Just a Minute is a fun, engaging and interesting ESL warmup that works for just about any topic. Students have…
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Disappearing Text ESL Vocabulary Game: A Fun ESL Memory Game
Are you looking for a simple warm-up or filler activity that can be used to review grammar and/or vocabulary? Then…
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Top 18 ESL Conversation Activities for Adults: Get your Speaking On!
Are you trying to figure out what to actually do in your English conversation class for adults? That’s a good…
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Apples to Apples Vocabulary Game for Kids, Teenagers and Adults
Are you looking for a fun, engaging vocabulary game for ESL students? Then this one should be at the top…
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Show and Tell ESL Speaking Activity | English Speaking for Kids
Are you looking for a quick warm-up that you can use to start the first few minutes of each class…
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Dictogloss | ESL Listening and Speaking Activity
Are you looking for an ESL activity that covers a range of skills, and is fun but challenging. Then you’ll…
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Top 5 Games and Activities for Big ESL Classes | ESL Activities
Do you have a big class of English learners. Do you feel pretty intimidated? Yes? Then you’re in the right…
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81 Ways to Make your ESL Speaking Class Awesome | Teaching ESL
Make your ESL Speaking Class Awesome I’m sure you want your ESL speaking classes to be as awesome as possible….
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Never Have I Ever ESL Game | ESL Icebreaker Activity
Are you looking for a quick warm-up activity or “get to know you” icebreaker activity for your English classes? Yes?…
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Top 10 ESL Activities for all Levels | ESL Speaking Activity
Are you looking for some of the top ELL activities that you can try out with your students? Keep on…
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IELTS Speaking: Top 5 Tips you Need to Know to Improve your Score
How to Improve your IELTS Speaking Test Score As the IELTS exam has become increasingly important internationally, there’s more and…
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Top 10 ESL Speaking Activities for False Beginners
Top 10 ESL Speaking Activities for False Beginners I taught English in South Korea for almost a decade and most…
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English Listening Tips for ESL/EFL Learners
How to Improve English Listening Skills If you’re looking to improve your English listening skills, you’ve come to the right…
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English Reading Tip | Post-Reading Activities for ESL Students
Okay, so you’ve finished reading something. Now what? Is there a way to make this activity more useful and helpful…
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Toilet Paper Ice breaker Speaking Activity | ESL Warm-Ups
Are you looking for a quick activity to do on the first day of class that will help your students…
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Cosmo Quiz ESL Icebreaker Activity | ESL Warm-Up Adults
Are you looking for a simple, fun ice breaker for your adult students who are learning English? Perfect. Then you’ll…
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Ice breaker Speaking Activity: The Name Game
Do you want to help your students remember each other’s names (and you too)? Here’s a simple ice breaker name…
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A Relative Clause Speaking Activity which is Fabulously Fun
Relative clauses are a classic grammar point that you’ll find in just about every 4-skills ESL textbook. The grammar is…
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Can Can’t ESL Game | ESL Grammar Activity
Are you looking for a quick ESL game for when you’re teaching the grammar point, can/can’t. Then keep on reading…
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20 Questions ESL Speaking Game | 20 Questions ESL Students
I’m sure you’ve played the game “20 questions” before. It’s basically where someone thinks of a secret noun (person, place…
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English Listening Tip | Watch Movies and TV | ESL Listening
I’m sure that if you study English, you want to improve your listening skills! There are a ton of ways…
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Guessing Game ESL Warm-Up Activity
I always like to begin my classes with a warm-up activity. After all, you don’t really know where your students…
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71 Ways to Practice English Writing | Tips for Students
If you want to get better at English writing, then you’re definitely in the right place. It’s often the skill…
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Tell a Story, ESL style | ESL Speaking Adults
It seems like every ESL textbook has a unit where students have to tell a story. It’s usually in the…
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71 Ways to Practice Speaking English | Tips for ESL/EFL Learners
Do you want to improve your English speaking ability? Who doesn’t, right? Then you’re most definitely in the right place….
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How to Speak English Better | Learn English on YouTube
So you want to speak English better? Then it’s good that you found your way to this blog post! We’re…
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Vocabulary Auction | Fun Game for ESL Students
Are you looking for a fun way to help students learn new English vocabulary? Then you’re certainly in the right…
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Top 12 ESL Activities for Adult Beginners | ESL Games for Adults
If you’re looking for some ESL activities for adult beginners, you’ve come to the right place! I’m going to share…
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ESL Activities for Listening and Speaking: Top 15 | ESL Games
Do you want to help your students get more practice with listening and speaking English in your classes? Yeah? Thought…
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ESL Review Activity: Got to Hand it to You | ESL Review Game
Are you looking for a fun ESL review activity? Then you’ve certainly found the course of all good things ESL…
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ESL Speaking and Listening: Agony Aunt | ESL Activity
Are you looking for a fun speaking and listening ESL activity related to advice? Then you’ll want to consider Agony…
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101 ESL Activities for Teenagers and Adults | ESL Games
Does it feel like you’re stuck in a bit of rut with your lesson planning? Or, having a difficult time…
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Trivia for Kids: ESL Lesson Planning Made Easy!
Do you want to start your English classes for kids off with some trivia, but are struggling to find a…
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Private Teaching ESL Activities and Games | 1-1 ESL Teaching
If you do private, 1-1 language teaching, then you’ll need to keep on reading. I’ll share with you my top…
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English Central | YouTube for English Teaching | Videos for ESL
Do you like to use videos in your classes, but have a difficult time finding the one on YouTube that…
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Story Timeline ESL Activity | ESL Reading and Speaking Activity
Reading kind of gets a bad rap among English students. It can indeed be kind of boring. However, it is…
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Current Events Presentation Project | Presentation Topics
If you’re looking for an interesting activity to mix things up a bit in your intermediate or advanced classes, check…
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Top 5 ESL Games for Teenagers | ESL Activities
Teaching English to teenagers can be quite difficult because they are notorious for not really wanting to participate in class….
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Puzzle Finder ESL Ice Breaker Activity | ESL Warm-Up
Are you looking for a fun ESL icebreaker activity for kids or adults that’s challenging and will get the students…
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Vocabulary Games for ESL Students | ESL Vocabulary Activity
Do you need to mix things up a little bit in your ESL or EFL classes with regards to teaching…
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Free Talking for ESL Students: Why I Hate It
If you ask your students what they want to do in class, they’ll often say “free-talking.” That’s fine, but I…
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Fortunately/Unfortunately Speaking and Listening Activity
I love to have a few no-prep, no materials required ESL speaking and listening activities in my back pocket. I’m…
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ESL Speaking Bingo | Fun ESL Games for Kids
Bingo, it’s a classic ESL Game that most teacher’s like to play in class. The only real problem is that…
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Retell the Story 1-2-3: A Fluency Activity for ESL Students
In many ESL textbooks, you’ll probably notice that many of the activities are more focused on accuracy. This makes a…
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What am I? | ESL Speaking Warm-Up | ESL Icebreaker
Are you looking for a quick ESL icebreaker or warm-up activity to try out with your students today? Then keep…
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ESL Game: Running Dictation | A Favourite 4-Skills ESL Activity
Do you need some new ideas for your English class? You’ve come to the right place! Keep on reading for…
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Small Talk ESL Activity: Practice this important skill
Are you looking for an interesting, engaging way to have your students to get some practice with small talk? It’s…
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