We, teachers, every now and then find ourselves in situations when we need to go further than just a simple ‘compare your answers with the person next to you’ instruction. Hence, the question: how to group students so that it’s not only effective in terms of particular lesson aims, but also adds a fun element? Let’s look at some options.
No more boring “A/B/C”
This requires no prior preparation (besides coming up with a number of team names), but students - both adults and young learners - enjoy it.
Here are some options:
Apple/Banana/Cherry
Red/Purple/Green
Eggs/Coffee/Bacon, etc.
It will be even better if you know what your learners like: if kids enjoy cars - make itVolkswagen/Ford/Rolls Royce,and your adults discuss movies all the time - let it beSpielberg/Tarantino/Cameron.
