Articles published in the ‘Classroom Ideas’ Category

By Aaron Bell > This article will examine how the author adapted popular strategy board game Settlers of Catan by Klaus Teuber for use in large-group year 6 (11-to-12 years old) elementary school second language classes, offering learners a safe, engaging, team-centred environment in which to recall and implement previously learned communication strategies utilising simple functional ...
By Christopher Redmond > The following article will outline a variation of the popular ESL game, ‘Yes/No’, using research from Paul Nation (1989) as its theoretical foundation. While this activity has been tested with low-level learners in South Korea, I see no reason why it cannot be implemented in a range of ESL settings, perhaps up ...