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Personality Adjectives at B2: From Word Cloud to Bingo (with a Little Help from AI) 22 Oct 2026
Has this ever happened to you? You’re chatting with your B2 students about personality, and someone proudly announces, “I’m very sensible!” Wait, do they mean sensitive? Or do they really mean they’re a model of good judgement? Chaos! Personality adjectives look so easy on…
Fun Retrieval with The race letter and a Gallery Walk 04 Oct 2026
Right, personality adjectives are still on the menu, but stick with me here — this activity ‘ The Race LETTER is way more flexible than that. Fancy doing it with some other topic-specific vocab for an exam class? Works just as well. PART 1: The Race Letter Picture this: your…
Confession Time: I’m Useless With Names (So I Invented a Game That Reviews Vocab and Grammar Too) 08 Sep 2026
Okay, I’ll confess: we’re in the first days of the new course and I, the teacher, cannot for the life of me remember half my students’ names. Does this happen to you too? That moment when you point at someone and go “hey… you, yes, you, the one in the blue hoodie” because the…
Two No-Prep Icebreakers: Personal Stars and Funny Cartoons 01 Sep 2026
I still had sand between my toes and here I am, already planning the first day of class. How did that happen SO fast? One minute you’re lying on the beach not thinking about anything, and the next, bam! September is staring you. But let’s look on the bright side: starting means…