Recipes

1. Tell the class to write out instructions for a simple recipe: making a cup of tea, or boiling an egg, for example supply new vocabulary as needed. Then check that all the participants agree as to the best method - or learn alternative methods!
2. As a variation, ask for a detailed 'recipe' for a very simple operation, like opening a door: students have to describe everything that has to be done: Walk to the door, stop in front of it, turn the handle, push or pull the door open... When they think they have finished, they exchange papers, and try to find things their partners have forgotten: You didn't say: 'put your hand on the handle'.