The Motivated Classroom

40 ¦ Active learning strategies: 12 zero-prep activities for the classroom


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Sitting all day is exhausting! This episode is full of practical ideas for active learning in the language classroom. Getting students up and out of their seats is a mainstay in every class I teach. Even just for a few minutes, it helps to re-engage the students in what is happening, it freshens things up and helps them to re-focus. It also helps to mix things up and keep that important aspect of 'unpredictability' in each class. I've mentioned some of these activities before, but with so many listeners asking about activities that aid acquisition but also get students up and active, here are all my favourites in one episode:

  1. Bingo
  2. Touch the board
  3. The elimination game
  4. Sentence sharing and co-teaching
  5. Get up and talk to a different table
  6. Volleyball reading
  7. Find someone who
  8. Pass it up
  9. Pop
  10. Yes and no wall
  11. The rhythm circle
  12. Brain breaks:
    • Line up by..
    • Stay standing if…
    • TPR
    • For full details a list of these strategies, check out the programme notes with further information and links to research and resources at www.liamprinter.com/podcast.

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