Tag Archives: christmas

Escape From Christmas

Level: Pre-Intermediate Location: Computer room Skills Focus: Speaking Language focus: Prepositions of place, vocabulary in a house, imperatives (look, go, pick up etc) Game: Escape Pear Room The premise is that you get a little bit too drunk each Christmas and the family have decided they’ve had enough and locked you in the house.  It’s up to you to [...]

Merry Quizmas

It’s the run up to Christmas and one way to have fun, learn a little about Christmas and get some reading practice in is to do a class Christmas Quiz.  Here is a selection of 10 Christmas Quiz ideas to try out with your learners.  Remember – if they think they can do better than [...]

Competition Time

Christmas is coming and we’ve got a copy of Digital Play: Computer games and language aims up for grabs.  All you have to do is find a Christmas game online and create a language learning activity around it.  Instructions need to be clear enough for a teacher to repeat it with their class, fun enough to [...]

Happy Christmas Escape

Level: Beginners Language: Prepositions of place Skills Focus: Listening/ speaking Location: Classroom room Game: Happy Christmas Escape Father Christmas wants to deliver his presents but he is locked in a house and he can’t get out.  Help him to find the keys that will help him escape. Preparation Familiarise yourself with the walkthrough to this [...]

Christmas Quiz Fun

Here’s a great Christmas quiz to let your learners play and see how much they know about Christmas. It’s timed, so you can see how long it takes them to get the answers right. You can find it here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/calvinbudnick/christmasknowledge The site has many other timed quizzes. Here are some more Christmas-themed ones: Guess this [...]

I’m Dreaming of a conditional Christmas

Level: Intermediate Topic: Christmas vocabulary Language Focus: First Conditional Time: 30 minutes Game: Christmas Escape The Game Explore the house and find the fourteen hidden presents to get a key which will let you escape through the front door.  The object for your language learners is to use 1st conditional sentences to walk you through [...]

Christmas ecard picture dictation

Level: Primary Topic: Picture dictation Listening focus: Describing a Christmas Ecard (prepositions of place) Time: 30 minutes Preparation: A copy of  the Ecard Wordsearch for each learner.  A single copy of the Ecard Picture Dictation or a screenshot of a finished ecard. Game: xmas ecard maker Screenshot of the finished picture dictation Key Language: Snowman, [...]