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TEACHING INDEX | NEXT-----Highly recommended to all English language

schools/teachers/learners: DICEWORDS

Elementary Pre-intermediate Teaching Index Intermediate Higher

intermediate

1. Word Prompts

2. Kim's game (longer & longer lists)

3. Guessing nouns via "Is it + adjective" questions

4. Market trader: guess the connection (I can sell + LIST)

5. Comparisons: How is XXX like YYY?

6. BLIP (sometimes known as COFFEE POT) Guess the verb

7. Guess the ADVERB

8. The Preposition Game

9. Classroom observation

10. Simon says (Action verbs + Parts of the body)

11. TELEGRAMS / MESSAGES / ANAGRAMS

12. Find your partner (Stick self adhesive labels to Ss' backs)

13. What's my nationality? Who am I?

14. What's my job? (from open lists) Guessing games (closed lists)

15. The Airline HELP desk - miming

16. The Yes/No Game (from Michael Miles: "Take Your Pick")

17. Word in edgeways (Conversation game)

18. Consequences (Paper & Pencil game)

19. CHARADES: book / play / song / film / musical

20. 20 Questions: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral (Abstract with V connections)

01 Word Prompts

Team A Team B

Students from Team (B) have to guess the words on

your LIST. Before each guess, say a word which will

help Team (B) to guess correctly. But DO NOT SAY THE

WORD ON YOUR LIST.

Students from Team (A) have to guess the words on

your LIST. Before each guess, say a word which will help

Team (A) to guess correctly. But DO NOT SAY THE

WORD ON YOUR LIST.

YOUR LIST (Team B must guess) YOUR LIST (Team A must guess)

A1 horse B1 car

A2 window B2 Big Ben

A3 elephant B3 cup

A4 England B4 floor

A5 teacher B5 kangaroo