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Procedure
Pair, group or individual work. The learners should write as many
words as they can using letters in the words JOB ADVERTISEMENT.
They can use fewer letters but not more. Examples: men, read, red,
advent, tea, a, an, the, tear etc.
2. Fill in words:
J
O
B
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These letters are initial letters of words learners must write. Less
advanced learners can write any words, for advanced learners teacher
can state the topic area such as JOBS (examples given), INTERESTS,
ENVIRONMENT. In case the teacher uses this activity as a warm up
activity for the lesson that aims at making use of job advertisements in
developing language and skills, such areas as WORK, PROFESSION,
WORK PLACE are strongly recommended.
The learners can check their words with each other or in dictionaries.
This activity can be organized as a competition with a time limit.
- Enjoys traveling?
- Has business experience and wants responsibility?
- Can't work during the day?
- Has got telephone skills?
- Can't work in the evenings or at weekend?
"Describing Something"
Make up a handout with pictures or names of famous
people (around 20 is good). Give some hints, such as,
"He's American," "He's black," "He's a sport player," "He
plays golf." By this time the students will have guessed
Tiger Woods. They will then cross Tiger Woods off their
list. Turn it over to the students and they will take turns
describing the people to each other.
This game would also work for almost any topic (animals/food/clothes, etc)
It's a fun, high energy game with a lot of excitement to it. The kids seemed like
they couldn't get enough of it. And you can use pretty much any topic you want.
And it's definitely heavy on the listening and speaking skills.
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Boggle
Make a grid on the board, maybe 6x6. Then fill
in the squares with common letters. Then the
students make words, with at least 3 letters.
Each word can only use each letter once and
the letters must be touching. You can go
diagonal, up, down, whatever.
The Alphabet
Put them in teams of 2 and have them write
the alphabet on a piece of paper. Then you
can give them a topic.
Example: "Words to describe a city."
B-Busy,
E-Exciting.
Give them 3 or 4 minutes, collect the
papers, check for the crazy answers,
add up the points and you have a winner!
To make it even more exciting or if one team is behind by a lot of points, have a
"Bonus Round," where the teams pick their best 3 players and each question is
worth 2 or 3 points
Famous People
Put the students in groups of 2-3-4. Have them
pick 4 famous people, dead or alive that they'd
like to invite to a party they are having. Then,
they have to say the reason why they're inviting
them. Example:
Person: Michael Jackson
Reason? He can play some dance music for us.
Also, I want to know why he got so much plastic
surgery.
Give them a few minutes, depending on the level. Then, I get the student to pick 1
or 2 of the people, depending on the size of the class and tell the rest of the class
their answer.
S-O-S
If you get three "S" in a row or three "O" in a row you draw a line through it and
get a point.
Draw a grid on the board, usually 6x6. Give them numbers and letters to make it
easier for the students to pick what box they want. Then, divide the students up
into teams of 4 or 5 and give them each a symbol (triangle, square, star, heart,
etc). Then, ask review questions, going from team to team. Simple, easy
questions with a definite right or wrong answer are best to keep this game moving
quickly. A correct answer gets them a square on the board. Do 6 or 7 rounds, and
by this time the good teams will have 2 or 3 points. The top team gets a prize, this
game gets boring after 20 minutes or so, so don't plan on playing this for an entire
class. It works best as a warm-up review kind of game.
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Anyway, ask the students a question from your list and the person to answer the
fastest gets to move onto the next round. That's it!