Fortunately, TeachingEnglish with its fantastic resources has saved my life again. This time I tried the spending maze activity in which my students had to work in groups or pairs and decide how to spend one million euros.
They enjoyed this activity so much that I decided to create something similar but more appropriate for teenage students.
Young adult's choices is a communicative activity in which students get to practice the language of agreement, disagreement, suggestion and negotiation in order to make some important life choices. This activity has been enjoyed most by my intermediate-advanced teenage students who are about to graduate from high school and are now in the process of figuring out what to do next. In the activity there aren't correct or incorrect answers and, even though students come across some obstacles, each scenario leads to a happy ending. This activity can be used in a lighthearted manner as a time filler, but it can also be a great way to practice for some speaking exams like FCE and CAE (parts 3 and 4).
The task should be conducted just like the spending maze activity and the procedure can be found here.
Depending on your students' level, it might be a good idea to pre-teach some vocabulary. I suggest reading the maze in advance in order to underline some expressions which you feel your students might find difficult.
You can also show them this list of useful expressions (collaborating) and revise using functional language. The list is long but I always encourage my students to memorise and use only a few expressions from each category.
- Downloadable worksheets:
Hope you and your students enjoy the mazes. Feel free to write to me if you have any comments or know of any similar activities.
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