Vehicle tally Materials: Clipboard and pencil Before leaving the classroom, create a tally graph. Guided tour role play Materials: Flashcards This activity require students to get into pairs, with one student as a tourist and the other as a tour guide. Outdoor alphabet Materials: Paper and pencil Divide the class into pairs, ask them to write the alphabet down a side of paper.
Scavenger hunt Divide the class into teams, give each team a list of items they must hunt for. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Follow Following.
Language Lane. Sign me up. Already have a WordPress. Log in now. Once the game has begun, the teacher should not interrupt to correct mistakes in language use. The teacher should not compel an individual to participate. Some learners may not want to participate due to personal reasons.
Forcing students to participate usally does not have successful results. A game which looks wonderful on the paper may not work in the actual classroom setting. If it is tiring or boring, it should be stopped. Give clear instructions. Unless the learners know what he is expected to do and how to do it, the aim cannot be achieved, and the game cannot be played. In order to demonstrate how to use games in the classroom, some examples are provided below.
Game 1: Whisper Circles Aim : Speaking using a whisper , pronunciation, listening, grammar it takes Notes : Divide the students into groups of 7 to Choose one leader from each group. Give the leaders the card which has the sentence "It takes about six seconds for something you drink to reach your stomach.
Each person will whisper the sentence to the next person and the sentence can be said only once. The last person will say the sentence out loud. If the sentence is the same with the one written on the card, that group wins. Game 2: Match and Catch the Riddle Aim : Reading silently, reading aloud, pronouncing segmental and suprasegmental features correctly, listening selectively, grammar simple present tense , linguistic and nonlinguistic reasoning.
Give the questions to the first group and the answers to the other group. Each student in the first group is supposed to read the question he has aloud and whoever has the answer in the other group reads the answer aloud.
If the question and the answer match, put the students in pairs. If they don't, continue till the right answer is found. Each student can read his part only twice. When all questions and answers are matched ask the pairs to read the riddle they have just for fun.
A mouse going on vacation What animal eats and drinks with its tail? All do. No animal takes off its tail when eating or drinking. Why do mother kangaroos hate rainy days? Because then the children have to play inside. How can you tell the difference between a can of chicken soup and a can of tomato soup?
Read the label. Why is an eye doctor like a teacher? They both test the pupils. Why did the cross-eyed teacher lose his job? The random nature of the ball toss keeps students on their toes. Teenagers and students with more experience with English are typically better able to use it in a more productive and communicative fashion.
These ESL games can be a great way to get your teenage or intermediate learners involved in the classroom and prompt them to use their knowledge of English. Teaching online? Take a look at this 5-point checklist for planning online ESL games for teens.
Turn it into a competition to speak only English during the whole period. Keep a tally on the whiteboard for each time a student speaks in their native tongue.
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Have one student stand next to a seated student. The standing student must make it around the world around the class by correctly answering the question before each of the seated students does. If the standing student can answer correctly enough times to make it around the class, they have won! Pass a ball or other object around the room and when the music stops, the student with the ball has to answer a question, make a question, or draw a prompt out of a bag — you decide, though it is best to stick to one format for the duration of the game!
Write the numbers one through six on the board and a different question word who, what, why, where, when, how next to each one. When a student rolls the dice, he or she needs to make a question with the corresponding question word. Then, the student will call on a classmate to answer it. Use minimal pairs words that sound similar and are often mispronounced by EFL learners to make a list on the board.
Examples: 1. Students must write a number five or six digits long and then say their number using only the corresponding words. Check out other ESL pronunciation games. Students form a circle this can be as a whole class or in small groups. Give the sentence to the first student, who continues the story by writing the second sentence before she passes it to the next student, who continues. At the end of the circle, have a student read the completed story. It is sure to get a laugh!
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