Tag Archives: TEFLtastic classics

26 line-by-line brainstorming activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 37)

Posted on 20/06/2019 by alexcase

As with most of these nearly 50 so-called “TEFLtastic classics”, this post is to introduce some variations on a long-standing favourite that I reckon make it even more of a classic. I originally came across the idea of brainstorming line … Continue reading →

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Matching Games Part Two – Pelmanism

Posted on 09/09/2018 by alexcase

Pelmanism in ELT article and PDFs. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Updated 22 September 2020 I’ve written a lot about pelmanism/ pairs/ the memory game before. However in the second half of the latest … Continue reading →

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23 TEFL dominoes activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 36)

Posted on 10/07/2018 by alexcase

Part One of the most recent of my articles in ETP magazine, with links to related PDFs. Readers who saw the number of variations in my article on jigsaw games might be surprised to find that those are just part of … Continue reading →

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28 discuss and agree activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 35)

Posted on 10/06/2018 by alexcase

Simplicity itself, and almost infinitely adaptable – students try to come to agreement with the words, phrases, gapped sentences, sentence stems, etc that you give them, making it like an opinions version of Things in Common. Then they try to remember and/ … Continue reading →

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Having a Ball: EFL ball games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 34)

Posted on 03/06/2018 by alexcase

Another of my articles for ETP on basic TEFL games and their many uses and variations. Not many photocopiables possible for this one, but one example included below.   Although I would put the blocks that I wrote about here … Continue reading →

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31 cultural differences and useful phrases activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 33)

Posted on 15/04/2018 by alexcase

This activity originally started as a solution to a problem with one of my favourite activities, tips and useful phrases. The problem is that students often have no idea what good tips are and so the discussion stage doesn’t always work … Continue reading →

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Stacks of fun: EFL blocks games (TEFLtastic classics Part 32)

Posted on 06/03/2018 by alexcase

Fourth in my recent series of articles in English Teaching Professional. See bottom of the page for links to a couple of photocopiables, two other articles on the topic, and lots more posts on classic TEFL games. If you like … Continue reading →

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42 EFL sentence completion games (TEFLtastic classics Part Two revisited)

Posted on 19/01/2018 by alexcase

Just after previously writing about sentence completion guessing games, I realised that the sentence stems were perfect for a bluffing game in which students completed the sentences with a mix of true and made up info – especially useful if students … Continue reading →

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50 EFL jigsaw activities (TEFLtastic Classics Part 31)

Posted on 15/11/2017 by alexcase

Another article of mine just published in English Teaching Professional magazine, available here for free and with added links to example worksheets. Now with the worksheets top and the article underneath. If you’d like to help me spend more time … Continue reading →

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35 Make Me Say Yes games (TEFLtastic classics Part 30)

Posted on 25/09/2017 by alexcase

The simplest game in the world – students get one point each time they can make their partners say “Yes” in answer to a personal Yes/ No question like “Can you swim?” and “Have you got any brothers and sisters?” The … Continue reading →

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