TBL Activities

My Perfect Friend Drawing Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/08/18 23:32 Posted in Beginner, Information Gap, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, Speaking, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These information gap activities are designed for high beginners or intermediate EFL/ESL students to practice communicating information. This information gap is designed to help learners practice with vocabulary related to descriptions of the body. This can be utilized with lessons that call for describing people or adjectives of description. While completing this information gap students [...]

Tourism Role Play

By saradavila  |  2011/08/11 23:39 Posted in Advanced, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Interview, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a tourism role play designed for intermediate or advanced EFL/ESL learners. In the role play students work to exchange and collect information to find a city that would be appropriate as a tourist destination. This activity includes information about specific cities in Korea for use with Korean learners to develop learner identity in [...]

In My Room Drawing Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/06/24 17:03 Posted in Beginner, Information Gap, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These information gap activities are designed for high beginners or intermediate EFL/ESL students to practice communicating information. This information gap is designed to help learners practice with vocabulary related to description, preposition, and objects from the room. While completing this information gap students communicate a description of their bedroom. The speaker describes their room and [...]

My Dream Classroom Drawing Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/06/24 16:59 Posted in Beginner, Information Gap, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These information gap activities are designed for high beginners or intermediate EFL/ESL students to practice communicating information. This information gap is designed to help learners practice with vocabulary related to description, preposition, and objects from the room. While completing this information gap students communicate to partners a design for the perfect classroom. The speaker decides [...]

Interview for Story Reading

By saradavila  |  2011/06/21 16:30 Posted in Advanced, Four Skills, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an interview activity designed for less controlled practice for  intermediate or advanced EFL/ESL learners. This is a general interview to discuss reading materials presented in the class. For teachers using extended or extensive reading practices with advanced learners this interview activity can help provide structure for deeper discussion of written texts. For these [...]

Weather Wheel

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 17:22 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific purposes activity designed for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners. In this task based activity students will use language related to the weather. This content can easily relate to social studies or sciences classes where learners are discussing weather. Materials include: paper, crayons, paper fastener () Directions for students are [...]

My Hobby Role Play Info Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 17:07 Posted in Information Gap, Intermediate, Role Play, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These are information gap role plays designed for high beginner or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. To use this information gap role play have students fold the gap in the middle of the page. Students can make notes during or after the information gap role play. This information gap woks with vocabulary related to hobbies. Students [...]

Animal Habitat Reading Jigsaw

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a jigsaw reading activity for intermediate or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL students. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity focused on understanding the environment and endangered species. In this activity the teacher begins with at least 4 groups. It is possible to have 8 groups with where four have interaction. Each group receives a [...]

Ways to Conserve Habitat

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific Purposes activity designed for pre-intermediate or intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity asks students to consider content related to endangered species and is appropriate for a biology classroom, or a classroom where students are learning geography. In this activity students are presented with a number of animal and animal types [...]

Animal Description Riddle Bingo

By saradavila  |  2011/06/02 20:15 Posted in Advanced, Bingo, Intermediate, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for intermediate  or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built different types of animals. The picture cards are cut up and place on a bingo grid. The caller card is laminated as one [...]

What do you like? Food Bingo

By saradavila  |  2011/06/02 20:12 Posted in Beginner, Bingo, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for beginner or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built around likes and dislikes related to foods. The picture cards are cut up and place on a bingo grid. The caller card is [...]

Consonants Activity Power Point

By saradavila  |  2011/05/23 13:25 Posted in Beginner, Cards, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, Power Point, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a power point file designed for working with the whole group without creating a print out or handout for students. This can help teachers reduce preparation time for classes and reduce the amount of printed materials distributed in a typical class. This works with a low budget student centered approach that incorporates the [...]

Shape Large Group Power Point

By saradavila  |  2011/05/23 13:18 Posted in Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, Power Point, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a power point file designed for working with the whole group without creating a print out or handout for students. This can help teachers reduce preparation time for classes and reduce the amount of printed materials distributed in a typical class. This works with a low budget student centered approach that incorporates the [...]

Korea and the US Culture Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 17:27 Posted in Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These cards are designed to help pre-intermediate or intermediate level students with understanding concepts related to culture. This is an English for Specific Purpose activity that also deals with learner identity in the classroom. To use these cards teachers can cut out the cards, or present all the pictures on one laminated card. As a [...]

Understanding Classroom Behavior Cards Foundation Activity

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 20:06 Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Cards, Foundation, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners in the classroom understand the rules and appropriate behavior in the classroom. This activity is designed for all level of EFL/ESL learner as it is based on the use of pictures. I consider this material part of my foundation collection, as understanding appropriate and acceptable behavior is [...]

Follow the Rules Foundation Activity

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 19:57 Posted in Advanced, Foundation, Four Skills, Reading Comprehension, Running Dictation, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners in the classroom understand the rules and appropriate behavior in the classroom. This activity is designed for advanced students. I consider this material part of my foundation collection, as understanding appropriate and acceptable behavior is an important foundation stone for any classroom. This activity provides students with [...]

Advanced Assessment Rubric and Dialogue

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 19:49 Posted in Advanced, Assessment, Foundation, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This activity is designed for advanced EFL/ESL learners. This activity helps students understand the process of assessment by the teacher by placing students in the role of the teacher. This activity also helps students understand and use a grading rubric to assess student performance in the classroom. I consider this material part of my foundation [...]

Good Behavior Reading Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 19:43 Posted in Beginner, Foundation, Four Skills, Intermediate, Reading Dictation, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners in the classroom understand the rules and appropriate behavior in the classroom. This activity is designed at two levels. This can be used in leveled classes, or  differentiated in a single class. However this is appropriate for most levels of ELL learner where classroom behavior is a [...]

Understanding Assessment Foundation Activity

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 19:34 Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Foundation, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners in the classroom understand the process of assessment and how the student interactions in the classroom are scored. I consider this material part of my foundation collection, as understanding how the teacher uses assessment is an important foundation stone for any classroom. This activity asks students to [...]

Environmental Pollution Inductive Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/11 19:56 Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an inductive activity designed around the use of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) with the theme of global awareness and environmental problems.  These cards can be used with beginner through advanced EFL/ESL learners, as the students will use language at their ability level to process the cards. For the best inductive activity sort [...]