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    This post looks at 3 ESL Valentine’s Day Activities for teens and adults. These simple no-prep activities are a great way to get students talking and discussing their opinions on St. Valentine’s day.
    The first activity explains the origins of St. Valentine’s Day while practicing students listening skills with a short video.
    The second activity makes use of infographics to practice reading. Students read facts about Valentine’s Day and discuss what they read with the class.
    Lastly, you will find a number of speaking questions to extend the conversation with students.
     

    Valentine’s Day Explained

    Activity Time:  10 mins +
    Materials required: Each student needs a piece of paper and a pen.
    Skills practiced: Listening, writing and speaking.
    Level: Teens and adults. Lower Intermediate +
    Method
    1. Show the class the video below and stop the video at around 0:51 seconds. Ask the students to answer the following question in pairs. Ask them to write their answer. (Show the video a second time if required.)
    How did Valentines day start?

    2. Ask the students the write down the following numbers. Tell them they are going to watch the video again. This time they must write down the significance of the numbers.
     
    270 AD
    496 AD
    1415 AD
    Late 1800’s
    35 Million
    189 Million
    3. After you have checked their answers, ask them which facts they found most interesting and why.
    On the board write “Love is …”

    In their pairs, ask the students to finish the statement.Here are some quotes to give them some inspiration:“Love is like a friendship caught on fire”  Bruce Lee

    “Love is only a little foolishness with a lot of curiosity” George Bernard Shaw

    “Love is an irresistible desire to irresistibly desired” Robert Frost

    “Love is the flower you’ve got yo let grow” John Lennon 

    “Love is like a red red rose” Robert BurnsPlease contribute

    Please send on your classes “love is..” creations to me either on twitter @eslkidgames, #eslloveis or via email where they will be featured with my classes’ quotes to spread the love this Valentine’s day. 

     

    Valentine’s Day Facts

    Activity Time:  10 mins +
    Materials required: Printed infographic for each set of students
    Skills practiced: Listening, writing and speaking.
    Level: Teens and adults. Lower Intermediate
    Method
    1. Print the following infographics. One between two or three students. (Click the images to view the full infographic)

     

    2. Give each group their own infographic.  Ask them to read the infographic and create a mini presentation on the top five most interesting facts they read on their infographic.

    3. Each group tells the other groups the information that have read and the class discuss the information.

    4. The whole class then picks the top five pieces of information discussed. If you have time you could encourage the class to develop their own infographic based on their top five facts.

      

    Valentine’s Day ESL Questions

    Activity Time:  10 mins +
    Materials required: a copy of the printable
    Level: Teens and Adults all levels.
    Printable: Download Get the class talking with over 15 Valentine’s Day questions.
     
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    More ESL Valentine's Day Activities
    Discover more ESL Valentine’s Day Activities for teens and adults.

    Valentine’s Day Board Game – Discuss Valentine’s Day with this interactive online board game for levels B1+ (lower intermediate and above, suitable for teens and adults.

    Guess the Valentine’s Day Idiom – In this warmer / cooler activity for teens and adults, students need to guess the Valentine’s Day idiom. This challenging activity is a simple and fun way to introduce students to idioms and expressions related to Valentine’s Day.

    Updated 17.January.2021

    3 ESL Valentine’s Day Activities

    Adults, Listening activity, Poetry, speaking activity, Teens, TEFL, Valentine's Day, Video, Writing, writing activity DavidM 5 Comments

      Did you find this post useful? Please leave a comment and share this post with others. As always, enjoy and have fun! Updated 17.January.2021

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    Activity, All levels, Board games, End of class, ESL, Fun, Game, Listening activity, vocabulary, Writing, writing activity DavidM 5 Comments

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    Activity, All levels, Brain Breaks, Curiosity, End of class, ESL, Game, Ice breaker games, problem solving, reusable, vocabulary, Warmers, writing activity DavidM Leave a comment

    This warmer is always a fun way to get your students thinking and practicing their vocabulary. I first came across this activity in this book, which has some great ideas for mini-brain workouts for quiet or tired students. This activity is extremely easy to do and requires no pre-class preparation or materials. Activity Time:  5 – 10 […]