS
PART 1: The Broken Window Game
A role-play activity encouraging use of reporting verbs
(maybe the most fun activity in ESL!)
PART 2: Discussion questions
Conversation questions encouraging use of reporting verbs
Full instructions, gamification options and homework provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: ‘ed’ endings
PART 1: Memory Tower
Student A gives Student B the first verb on their list. Student B needs to guess if the ending is pronounced with /t/, /d/ or /id/.
If Student B is correct, they move on to the next verb on their next turn.
If Student B is incorrect, they need to start from the beginning on their next turn.
Players continue until one person can recite their whole list without error
PART 2: Discussion questions
Conversation questions encouraging use of “ed” endings
Full instructions and gamification options are provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: USED TO
PART 1: Spot the difference
Students take it in turns to describe their photos and work together to identify differences between them.
PART 2: Discussion questions
Conversation questions encouraging use of “used to” structures
Full instructions and gamification options are provided.
2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.
Target Language: PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS
PART 1: Jokes!
Using passive reporting verbs, students explain jokes about national stereotypes to each other.
For example:
– What do you call a genius in
Norway?
– A tourist.
“Norwegians are thought to be stupid by Swedish people”
PART 2: Discussion questions
Conversation questions encouraging use of passive reporting verbs