TEFL Resources and Lesson Ideas

Suggested levels: strong pre-intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to learn and practise using interesting conversational gambits in English; to practise informal speaking; to practise turn-taking, etc., in English conversations; to create a strong class bond.
Materials: these questionnaires (one for each student); enough classroom space to make two circles of chairs.
Procedure:

Give out the speed-date questionnaire (see above).

Ask students [...]

Suggested level: advanced.
Aims: to engage with a classic of English literature; to practise writing and giving presentations; to experiment with different intonation patterns to evoke different emotions and convince an audience; to read for gist and detail.
Materials: these pictures of busts of Mark Antony, Julius Caesar and Brutus; these speeches from Julius Caesar; these [...]

Suggested level: intermediate.
Aims: Students practise listening and speaking on the topic of superstition, and writing using the first conditional (I would use this after a lesson on the first conditional, as this is good free practice of it).
Materials needed: a recording of the song “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder (a great version on YouTube is here). [...]

Suggested levels: intermediate to upper-intermediate.
Aims: Students practise listening, speaking and writing, and learn miscellaneous vocabulary.
Materials: You will need a recording of “She’s Leaving Home” by the Beatles (a YouTube version is here), a copy of the lyrics, several copies of the first verse printed out (widely spaced) for the running dictation, copies of the gapfill [...]

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, [...]

Suggested levels: Pre-intermediate to low intermediate.
Aims: to build vocabulary and practise using functional language connected with travel via airports.
Materials: an interactive whiteboard; this IWB lesson; enough copies of this text and this gapfill task for each student, or pair of students.
Procedure:
1. Introduce the task by asking students what the longest journey they’ve ever taken is. [...]

NB I have adapted this activity from Deck of Conversations, on the onestopenglish website.
Suggested Levels: elementary and above .
Aims: to practise speaking, listening and polite turn-taking in informal conversations.
Materials needed: dice and students; a list of conversation topics.
Procedure: Before the class, prepare a list of conversation topics, one for each number of the dice; [...]

Aims: to practise using intonation to convey interest and enthusiasm, and to encourage students to bond as a group by giving feedback to each other.
Suggested levels: Strong pre-intermediate and above.
Materials needed: Copies of the Chindogu inventions at the bottom of this page (one for each group of three students), and paper and pens.
1. Pair your [...]

Note, a lot of this information comes from Steve Castle at St Giles College London Central.
Webquests are sheets of questions designed for students to answer together, either by conducting their own searches online (which can allow for richer material to be discovered) or by looking at specific websites chosen by their teacher.
According to webquest.org, the [...]

This webquest was designed by Steve Castle.
Suggested levels: intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to navigate the internet in English to find information; to practise scan- and skim-reading skills; to practise reading for detail.
Materials needed: one computer per two or three students and broadband internet access.
Pre-teach any unknown vocabulary; then put students in groups of two or three [...]