Month: November 2009

School of Foreign Languages in Athens & Online

games for the English classroom

TEFL Pursuits

I find it a great game for learning about content as well, something which I find quite important in adult and younger classes. My own downfall is usually the sports category – the orange one in the Genus edition – which I dread! There are also many online versions of this great game, like this “Bring…
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Yes, and…..

Yes, and….. There is a specific activity I often use in creative thinking skills workshops which works wonderfully well. I learnt it from T.Richards, during a lecture in Athens some years ago (pls see note at end). It’s called the “Yes, and…” activity In this activity, one person, or the teacher even, begins by positing…
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