Communicative ActivitiesDoing Things in English

TESOL Workshop Activities by Dave Hopkins

X/O Game

Divide group into X and O

Elicit to grid – What do you like to eat/drink?

What do you like to eat/drink? I like to eat/drink….

Groups play by pairs from same group

Three Slips of Paper

Pass out slips (pairs)

People write something about unique family

Crumple & collect

People take three & change as needed

Find out who wrote on the slip

Discuss “reporting” in circle or writing activity

Breathless in the Afternoon

Pass out scripts

Choose modalities

Practice in groups

Present to large group

Guess the modality

Breathless in the Afternoon (script)

 Narrator1:Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to present to you, "Breathless in the Afternoon.” 

Maid2: (Enter, dusting the room)

Mr. Brown3: (Enter) I feel faint. (Faint) 

Maid2: (Scream) 

Mrs. Brown4: (Enter) What's the matter?

(Maid points) Call the doctor. 

Maid2: (On the phone) Doctor, come quick! 

Doctor5: (Enter) I'm sorry she's gone. 

Narrator1: This is the end of the story. Thank you.

What’s (Who’s) Your Favorite?

Participants interview each other (pairs/trios)

What’s your favorite… Food Drink Day (Who’s)…Teacher

*collate results (optional)

Being Green

What do you do that’s “green?” (pairs/trios)

What do you do that’s “ungreen?”

Are These People Criminals reading

Make a group with people who think like you

Find a group of people who don’t think like you

Strategize how you will convince the other group

Meet and try to convince

Proverbial Mini Dramas

Groups take a proverb card

Make up/write a short story

Act out the short story in mime with another group

Write the dialogues

Practice the mini drama

Act out for large group