Christmas activities Archives - Oxford University Press

14 December 2020
by Oxford University Press ELT 24 Comments

Festive Resources and Activities for your Class | ELT

It’s that time of year!

To help you celebrate, we’re sharing a collection of Festive ELT activities to get you and your class in the holiday spirit!

We’ve prepared some multi-level ELT activities for you to use online or in the classroom. We’ve got something here for all.

All activities are photocopiable and shareable online using the below-sharing links.

Beginner

Decorate your tree
Festive Wordsearch

Shareable link -> https://oxelt.gl/2JTJjrf

Intermediate and above

Gapped-text exercises
Extensive reading resources
Festive sing-along

Shareable link -> https://oxelt.gl/37glVgr

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Oxford University Press! ❤️

1 December 2016
by Oxford University Press ELT 14 Comments

4 Christmas Activities for your Classroom

Christmas ELT activities

The festive season is officially upon us!

To help you celebrate, we thought we’d share some Christmas ELT activities to get you and your class in the spirit of Christmas.

Our teacher trainer Stacey Hughes from the Professional Development team here in Oxford has prepared some multi-level Christmas ELT activities for you to use in your classroom. Enjoy a round robin writing activity, practice some seasonal vocabulary revision, and plenty more. The perfect antidote for any Scrooge!

ROUND ROBIN LETTER (Writing)
Level: pre-intermediate to advanced
Any age group

ADVENT CALENDAR (Vocabulary)
Level: any
Young Learners

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS or 12 DAYS OF WINTER (Vocabulary revision)
Level: any
Young learners, teens, adults

CRAZY GAPPED TEXT (Grammar, collocation, text cohesion)
Level: pre-intermediate and above
Teens, adults

Stacey Hughes is a teacher trainer for Oxford University Press. She has written a number of articles for the OUP blog and Teaching Adult Newsletter. Stacey gives talks and workshops around the world – both face-to-face and via webinar.

12 December 2014
by Oxford University Press ELT 9 Comments

Classroom resources for Christmas

Christmas ESL resources Christmas is nearly upon us, so we thought we’d share some classroom resources to help you and your class get in the festive mood.

Teacher trainers Stacey Hughes and Verissimo Toste from our Professional Development team have prepared some multi-level activities for you to use in your classroom.