Five-Minute Activities: A Resource Book of Short Activities (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) 1st Edition

This book has been of limited usefullness for me. I've found only a few activities in here that would be practical for my classes of 40 Korean middle schoolers, but I also believe I'm in a bit of an unusual situation trying to teach English to such big classes. That being said, I did find it useful for, if nothing else, getting my own ideas rolling. I would also like to add that it's rather pricey for a flimsy little book, but I'm sure that if my situation were different it would have been well worth the money. I can pretty much recommend it to everyone EXCEPT those with unusually large class sizes, but it would be good for them too if they could find it used. Otherwise there are good resources to be found online for free.

Really great and useful for quick warm-up activities, mid-lesson breaks, and those random 5 or 10 minutes you sometimes end up with at the end of a class period. Easy to flip through and find many readily accessible games and discussion ideas. Anything by Penny Ur is wonderful!

This book is worth its weight in gold. It can be utilized as a warm up at the beginning of a lesson, as a teaching tool during the lesson and finally as a closer to the lesson which puts the students in a better mood before they leave class. Best of all, the ideas in the book really apply to teaching of English and not just fun and games.

Very good idea for filling gaps in classtime. Easy and practical.

I have already used some of the activities in class.Oriented more to high school, and I have early college ESL

This is a good book to have around when you are struggling to come up, as the title suggests, with short but effective, fun and communicative ideas for your ESL classroom. The book is divided by activities, which makes it a bit hard to use if you are looking for something to practice a particular grammar or functional language; but the activities are all easy to apply and usually don't require any extra preparation.

I've had this book for decades and have come to know it as a good friend. It offers quick teaching ideas but beyond that offers inspiration on how existing materials (textbooks) might be adapted. Highly recommend.

Handy activities to have up your sleeve as a teacher. Good quality.