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This pack contains over 90 tried-and-tested games and warmers to introduce students to new target language, transition between activities and/or consolidate their learning. Activities can be tailored and adapted to suit the target language, class size and age of learner(s). Games and warmers are colour-coded by learner level from beginner through to proficiency. Some activities are suitable for more than one level as shown below:
Example game The coloured dots indicate that this task is suitable for Beginner (A0) level up to Intermediate (B1) level.
Learner levels Beginner A0 Elementary A1 Pre-intermediate A2 Intermediate B1 Upper-intermediate B2 Advanced C1 Proficiency C2 For all levels A0 - C2
Some abbreviations we use in this pack: STS = Students TL = Target Language
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Contents Beginner (A0) • Spot the difference • Invisible writing • Cut up story or conversation • Brainstorm all words connected with area • Kahoot! • Food packaging • Using scales to weigh food • Using mobile phones • Mime what they had for dinner last night • Grouping • Odd man out • Picture dictation • Blind men directions • Mime story • Describing the object • Which picture? • Jumbled sentences • Guess the town, city or country • Picture composition cut up • Prepositions of time • Write down as many things as you can think of which are…
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Elementary (A1) • Persuasion • Twenty questions • Weekend: Five words from each student to describe their weekend • What’s the situation? • Brainstorm • Famous personality party • Vocabulary revision • Guess the word with Yes/No questions • Clothes touch • Anagrams • Functions • Exercises • American words • Memory • Deduction • Lies
Pre-intermediate (A2) • Collocations • Pictures of the week • What’s my line? • Desert island
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Intermediate (B1) • Word association • Word disassociation • Match headlines and articles • Call my bluff • Train compartment • Pictionary Interpretation of pictures/doodles • Moaning • Different uses • Charades • Mime an idiom • Prefix/suffix brainstorming • Spotting the connection between words • Quotes from famous people • Survival games
Upper-intermediate (B2) • Find connections between words • Present perfect cont. • Gerund or inifinitve team game • Dilemmas • Describing objects in the passive battle • Relative clauses activity
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Advanced (C1) • Message game • Words in conversation • My last weekend • Why? Because... • Motto/catchphrase • Justifying choices • Three minute conversations • Alternative running dictation • Five things • Yes/no questions
Proficiency (C2) • Clairvoyant • Toilet roll • Finish the sentence • Summarising • Ask the guru • Idiom envelope • Pictures of the week • Word search with a twist • What is the question • Error correction
For all levels (A0 to C2) • Recall • Pass the parcel • Find your partner • Washing line 6
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Some general tips • Set time limits. The activities can function as short snappy appetisers or longer activities. • There is no need to prepare specific worksheets. General questions work very well. Often the outcome of what learners research is not crucial for the success of the activity e.g. the temperature in Dubai at the moment (might vary according to source). What is important is understanding the instructions that follow (e.g. double the number). • Learners can work in groups, exchange answers and report to the whole class (weighing/estimating activities). • Exam writing practice can be incorporated as well, e.g. write answers using full sentences. The bag of rice weighs 25 grams.
Beginner (A0) 1. Spot the difference You could personalise this activity and have a bank of your own pictures taken by you of places that are meaningful to your students, e.g. places in/around the school, classroom, the students’ city, etc. You could, for example, take pictures of the same place at two different times of the day, or rearrange some things in the classroom. You could also ask your students in advance to take their own pictures on two different occasions and send them to you. There is also a website spotthedifference.com where you can find professional spot the difference images and games.
2. Invisible writing Note: You can define the words according to level, e.g. nouns/idioms/phrasal verbs and revise vocabulary. Have students work in pairs and take turns to write words on each others’ backs using their fingers. You need to know your group well beforehand - remember this activity may not be culturally appropriate – always check.
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