On the tape

1. One student goes out of the room.2. The teacher records voices of other students on the tape.3. The student comes into the room and tries...

Phonemic bingo

1. Write the phonemic symbols of vowels at the blackboard. 2. Ask the students to draw a 4 X 4 grid. Then they choose a different phonemic s...

Mind your ear

1. Ask your students to write down the words with a particular sound, e.g.: [e]2. Dictate a set of different words including those with soun...

At the wall

1. One student stands near the wall and faces it, not too near the others. 2. Various students say in turn, disguising their voices, e.g. Go...

Open call

1. Student is given a monologue with a short description of a character he or she plays part of. The task is to prepare the speech for the f...

Follow the tape

1. Find a short video recording in which one or more of the speakers are particularly expressive, (not more than two minutes).2. Play the ta...

Follow the intonation

1. Teacher gives out the cards with sentences of different intonation patterns. 2. Students are to pronounce them right.

No mistake!

1. Ask students to enumerate the letters of the alphabet. 2. If a student makes a mistake he or she is out. 3. The game can be played in tea...