Riddles for the English classroom

I've just found these old riddles on my hard drive and thought I'd share them.

Click here for the PowerPoint show http://chrisspeck.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/riddles-for-the-english-classroom.ppt

They'll provide a quick bit of speaking practice for pre-intermediate to intermediate EFL, ESOL or ESL students and you'll need to have an Interactive whiteboard or a projector to show the PPT show.

Put your students into pairs and ask them to discuss the riddles one by one before you reveal the answers. You might also find that students have their own riddles they would like to share with you and the rest of the class.

I can't remember where I found all of these, but three of them (numbers 3,7 and 8) come from the amazing and seminal English teaching book 'Challenge to Think' by Christine Frank, Mario Rinvolucri and Marge Berer' first published in 1982.

Here's the ppt file again http://chrisspeck.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/riddles-for-the-english-classroom.ppt

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www.englishlanguagespacestation.com

Complete Powerpoint lessons for ESOL/ESL and IELTS - Chatting with friends/ social interaction

Can't be bothered to read the post? Download the lesson here http://chrisspeck.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/chatting-with-friends.ppt



Here's yet another complete powerpoint lesson to use with your ielts/ ESOL or ESL class. It follows the same formula as my previous powerpoint lessons

This lesson focuses on social interaction and how people chat with each other often telling each other stories or anecdotes. It's pretty straight forward and has all the answers built in. If you do like it and use it, let us know how you got on.

If you'd like more of the same, please visit my previously bad but now quite good webiste and download some more www.englishlanguagespacestation.com/complete_PowerPoint_Lessons.htm