Five Minute Activities: a Resource Book of Short Activities

Penny Ur, Andrew Wright
VITAL 428.4 Ur

Five Minute Activities is a collection of over 100 ideas for the foreign language classroom, all of which can be used effectively with little or no preparation. The collection offers a convenient reference for established activities and an introduction to a large number of new ones.


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