The document lists 10 activities that are effective for large ESL classes: 1) Sentence correctness activity, 2) Using videos, 3) Student presentations, 4) Concentration game, 5) Just a minute speaking game, 6) Reading activities, 7) Student surveys, 8) Board games, 9) Running dictation, and 10) Odd one out game. These activities engage students, cover different skills, and can be adapted for groups. Videos, presentations and games break up large classes while still providing interaction and language practice.

1. Top 10 ESL Activities for Big
Classes
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2. #1: Is that Sentence Correct?
You can use this activity with 1 student or 100! It’s also very
easy to adjust the activity from beginner to advanced.
http://www.eslactivity.org/english-grammar-activity-is-that-sentence-
correct/

3. #2: Videos in the ESL Classroom
Videos can be
a great tool
to use with
large ESL classes.
They are interesting,
motivating and
engaging for most students.
http://www.eslactivity.org/use-video-in-the-esl-classroom/

4. #3: Presentations for ESL Students
Task-based learning is a great way to make learning more
memorable.
http://teachinginkoreanuniversity.com/presentation-project-ideas/

5. #4: Concentration
http://www.eslactivity.org/concentration-an-esl-vocabulary-game/
This is an excellent activity for beginners or intermediate
students and children especially love to play it.

6. #5: Just a Minute
http://teachinginkoreanuniversity.com/esl-speaking-activity-just-a-minute/
This is a great
warm-up activity
for higher-level
teenagers or adults.
They idea is that students
have to speak about
a certain topic
for an entire minute
without stopping.

7. #6: Reading Activities
http://www.eslactivity.org/an-esl-reading-lesson-plan-template/
This is an ESL Reading Lesson Plan Template for how to
conduct one of these lessons the CELTA way

8. #7: ESL Surveys
Surveys are great
because they’re
entirely student-centered
and they also
cover all 4-skills
(reading, writing,
listening, speaking).
http://eslspeaking.org/6-esl-survey-ideas/

9. #8: Board Games
These are a
natural choice
for large classes
of ESL students
because you can
break up any number
of students
up into
groups of 3-5.
http://teachinginkoreanuniversity.com/esl-board-games/

10. #9: Running Dictation
Running dictation also makes a great warm-up activity for
that Monday morning 9am class
http://eslspeaking.org/esl-game-running-dictation/

11. #10: Odd One Out
Put students into pairs and they compete against
each other to add an element of fun to it.
http://www.eslactivity.org/odd-one-out-esl-warm-up-game/

12. These are simple yet fun activities your students can actively
participate in. They will surely have fun while they learn at
the same time.
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