Category: Teaching

A flash card game for fluency

The Verb Tense Activity Guaranteed to Improve Speaking Skills

Here’s the logical, efficient hack to teach your English students how to differentiate between past and present tenses and help them to improve their speaking skills.   It’s a timed flash-card game using 41 keywords normally associated with the four basic verb tenses in the present and past. Keywords like: always,...

A gmae to review English vocabulary

A game for reviewing English vocabulary

There’s nothing like learning a new language to tax our memories.  If you’re teaching English in a foreign country, you certainly had to learn a second language yourself.  Remember how difficult it was to remember all that new vocabulary?  Here’s a game to review English vocabulary in class just after...

Teaching TOEIC Linking Words the fun Way

Teaching TOEIC Linking Words the Fun Way

Business English students preparing for the TOEIC test will love this game because its simple, logical design will give them a quick win. Linking words (ex: but, and, because) connect two ideas and make your writing clear and precise while adding meaning. Students will learn how to choose from among...