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An outdoor activity that received good response in my mixed-level class was a form of scavenger hunt. I made up lists before class that had requests like: Find something that is living. Find something that is wet. Find something that is not green. Find something that that smells good. You probably g...

Something I do in my multi-level classroom is an activity I found in a great book called "New Ways in Teaching Speaking," edited by Kathleen Bailey and Lance Savage. Take note cards and write a different topic on each card. I've used words and phrases like family, vacation, scary things, last year.....

I'm an adult ESL teacher and also a graduate student in a TESL program. I'm doing some research on negotiation in the classroom for a paper. I'd like to provide some examples of activities that are used to help teach negotiation skills. What have all of you in cyberspace done? I'd like to hear about...