As the TEFL blog boom years during which I started TEFLtastic fade further from view and more social-media-savvy generations have taken over, I more and more picture myself as an ageing rock star saying “We feel like our new album is our best ever” while everyone just wants the same old hits or are surprised you are still alive. Unlike the Rolling Stones, however, I am correct when I say that right now I am definitely producing the best work of my life by far(and certainly much better than the crap I was churning out when I first went online). Anyway, you can be the judge of that, with a selection of what I consider to be the cream of that new crop. As with previous years, this list is mainly my own personal preferences, but I’ve also included a few that were surprisingly popular and I also think are not too bad. And if those aren’t enough or aren’t good enough, there are also the materials I think are good enough to be worth paying for.
Which thing had already happened? Past Perfect trivia quiz
Classroom language for Zoom lessons New version
What were people doing? Past Continuous trivia quiz
Can you eat your house? abilities mix and match
Prepositions of position mix and match
How long had…? Past Perfect trivia quiz
Weather vocabulary bluffing game
Good and taboo Present Perfect Simple and Continuous questions
Good and taboo Present Continuous questions
Good and taboo Past Continuous questions
Appearance words storytelling task
IELTS Writing Task 2 prepositions and determiners pairwork
IELTS Writing Task 1 prepositions and determiners pairwork
Business reports disappearing text
Emailing rotating revision board game
Social English rotating revision board game
Be used to and get used to sentence completion games (bluffing, things in common and guessing game)
Past numbers trivia board game narrative tenses review
Email enquiries disappearing text memory game
Starting and ending conversations disappearing text memory game
Prepositions of position things in common speaking
Good and taboo questions with Have Something Done
Emailing prepositions and determiners pairwork
Presentations prepositions and determiners pairwork
Good and taboo countable and uncountable questions
Socialising prepositions and determiners pairwork
Nouns which are both countable and uncountable pictionary
Used to, be used to and get used to sentence completion games
Used to, be used to and get used to discuss and agree
ed and ing adjectives bluffing games
Too and enough discuss and agree
Basic adjectives make me say ‘Yes’
Get Up Stand Up by Bob Marley quantifiers practice
There is & there are guess the place
UK or USA? British and American English trivia quiz
Imperative practice ball games
Some and any things in common speaking
Telephoning determiners and prepositions pairwork
How many… did…? trivia quiz irregular Past Simple practice
How many with irregular plurals trivia quiz
Strong and weak opinions on the news and media
There is/ are + Xmas vocabulary drawing game
Good and taboo passive voice questions
Good and taboo Past Simple questions
Enquiries about Zoom emailing lesson
Directions flashcard memory game
Festivals and celebrations vocabulary and discussion
Business Result Pre-Intermediate revision games
Classroom vocabulary first letters games
Talking about seasons with adverbs of frequency
COVID-compliant invitations lesson
Telecommuting policies roleplay meeting
Life events guessing and bluffing
Personal questions with appearance words
Jobs vocabulary random pelmanism
Short answers quick folding game (a great new variation on the Simplest Responses game)
Opinions on current affairs vocabulary
ed and ing adjectives coin games
How many… have? simple numbers quiz
How many times Present Perfect and Past Simple trivia quiz
Is there & Are there spelling games
Talking about cultural differences with ‘be used to’ and ‘get used to’
British or American food and drink trivia quiz
Adverbs of frequency good and taboo questions coin game
Is there/Are there Trivia Quiz
Giving medical advice Present Perfect practice
Ordering products on the phone line by line disappearing text
Gradable and extreme adjectives guessing game (with modals of deduction)
Guess the medical problems from the advice
Verbs of sensation mini-presentations
British or American transport trivia quiz
British and American household vocabulary quiz
British or American fashion trivia quiz
Talking about life changes with be used to/ get used to
Changes to culture be used to/ get used to discussion
Talking about problems and solutions with quantifiers
Be used to and get used to ranking discussion
Be used to and get used to dice games
Emails from other countries guess the place
Who in this class…? superlatives practice
Medical controversies vocabulary and discussion
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