ESL Teaching Materials
If you’re looking for a language-focused activity that gets students excited about speaking and listening to English, it’s hard to beat a trivia game.
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If you’re looking for a language-focused activity that gets students excited about speaking and listening to English, it’s hard to beat a trivia game.
Quick filler activities serve a purpose in ESL classes. They sustain interest by providing a short break during long stretches of concentrated study. They also fill a gap near the end of class. Here’s a terrific 5-minute game that works great with elementary and middle school students.
Sometimes English composition teachers need to focus ESL student attention on word fluency. That is, the ability to recall words without dictionaries. Thus, teachers need a bag of activities to build and improve student vocabulary power. Here is one of those activities which all ESL teachers should keep in their back pocket.
This activity combines a variety of skills and doesn’t take much time. It’s called a dictogloss, a kind of dictation that involves note taking, group discussion and focused attention on language.