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A Teacher's Resource Book of Fun Activities for Students of English as a Foreign Language

? 2019 by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This work is licensed under the Public Domain. To view a copy of this license, visit

The Lighter Side of TEFL

? 2019 by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs.

This work is licensed under the Public Domain. To view a copy of this license, visit

This publication is available free of charge online at: americanenglish.

Office of English Language Programs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

United States Department of State Washington, D.C.

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Third Edition 2019 Second Edition 2010

Reprinted in 2005 First published by the United States Information Agency in 1994

First and Second Editions Compiled by Elizabeth Ball Third Edition Compiled by Amy Hanna Editor of First Edition: Thomas Kral

Original Layout and Design: Cynthia Malecki Third Edition Cover Art: Fathom Creative, Inc.

Dedicated to Anne Covell Newton

"A little of this and little of that (A balanced mixture of lean and fat) Adds Spice to the pudding; it cannot hurt, And it brings to the reader his just dessert."*

*From the first Lighter Side Page published in the English Teaching Forum, January 1976

This third edition of The Lighter Side of TEFL contains activities mainly taken from English Teaching Forum from 2004 to the present. A few puzzles that were published prior to 2004 are included. The puzzles are grouped into categories by type. The categories also progress from letter- and word-based activities to more complex exercises involving reading and writing skills.

The purpose of The Lighter Side of TEFL has always been to make learning English fun. These puzzles help students develop vocabulary and practice thinking critically. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing may be used to solve the puzzles, but the goal of each activity is to inspire students to see that communicating in English can be an enjoyable, and even lighthearted, experience.

Each of the puzzles in this book would be an excellent warm-up activity at the beginning of class, or a great wrap-up activity at the end. The puzzles are short and do not require any additional materials. These activities are best completed in pairs or small groups so that different perspectives can be utilized--and enjoyment can be shared! After completing the puzzles, discuss the answers as a class using the solutions found in the back of the book.

The Lighter Side of TEFL is a resource for teachers, who may reproduce individual pages for use in their classrooms. The puzzles in this edition are intended to be used as supplemental material--warm-up games, group work, wrap-up activities--not as a textbook for students to complete during a course.

introduction

table of contents

1 section 1

games with letters

12 section 2

word searches

23 section 3

scrambles

34 section 4

crossword puzzles

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