This is a very easy activity.  Easy to prepare and easy to do.  Howvever, it is very efficient to evaluate sts listening skills and to get some creativity in the listening area in your class.  I actually modified it from another activity I read in this site posted by David.

Objective:  To evaluate sts listening skills by picking out words from a song.   

Steps:

1.  Choose a song with vocabulary that suits your class or that you have used.  Ex.  past verbs, past participles, animals, places, etc.

2.  Cut little pieces of paper with a word for every sentence in the song. You will end up with many pieces of paper.

3.  Place the pieces of paper infront of the sts.  Make pairs or groups of three or four. 

4.  Explain and model the activity. (Be funny and exaggerated to model activities, sts will laugh.  Always good in a class)

5.  Play the song and let the sts to GO FISHING!  The st who has more pieces of paper wins. 

Follow up: 

If you want to evaluate comprehension, ask a few questions about the song. 

Another great idea is to make a story with all the words.  This depends on the level you teach.

GO FISHING! CAN BE DONE WITH ANY LEVEL.

Let me know how it goes.

Vic

This post was submitted by Victor Mejia.

I am a BIG fan of not only teaching English but teaching thinking skills. We have to do both (and always spice with happiness!).

This game really gets students thinking and you’ll be amazed at their creative minds and answers!

1.  Practice the song above, “One of these things is not like the others” , a Sesame Street classic. It will get students engaged and ready for the game. Maybe just the chorus or get the ppt with the song/video and lyrics on EFL Classroom (also the game with lots of “not like the other thing” challenges).

2. Take 4 objects from the classroom. Write on the board,

“The ……. is not like the other things because …..”

Get students to first write down as many answers as possible.

3. Time’s up! Ask students to state their answers. The class will decide if it is a valid answer. Give a point for each unique answer as you go around the groups. No repeating of a previous answer allowed. When all answers are exhausted, start a new round with 4 new objects.

Use the ppt located above and also a worksheet for writing answers which is provided. As I stated, you’ll be amazed at the answers they come up with!

This post was submitted by David Deubelbeiss.

Group 1  – ABC

Group 2 -  1,2,3

Group 3 -  Do Re Mi

Group 4 -  Baby you and me girl….

The teacher or a student can sing the other lyrics. Lots of fun and it makes songs come alive…. Another great song is “That’s the way Uh huh Uh huh , I like it. Get this and the karaoke player with hundreds of songs on EFL Classroom 2.0’s Karaoke page!  It’s easy to even make your own karaoke song to play, watch the screen cast there…

This post was submitted by David.

Divide the students into groups.  The students stand up showing everyone their word and holding it high.

Play the song and students must sit down when they hear their word. Stand up again when they hear it again. Last one standing wins and the group with the most standing wins too!

Lots of variations, students can decide to begin sitting or standing and that gives an element of chance.

See many examples in ppt HERE. Or go to the video examples HERE.

This post was submitted by David.