Classroom Activities

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1

This section presents three stand-alone language-learning activities related to trains.

1. “Train Lineups,” designed for students at the Intermediate level and up, encourages students to speak and listen to one another and to cooperate to achieve an objective.

2. “Train Dictadraw,” for Intermediate students, helps students practice and produce vocabulary related to trains by describing and drawing.

3. “Who Gets to Ride?” is for Intermediate and higher levels and can be used to develop pair or group cooperation and critical thinking skills.

Group size:
Pairwork and Groupwork
Author:
John Silver

Tags:

Teachers Learners Intermediate Speaking Vocabulary Critical Thinking
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1

English Teaching Forum 2013, Volume 51, Number 1

Trains, the theme of this issue, are highlighted in the feature article, the Classroom Activities, and The Lighter Side.