Methodology Downloadable activities
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Try the following free activities with your class – click on the activity title to download the PDF file. They are all taken from Cambridge ELT publications, for which you can view relevant catalogue information by clicking on the book covers.
Anecdote access (35 kB)
Intermediate and above
Stories or news items are a good way of getting students' attention. This activity involves becoming a two-minute story-teller and is popular with Business English students.
But is it art? (56 kB)
Upper-intermediate and above
Using the internet, find out about art and artists. Compose a virtual gallery within the classroom and discuss the art so gathered.
Celebrity dinner party (57 kB)
Lower-intermediate and above
Use the internet to discover facts about celebrities so as to decide which ones to invite to your star-studded dinner party.
Change chairs (32 kB)
Elementary–Intermediate
This activity exploits chair greed to encourage students to describe each other in English, in the hope of finding a seat.
Dossier (58 kB)
Lower-intermediate
Use popular culture to practise everyday vocabulary and question formation.
Simon says (36 kB)
Beginner–Elementary
This old party game can be a useful exercise for revising vocabulary with young learners.