EFL Activity Design Contest

A. Pronunciation Activities

Objective: Help students improve pronunciation, focusing on accuracy, fluency, and confidence.

Examples: Phonetic card games, tongue twisters, shadowing exercises, minimal pairs practice, or accent and intonation drills.

Criteria: Alignment with common pronunciation challenges, creativity, focus on individual sounds and rhythm, and building students’ confidence.

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. Videos (e.g., shadowing exercises, pronunciation drills)
2. Audio recordings (e.g., minimal pairs, tongue twisters)
3. WORD/PDF (with detailed activity instructions, scripts, or visuals)
4. Interactive Audio Tools (interactive pronunciation quizzes, for example, Google Forms or Quizlet, where students listen to sounds or words and select the correct pronunciation. You can submit links to these interactive resources.)
5. Apps and Platforms (Using apps like Flipgrid or Vocaroo, you can create audio-based pronunciation activities where students listen, repeat, and get feedback. Links to these online exercises can be submitted.)

B. Conversation Activities

Objective: Provide opportunities for students to engage in simple conversations using English.

Examples: Structured conversations, role-play scenarios, conversation starters, or board games.

Criteria: Encouragement of student interaction, relevance to real-life situations, adaptability to basic proficiency levels, and incorporation of cultural or current topics.

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. Videos (e.g., role-play scenarios)
2. Audio recordings (e.g., sample conversation exchanges)
3. WORD/PDF (e.g., conversation scripts)
4. Interactive Slides or Docs ( with conversation starters, prompts, and images to guide students during the activity. Slides can also include embedded audio clips or videos.)
5. Digital Collaboration Tools: (Padlet or Flipgrid to record conversations)

Objective: Create activities to help students improve their listening comprehension with various audio resources.

Examples: Audio quizzes, fill-in-the-gap exercises, “spot the difference” after listening, or comprehension questions for short stories.

Criteria: Use of authentic or level-appropriate audio, creativity, effectiveness in improving comprehension, and alignment with specific listening skills (e.g., listening for details).

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. Audio recordings (e.g., audio examples of conversations or interviews with comprehension questions)
2. WORD/PDF (with instructions and questions)
3. Interactive formats (e.g., Google Forms, Edpuzzle, Quizlet, or similar tools for listening activities that include embedded audio with questions. You can submit links to these interactive formats.)
4. LiveWorkSheets (to create interactive worksheets that students can complete as they listen to an audio. You can submit links to these resources.)

Objective: Encourage young learners to practice and develop their writing skills.

Examples: Journal basic prompts, structured letter-writing, descriptive sentences, basic guided creative writing tasks, or comic strip creation.

Criteria: Age and level appropriateness, variety in writing forms, alignment with grammatical and vocabulary goals, and creativity.

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. WORD/PDF/Google Docs (detailed documents that include writing prompts, instructions, templates, and rubrics for assessing written work)
2. Slides (e.g., with structured writing activities, breaking down each task step-by-step. These slides can include prompts, writing tips, and visuals to guide students through the process.)
3. Online Writing Tools (Google Docs to create collaborative writing activities, where students can write and receive real-time feedback. You can submit templates or links to these online documents.)
4. Interactive Worksheets (LiveWorkSheets for students to type and submit their work. You can submit links to these tools.)
5. Video Instructions (You can record yourself demonstrating how to complete a writing task.)

Objective: Strengthen reading comprehension and vocabulary through simple texts.

Examples: Reading comprehension, “predict what happens next” exercises, or matching vocabulary with definitions.

Criteria: Relevance to language level, fostering analytical and critical thinking, vocabulary expansion, and integration of various text types (stories and dialogues).

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. WORD/PDF/Google Docs (reading comprehension activities in a document format, including short texts (stories, dialogues, etc.) and comprehension questions)
2. Slides (a short reading passage and interactive questions that students can answer while reading)
3. Interactive online worksheets

Objective: Create fun activities to help students learn, recall, and use new vocabulary.

Examples: Word games, crossword puzzles, vocabulary charades, flashcard memory games, or categorization tasks.

Criteria: Fun, memorable, interactive, and context-based vocabulary use.

Possible Formats for Submissions:

1. Audio recordings (e.g., audio clips with follow-up exercises)
2. Videos (with follow-up activities)
3. Slides (with images, vocabulary items, and embedded audio)
4. WORD/PDF (with instructions, word lists, and visuals)
5. Interactive formats (e.g., Google Forms, Google Slides, Kahoot, Blooket, WordWall, or similar tools with embedded vocabulary-related exercises)