Material Used for English Club-Tongue Twister

Last week, we talked about how to start and organize your English Club. This week, we share ideas for effective and fun activities to do with your English Club.

The age and language level of your English club members will make a difference in what activities you should choose. For clubs with younger participants, more organized activities might work better. But for clubs with older members, informal meetings that encourage discussion are effective. It is important to know your club members and the kinds of interests they have.

Warm-up

Warm-up activities are good ways to start any club meeting. They help people relax and prepare them to start speaking English. Here are a few warm-up activities that can be used with any age or skill level.

Two truths and a lie
The first is called Two Truths and a Lie. This activity can be done in pairs, small groups, or the whole English club. One person comes up with three facts about themselves. Two of the facts are true, and one is a lie. They tell the group the three facts, and the group must decide which one is the lie. Each participant takes a turn with this activity.

Salad bowl
Another warm-up activity is Salad Bowl. For this activity, tell everyone to think of a person, place or thing and write it down on a piece of paper. Collect the pieces of paper and mix them around in a big bowl. Then, divide the club into two teams. Each team then takes turns having one person go to the front of the room to take a piece of paper. The person must then describe the word to other team members. As soon as a team member correctly guesses the word, the person then selects another word from the bowl. Each team has 30 seconds to guess as many words as possible.

Discussion questions
Finally, for groups that do not like activities, you can simply start a club meeting with a warm-up discussion question, or by sharing a word or quote of the day.

A student presenting to their English Club.
A student presenting to their English Club.
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Primary Meeting Activities

After a warm-up activity, it is time to begin the main meeting activities. These may be organized activities or less formal ones.

Debates and discussion
Club debates or discussions are the most popular type of English club activity. They let people use English in a more natural way than in a classroom.

It helps to have a new discussion topic for each meeting. This helps keep conversations from being too repetitive. It also encourages club members to learn new vocabulary words.

Debates are good ways to keep participants interested. They create excitement, and make the speaker practice using new words. If your club has many members, it is a good idea to divide the group into several smaller groups. If possible, each of the small groups should be given a different discussion or debate subject.

Every 15 to 30 minutes, people can move on to the next subject.

You can encourage club members to come up with debate subjects for future meetings.

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1. TONGUE TWISTER WHISPER

2. BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER.

3. SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE.

4. I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICECREAM.

5. PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER.

6. FUZZY WUZZY WAS A BEAR, FUZZY WUZZY HAD NO HAIR.

7. IF A DOG CHEWS SHOES, WHOSE SHOES DOES HE CHOOSE?

8. HOW CAN A CLAM CRAM IN A CLEAN CREAM CAN?