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Autonomy
- Two Activities for Fostering Autonomous Learning
- Peer and Self-evaluation in Spoken Tests: Tools and Methods
- Two Activities for Raising Consciousness of Language Learners' Strategies
Business English
Conversation / Oral English
- Ten Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
- Ten More Conversation Lessons with Stories, Vocabulary Practice, Questions and Activities
- Conversation Topic: Work
- An Information-Sharing Puzzle Activity
- Communication in the Classroom
- Bones of Contention: "Listed" Role Plays for Students of Oral English
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Activities for Conversation Classes
- Accidents in the Home
- An Activity for Teaching ESL/EFL Students to Make Quick Replies
- An Activity for Teaching Intonation Awareness to ESL/EFL Students
- Are you a Good Socializer
- Discussion Topic: My New Home
- Discussion Topic: The Home
- Election Manifesto
- Finish the Sentence
- Generalisations
- Giving and Accepting Compliments
- Headline Completion
- Life
- Nationalities and Their Stereotypes
- New Year's Resolutions
- People Who Live the Longest
- Possible Dangers Associated With Becoming a Millionaire Overnight
- Predictions for This Year
- Talking about the Top News Stories
- The Environment
- The World Ends in Two Years
- Things That Have Changed the World
- Times Have Changed
- What Type of Student Are You?
- Word Associations
- Talking Cards
- Two ESL Listening & Speaking Games
- An Activity for Teaching the Purposes of Discourse
- Blurring the Boundary Between Spoken and Written Language in EFL
- Four Engaging Activities for Large EFL Classes
- The Love Clinic: Using Advice Columns in the Classroom
- Activities for College Conversation Classes: The Generation Gap and Getting Along with Peers
- Telling True Stories: Blending Multimedia in a Task-based Activity
- Playing with Questions-A Game for Young Learners
- Conversation Questions for ESL Students
Cooperative Learning
Culture
- Teaching Awareness of Stereotyping
- A Way to Teach Culture: Guns or No Guns
- A Way to Teach Culture: Large cups, small cups, whose cups?
- Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan
- The International Potluck: An Integrated-Skills Cross-Cultural Activity
- Bringing Culture into the Classroom
- A Fun Cultural Indoor Rally
- American Fast Food (The Hamburger): A Cultural Lesson
- Examining Australian and Japanese Stereotypes Via E-mail Exchange
- Jokes for the ESL Classroom
- Using Critical Incidents to Teach Cross-cultural Sensitivity
- Table Manners
- Discussing Cultural Knowledge for Life in the USA
- Using Modern Art to Teach Language and Culture to ESL Students
- Learning American Holidays Through Greeting Cards
- Flags: A Classroom Activity
Games
- Six Games for the EFL/ESL Classroom
- Write-to-Learn: Geography Strategies
- Using a TV Matchmaking Format in the Classroom
- Student Created Crossword Puzzle Exercise
- Language Learning Games: Gotcha & The Spelling Officer
- Password Game
- A Campus Scavenger Hunt for ESL Students
- Using Games in Teaching English to Young Learners
Grammar
- Grammar Teaching Plan: Real Conditional Sentences
- An Activity for Teaching Prepositions Associated with Time
- Classroom Handout: The Order of Descriptive Adjectives
Internet
- CNN Interactive: Reading, Discussing and Writing
- Choosing and Summarizing Internet Resources
- Projects Using the Internet In College English Classes
- Internet Treasure Hunts - A Treasure of an Activity for Students Learning English
- Finding Information on the International Movie Database Website
- A Virtual Visit to the Guggenheim Museums in New York
- Who Wrote That?
- Using a Modular Approach to schMOOze with ESL/EFL Students
- Web-based Cultural Lesson: Restaurants & Food
- Introducing EFL Students to Chat Rooms
- ESL Lessons Using Non-ESL Websites
Listening
Motivation
Music and Songs
- Musical Activities for Young Learners of EFL
- Reviewing Time with the Song 'Rock Around the Clock'
- Student Created Song Exercises
- Digging Deeper into Songs: A Writing Activity
Multi-skill
Oral Presentation
- Country Presentations
- Delivering a Persuasive Speech
- Evaluation Sheet for ESL/EFL Speech Practice
- Preparing EFL Learners for Oral Presentations
Pronunciation
Reading
- Teaching Culture in Literature in the ESL/EFL Classroom
- Teaching the English Newspaper Effectively
- Read Aloud and Spot the Differences
- The Newspaper Scavenger Hunt
- A Fun Reading Comprehension Activity
- Teaching the Short Story, "Flowers for Algernon," to College-Level ESL Students
- Using University Catalogues as a Pedagogical Tool
- Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street: Experiencing Poetical Prose
- Chocolate - A Reading with Comprehension Questions
- People Who Crossed Borders: An Interactive Reading Exercise
- Three Extensive Reading Activities for ESL/EFL Students Using E-books
- Using Advice Columns with ESL Students
Travel Survival
- Innocents Abroad: Training Japanese for Travel
- Travel Advice Bureau
- A Pre-departure Program for Students Who Study Abroad
- Invitations and Requests in a Restaurant
Video
- Ideas on Using Videos
- Is the Movie the Same as the Book?
- Teaching the Movie "Men in Black" to ESL Students
- ESL/EFL Lessons Using Movies
- Video in the Language Lab: Teaching Vocabulary
- Developing an ESP Course Around Naturally-occurring Videotaped Medical Consultations
- Watching Movie Trailers in the ESL Class
- Activities for the ESL Classroom Incorporating Reality-based TV
- The Simpsons in Japan: A Lesson on Stereotypes
Vocabulary
- Vocabulary Lesson: If a Runner Runs, Does a Sweater Sweat?
- The Adjective-Noun Game
- A Man for Every Purpose - Increasing Learners' Vocabulary Awareness
- The Human Body - A Vocabulary Awareness Activity in Four Steps
- Introducing Euphemisms to Language Learners
- A Reading Exercise with Food Related Phrasal Verbs
- A Lesson on Food Idioms
- Similes in the ESL Classroom
- Activities to Teach the Count and Noncount Noun Distinction
Writing
- Global Warming: A Cause and Effect Writing Lesson
- An Interesting Approach to Writing Introduction Paragraphs
- Tips for ESL Students on Reviewing and Improving Written Work
- Using Personal Photographs to Spark Narrative Writing
- Writing with Style: Two Useful Strategies for Students
Other Lessons
- The Outside World as an Extension of the EFL/ESL Classroom
- Car Budget Activity
- Using Posters in Content Courses
- Student-Led Lesson: Vacation Commercials
- Lesson Plan: My Animal
- A Story-Telling and Re-Telling Activity
- Teacher-made Activities for a Computer-based ESL/EFL Class
- Minister of the Environment
- Topic Based Lesson: All Kinds of Failure
- A Story Building Activity Using "Not Enough" and "Too Many"
- Learning about Prejudice and Discrimination
- Gender-Based Vowel Preferences and Their Use As a Teaching Tool
- Fun Question Rounds for Children's English Classes
- Critical Thinking: How Much of You Is You?
- Critical Thinking: What a Character
- Facilitating Discussions of Newspaper Articles in the ESL/EFL Classroom
- A Training Lesson Plan on Virtual Communities for EFL
- Bronx Zoo Lesson Plan for Adult ESL Students
- Six Group Activities for Teaching ESL Children
- Discussing Your Name to Develop ESL Presentation Skills
- Self-introduction Lesson Plan for ESL Students
- Teaching Abstract Concepts in the EFL Classroom
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