TEFL 302 Name(s):

Instructor: Dr. Marina Dodigovich

Student: Meri Muradyan

Type of Activity: Speaking and Listening Activity

Tell me if you can

Level: Advanced

Age: 17+

Number of Students: 14

Learning Objectives: Ss will be able to practice their listening and speaking skills while
using their knowledge of tenses and vocabulary.

Time Needed for Activity: 15 minutes

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Materials: colorful cards, a box and a board.

Introduction: In this speaking and listening activity Ss are going to play a miming game,
during which they will practice tenses and vocabulary. Topics will be related to students
interests and the game will be played in groups.

Procedure:

1. Before the class starts, make up some sentences and write them on the colorful
cards. Put the cards into the box.
2. Bring the box in the middle of the classroom and tell the Ss they are going to play
a miming game in groups. Tell them they will guess the words and complete the
sentences (See Appendix 1). The group guessing more sentences correctly will get
points and become a winner.
3. Have Ss get into two groups.
4. Ask the Ss to name their group and write each groups name on the board.
5. Ask one student from each group to come to the centre of the class and choose
one of the colorful cards from the box.
6. Have both students mime the sentences to their groups.
7. The first team to write down the correct sentence wins a point.
8. Repeat this until all students have mimed all the sentences and used all the cards.
9.
10. After having all cards read, collect the points and announce the winning group.
11. Have a little surprise for the winning group.

*Taken and adapted from https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers

TEFL 302 Name(s):
Instructor: Dr. Marina Dodigovich
Student: Meri Muradyan

Type of Activity: Speaking and Listening Activity

Anticipated Problems& Assumptions: Noise

Alternatives or variations: The level of Ss can be changed. This is speaking and

listening activity is appropriate for all the levels and the sentences can be adapted
according to that level.

Reference:
Retrieved from https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers

Appendix 1

Family lives with lions.

*Taken and adapted from https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers

TEFL 302 Name(s):
Instructor: Dr. Marina Dodigovich
Student: Meri Muradyan

Type of Activity: Speaking and Listening Activity

I took a selfie with my friends.

Window cleaners have an accident.

I am afraid of dogs.

We are knitting on a fast train.

The famous singer is eating spaghetti with chop sticks.

The doctor sweeps leaves outside on a windy day.

I am washing a big, angry wolf.

Youre a clumsy waiter with red shoes and green hat.

I am a drunk tightrope walker and will sleep on the floor.

*Taken and adapted from https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers