Fun and Easy Word Association Games for Students

The BusyTeacher team has published an article titled ‘Fun and Easy Word Association Games for Students’.

Lindsay Clandfield says, “Whether you want students to learn new vocabulary words or just encourage them to think outside of the box, word association games can help. The main goal of a word association game is to help students make connections between words. These can be words related to a particular subject, key vocabulary words, or just random words you choose.

Basic Word Association

A basic word association game involves giving a student a word and having him/her state the first word or phrase that comes to mind. For example, if you say “ball,” the student might say “bat.” You can play this game in a variety of ways. One way is to give one word and have each student in your class write down or say the first word or phrase that comes to mind. (more…)

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Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESL classroom

The OneStopEnglish team has published an article titled ‘Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESL classroom’.

Lindsay Clandfield says, “Literature has been a subject of study in many countries at a secondary or tertiary level, but until recently has not been given much emphasis in the EFL/ESL classroom. It has only been since the 1980s that this area has attracted more interest among EFL teachers. The purpose of this article is to look at some of the issues and ways in which literature can be exploited in the classroom. There are also links to classroom activities and lessons with literature that you can download and use straight away.

What is literature?

First of all, any method or approach towards using literature in the classroom must take as a starting point the question: What is literature? The Macmillan English Dictionary gives the following definition:

literature / noun
1. stories, poems, and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment
(c) Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 2003

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