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Interesting ESL group activities.
by Joanne Elliott
As an extension of this exercise you could move the objects around, so that the class can practice describing comparative positioning. Try to get the students to use as many different words to describe the same things as possible. For example, if the banana was in the middle of the table move it to the back of the table, and ask them 멬here is the banana now?? or 멬hat it is the banana now next to/ beside/ opposite to/ adjacent to??etc.
Holiday
Fun.
Tell the class to pretend that they are going on a holiday or a field trip, and ask them to bring in one small item or object that they would need to take with them. Use a large suitcase as a prop, and put it on a desk at the front of the classroom. Ask the students to come to the front of the class one by one and describe what they have brought, and explain why they have brought it. Try to get the children to be as specific as possible. For example, if a child has chosen to bring a T-shirt, ask them what colour it is and what the logo says etc.
When
all of the objects are 몆acked?in the suitcase you can develop
the idea further still, by asking the class what they have forgotten
to pack. As they call out
the items write the words down on the board ?toothpaste, camera,
sandals ?and then get them to group the similar objects together.
Telling
Tales.
Arrange three separate bags at the front of the class, and put slips of paper in each of them. The first bag should hold the name of a person, the second the name of a place, and the third should contain an action. For example, 멦he Queen? 멊each? 멣kipping? Ask the students to select one slip of paper from each bag, and then to write a short story that includes all three elements. This can be as fictitious as they wish, so long as it makes grammatical sense. One by one, ask the children to read out their short paragraph to the class, who should then try to spot any grammatical mistakes. The more random the words on the cards are the better, as humour and comedy are perhaps the most prolific teaching tools in existence.
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