TEFL Resources and Lesson Ideas

Note: this idea was inspired by the Peter Watcyn-Jones’ quizzes in Pair Works 2 and 3, this BBC article and this article from the TimesOnline website.
Suggested levels: upper-intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to practise law-related vocabulary; to practise modals of speculation by answering a multi-choice quiz.
Materials needed: one copy of this quiz for each pair of students, [...]

Note: the ideas for most of these activities come from Jim Scrivener’s excellent Straightfoward Pre-Intermediate Teacher’s Book.
Suggested levels: elementary to advanced.
Aims: to enliven gapfill tasks in coursebooks.
The One-Minute Gap Fill
This can cause a few laughs from students. Present the gapfill in the usual way, but set a strict time limit of one minute for students [...]

Note: this is a splice of an activity I found in Trouble with Prepositions, Articles, Nouns and Word Order? and another I found on the British Council’s teaching English website, here. The vocabulary revised relates to household furniture.
Suggested level: pre-intermediate/ strong elementary.
Aims: to revise prepositions of place and movement; to encourage group harmony.
Preparation: one copy [...]

Note: I THINK this idea is one of my own – though, like most plans, it seems an amalgam of bits and pieces from forgotten places…
Suggested level: pre-intermediate/ intermediate.
Aims: to focus on the sounds of English; to practise English sentence construction; to practise English rhythms and stress patterns.
Materials: copies of the limerick below for each [...]

Note: I heard this idea from Tim McLeish via the smokers’ corner at St Giles London Central.
Suggested levels: pre-intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to show how body language and intonation influence communication; to practise clearly articulating emotions in English; to practise English sentence construction and dialogue cohesion.
Materials: A whiteboard and a pen; 4 slips of paper.
Pre-Lesson: write [...]