Intermediate and above. Suitable for classroom use.

This book is on English Central's EduGeek Top 10 Books to Push Yourself and Your Students list!

Provocative, amusing, controversial, baffling. Challenge to Think is a fascinating compendium of English language puzzles, problems, thinking games, questions and issues, to give higher level students practice in vital skills.

Part 1 Speaking: spoken exercises promote the asking of correct questions, statement analysis, intensive discussion and creative thinking, with exercises such as Puzzle Stories, Causes & Consequences and Switch Sentences.

Part 2 Reading & Speaking: students read and share opinions about stories, problems and issues while practising comprehension, logical thinking and self-expression.

Part 3 Writing & Speaking: written solutions provide a basis for shared oral work. Exercises include Creative Drills, Describe Yourself and Finish the Story.

Class time for the exercises in each section varies from 10 minutes to an hour. Many of the exercises, particularly in the preliminary reading & writing stages, may easily be adapted for homework. The emphasis throughout the book, however, is on spoken English.

The development of strong relationships within a group or class, based on the sharing of problems, ideas & experience, is at the core of the book.

Teacher's Notes and answer key are included.