 Top icebreaker for new TEFL teachers, ABC word chain. This activity is ideal for building vocabulary, and can be played with all levels of students. The teacher chooses a topic and asks a student for a word that fits into that topic. For example the topic could be animals, and a student says lion. Next the students take turns building a word chain by looking at the final letter of the last word in the row, here lion, the letter n, and choosing a word that begins with this letter and also fits into the given category. So in the case of our animal word chain, it could be lion, newt, turtle, elephant, and so on. Play this for a couple of minutes at the beginning of your lesson to give each student a chance to think and speak in English. Thanks so much for watching! We are ITTT, deleting provider for TEFL and TSOL training courses. If you like this video please subscribe by clicking that button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.