Category Archives: board games

The best end-of-term revision game

I already did a post on “The Best End-of-term Revision Games”, but here I am again many years later without the final -s, because I think there is a clear winner: Rotating revision board game (TEFLtastic classics part 14) a … Continue reading

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Three new kinds of TEFL board game

I came up with the first of these as part of my trivia quizzes boom, and used it to make this narrative tenses board game. Students work their way around a board game by guessing numbers. On each square they … Continue reading

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Meeting criteria games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 39)

Another instalment in my series on posts on the most useful and adaptable TEFL activities, for once for an activity that I (probably) invented. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. This is one of the … Continue reading

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71 board games for learning English (TEFLtastic classics part 23)

Board games PDFs and teaching ideas for EFL classes, part of the TEFLtastic Classics series of the most adaptable activities in TEFL. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Using board games articles and blog posts … Continue reading

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Rotating revision board game (TEFLtastic classics Part 14)

This is both one of my favourite TEFL board games and one of my favourite revision games. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Updated 13 December 2021 There are two variations to this game, one of … Continue reading

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Why I was destined to be a TEFL teacher Part One – Board games

I’ve never been that interested in actual travelling, even now, and I never considered TEFL until I was on the dole and so got to do a weekend course for 45 quid. Looking back further, though, it seems as if … Continue reading

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New TEFLtastic worksheets Feb 2010 Part One

Your city and life Add the quantifiers speaking Next weekend and future tenses Describing objects 20 questions and extended speaking A report on weekends- Language of generalisation or phonics picture flashcards ee phonics picture flashcards Writing reports in English useful … Continue reading

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Extended speaking tasks (TEFLtastic classics Part One)

Updated 8 September 2018. See here for a more recently updated worksheets page on the topic.  Activities in which one student speaks while others listen carefully – something that is at least as important as more interactive tasks like roleplays, … Continue reading

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ELT publishing trendspotter

New ways of getting content – Big publishers have been buying up books from smaller publishers (e.g. a couple from Helbling Languages ending up on CUP and Oxford buying up some business skills books) and even self-published books (I gave a … Continue reading

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