This game is designed to help students practice vocabulary as well as grammar. The lesson below was made for upper-intermediate students, but the same strategy could be adapted for various levels a…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
Here’s a quick instructional video for a very adaptable classroom game: I’ve written about this game in a previous post, with an example using conditionals, so for a full written version of the instructions you can [click here] The game... Continue Reading →| TeachingGamesEFL.com – by Mike Astbury
This post is a brief outline of a teacher development session I’ve presented several times so far this year, including the IH Brno and IH Minsk conferences. This post is primarily a series of…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
This post outlines a number of strategies that can be used to help students practise phrasal verbs. While students play these games they are forming personal contexts for a difficult to understand …| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
This speaking activity is designed for upper intermediate and advanced students. You can find a version for lower levels by clicking here This game is a fun and memorable way to practice grammatica…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
I think it can be extremely useful to include additional steps in your feedback to allow students to self-correct. If students are given a chance to examine, and re-examine, their own work, they ar…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
Summer School Games – Episode 1 This is a quick game for elementary and pre-intermediate younger learners. It’s an idea that originated from Miriam Austin, who I worked with at IH Newcastle. It’s a…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
The Yawhg is an enchanting story telling game on PC. It makes a perfect end of term treat for older teen, and adult, classes that appreciate something a little different. It involves reading, discu…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
Making excuses Here’s a quick game to practise making requests and making excuses, as well as ‘housework’ vocabulary. In this post I’ll show you how to play the game with yo…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury
In this post we’re looking at ways to take games that we like using in class and adapt them for online classes. As a majority of my classes have been one-to-one, that’s my primary focus…| TeachingGamesEFL.com - by Mike Astbury