FIND YOUR MATCH! Games and Activities to Energise the Language Classroom for Junior High School
FIND YOUR MATCH!
Energising Language Classroom Activities for Junior High School: A Teacher’s Guide
Junior high school students often find language classes challenging, but as a language teacher, you have the power to transform these challenges into engaging learning experiences. Classroom activities are the key to achieving this transformation. These activities not only make learning enjoyable but also foster a deeper understanding of the language, leading to improved fluency and proficiency. In this blog post, we will explore a diverse range of innovative and interactive language classroom activities designed specifically for junior high school students. Whether you’re looking to enhance vocabulary retention, boost conversational skills, or make grammar lessons more enjoyable, this guide will provide you with a rich array of strategies to create a dynamic and effective learning environment for your students. Let’s embark on this journey to energize your language classroom and inspire your students to become passionate language learners.
FIND YOUR MATCH!
Target Group: 2nd year
Difficulty Level: Basic Conversation
Activity Objective: To practice grammar (…ing) and vocabulary using question and answer sentence structure (Do you like…?).
FIND YOUR MATCH! – Procedure
Each student receives 1 card. The top part of the card has a question: “Do you like …ing”. The bottom part of the card has an answer: “I like…”. Students walk around the room asking their question to students until they find their match, write the person’s name and then return to their seats.
Materials and Preparation
Please refer to the following card print outs. Cards are in sets of 4 per page. Print enough pages for each student to have a different card. The teachers can hold the spares. Full pages must be used to ensure matches exist.
Suggestions and Advice
- Before handing out the cards, sort the cards out so that that pairs are well separated. This ensures that students need to ask their questions quite a few times to find their match.
- Remind students who cannot find their match to try asking students who are sitting down already too.
- To finish the activity if it is taking too long, or only a few people remain trying to find their match, ask the remaining people to come to the front, ask their questions to the whole class, then close the activity.
- For students who are sitting down. Ask them to write a “Do you like…?” conversation in their note books using their card and ‘he/she”.
E.g. Q: Does _ like swimming? A: Yes, he/she does OR No, she doesn’t.
Energising Language Classroom Activities for Junior High School
In the world of language teaching, fostering a love for learning and effective communication is our ultimate goal. By implementing these engaging classroom activities for junior high school students, you are not only enhancing their language skills but also creating an environment where curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm thrive. As we wrap up our exploration of these energizing language activities, remember that your role as a teacher is invaluable, and your dedication to making language learning exciting and impactful is what sets the stage for your students’ future success.
So, continue to innovate, adapt, and personalize these activities to suit the unique needs and interests of your students. Watch as their confidence soars, their vocabulary expands, and their ability to communicate fluently grows. With your guidance and these engaging activities in your teaching toolbox, you are well on your way to inspiring a new generation of confident and capable language learners. The journey to language proficiency may be challenging, but with your passion and these activities, it is always an exciting one.
Happy teaching!
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