Oral close

1. Read a story or prose passage, which can be from your course book. 2. Stop occasionally before a key word and get the students to guess w...

Short story writing

1. Each learner writes the title and first three sentences of his short story on a sheet of paper. 2. Then he or she passes the sheet to the...

Silent speech

1. In order to focus on pronunciation and the contribution of mouth movement, list on the board words, which will illustrate the various sou...

Five favourite words

1. Students look through their exercise books and select from the words that they have recently learned five words that they particularly li...

Debates

1. The class is divided in two teams. One team prepares list of advantages, another - disadvantages.2. Propositions for brainstorming advant...

Then and now

1. Discuss with students how they remember their childhood. Happier and freer than now? Or the opposite? Then ask them to write down four li...

Commentary

1. Choose a group of two or three 'storytellers'. These can be swapped during the course of the activity to give everyone a chance t...