Im working out there for 12 months, and would really appreciate games, activities, teaching ideas etc
i will be teaching classes of up to 60 with ages ranging from 13 – 23.

thanks for your help!

Well especially in African countries where a lot of the culture and history is based in oral tradition, it might be nice to incorporate some of that. You could put on a play, a Ugandan play of course, and everyone could be involved in it. You could also assign presentations where the students have to tell a story about themselves or their lives, their childhood. Not only would you be strengthening the class room, you would also be strengthening the community. Having a cultural outlet to express oneself in is necessary for rebuilding a war-stricken community. Show and tell is pretty decent too. Obviously if you want to incorporate English writing activities then you could do translations of local folk songs into English or instead translating a Shakesperean play into a Ugandan version. Start a school paper, where the editor changes weekly. Interactive learning is the best kind of learning for adults. There's all sort of fun things you could do. For instance, you could have them act out a guy trying to pick up a girl at bar, using only future tense and 6 words out of the assigned vocabulary of that week. Well I could go one forever, but I hope this helps. Good luck! They say that Africa changes you in the deepest of ways, enjoy it.

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1. Dyeeo Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 6:34 am

   This probably isn't the answer you are looking for but you might have success just going there and learning a little bit about their culture. Incorporating familiar aspects of your student's lives into your curriculum may help them absorb the information faster. Also, it would give them a chance to teach you something creating a two way relationship of knowledge which, I think, may help you connect at a more personal level with your students.
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2. Stacie's Mom Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 6:58 am

   sign up for scholastic.com Lots of neat ideas there…and its free.
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3. sunil Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 7:15 am

   wow!—-Up to 60 students in a class -we have up to 30 here and its maddening!
   Try Googling – language games or ESL classroom games (?)

   Or "Ideas to make classes more interesting"?
   Often you can get neat ideas there.
   cheers.
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4. similar_not Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 7:35 am

   Here's a good resource for teaching ideas:
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   EFL in Asia – Games Activities and Lesson Plans
   http://www.geocities.com/allhou/lessgames.htm

5. Mallory J Says:
   June 12th, 2009 at 8:10 am

   Well especially in African countries where a lot of the culture and history is based in oral tradition, it might be nice to incorporate some of that. You could put on a play, a Ugandan play of course, and everyone could be involved in it. You could also assign presentations where the students have to tell a story about themselves or their lives, their childhood. Not only would you be strengthening the class room, you would also be strengthening the community. Having a cultural outlet to express oneself in is necessary for rebuilding a war-stricken community. Show and tell is pretty decent too. Obviously if you want to incorporate English writing activities then you could do translations of local folk songs into English or instead translating a Shakesperean play into a Ugandan version. Start a school paper, where the editor changes weekly. Interactive learning is the best kind of learning for adults. There's all sort of fun things you could do. For instance, you could have them act out a guy trying to pick up a girl at bar, using only future tense and 6 words out of the assigned vocabulary of that week. Well I could go one forever, but I hope this helps. Good luck! They say that Africa changes you in the deepest of ways, enjoy it.
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