TEFL Resources and Lesson Ideas

Note: I came up with this simple activity today. It should take about 12 minutes or so, and leads naturally into an interview-style lesson.

Materials: Whiteboard and pens.

Preparation: None.

Procedure:

1. Board the following, in two columns:

The place The person The food The country The animal

I’d most like to visit where I feel happiest which I’d most like to have as a pet I love the most I feel closest to

2. Divide the students into pairs or small groups and ask them to match the first with the second columns (e.g., "the place –> where I feel happiest"); explain that each sentence half should be used only once.  Allow two or three minutes for this, then feedback with the class and draw lines connecting the "correct" sentence halves (the others are, "the food –> I love the most," "the animal –> which I’d most like to have as a pet," "the person –> I feel closest to," and "the country –> I’d most like to visit").
    
3. Divide the students into small groups or pairs and ask them to talk about these topics (saying which country they’d most like to visit, etc.), giving reasons for their choices. Allow between five and ten minutes for this.
    
4. Feedback with the class, asking individual students to share with the class one or two interesting pieces of information about another person in their group.