This can easily be related to classroom topics as needed. It can also be done in groups or as a class. This is especially useful for those students that love to talk! By using labels on headbands or on their backs, students must guess the term on their label by asking questions to their fellow students. Students cannot offer advice, only answer their questions.
ESL classroom games are always fun for the teacher and students. Finding the right ones can be a fun challenge and you can customize each of these to be whatever you want. Designed to help students learn and enjoy it at the same time, these 12 examples of ESL games are fun for learners of all ages. To provide the most useful information for expats or soon-to-be expats in China regarding working, living, and teaching in China.
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Facebook Instagram LinkedIn. Overview Why China? Submitted by Gareth Thomas. Adverb Action: Teacher writes on the board an activity like "brush your teeth. The teacher then shows the S a card with an adverb written on it, such as "slowly".
The chosen student then does the activity in the way of the adverb. The other students have to guess the adverb. The one who guesses right gets a point and mimes the next action which the teacher writes on the board.
To help them you can give them a list of options, if you think they need some help. Submitted by Libby McArthur. Airplane competition : First, have your students make some paper airplanes. Stand the students in a line and let them test fly their planes. For the competition, assign different classroom objects points e. This works well as a team game.
Apple Pass : Have all students sit in a circle. Use a fake apple and toss it to one S. But you must say one English word as you pass.
The S then throws to another S and says a different English word. And the game keeps going until you have one winner. It can be played with different categories, such as Food, Animals, Etc.
My students love it! Submitted by Kim. Art Gallery : This is a great activity for reviewing vocab. Draw enough squares on the board for each S to be able to draw in. Have the students write their names above their squares. Teacher calls out a word and the students draw it could be simple nouns e. The S with the highest score at the end is the winner. Attention : Call out commands such as: Attention, salute, march in place At first students will copy you but later they should be able to do the commands without you.
Submitted by Tania Bibbo. Worksheets for ESL Kids. Take a look here. All worksheets are made specifically for teaching English to children. They are quick to find and easy to print. Backs to the Board Game : This one is good for higher level kids. Make two teams and stand one S from each team in front of the board, facing away from it. Write a word or draw a picture on the board e.
Badminton : Good for reviewing target vocabulary words or communicative expressions. Set a "court" into the classroom by placing a skip-rope tied up to two chairs. Make two small teams the other students can be the crowd and or challengers. Give each S a flyswatter "Racket". Inflate a balloon this will be the ball. Remember: the younger the students, the bigger the balloon must be slower. Decide who serves and for every winning shot the team to call out the flashcard or picture card shown by the teacher to get a point.
Lots of fun! NOTE: For very active students be careful since they might hit the others' faces when playing. Banana Race : Children just love this! What fruit is red and round? How many chairs are there in the classroom? They will approach the Goal line as they answer each question.
Each right answer equals a step towards the Goal Line. Submitted by Salvador Domingo. Write words on pieces of paper and fold them in half sight words, vocab, blends etc. Also add a few cards that say "BANG! Students take turns picking cards and if they read the word correctly they get to keep the word. If they draw a BANG! Very simple but the kids love it and there are many variations for the game! Submitted by Heather Gilbert. First ask a question to S1.
The person who gets the most points is the winner. This can also be played in teams. Bet you can't : This game can be played in millions and millions of different ways, and essentially it's just this: go to the toy store and buy toy money. Give each student the same amount of money at the start. Have the students bet each other that they can't do something - like this: make each S stand up and walk around.
Have them say, "I bet you can't e. Get the students to bet using the toy money. You'd be surprised how much even adult students enjoy this game. Bingo : Can be played with numbers, letters, pictures or even words. The winner is the first to either get a line or full house. Blind Toss : Have students sit down in a circle. Place a mat on the floor with numbers and a flashcard target vocabulary on each number. Taking turns, each S gets blindfolded and tosses a beanbag so as to hit a number.
For example: 4-dog, then "Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog! At the end, the S with the most points wins! Good for memorizing vocabulary since they are repeating words.
Blindfold Course : Make an obstacle course in your classroom use desks, chairs, etc. This is a good pair game. The student must guess what the object is. This works well with plastic animals as they are a little challenging to guess I always throw in a dinosaur to spice things up! Blindfold Questions : Put students in a circle, with one student, blindfolded standing in the middle. Turn the S around a few times. Board Scramble : Teacher puts the whole alphabet on the blackboard in a scramble of letters here and there, but low enough that the students can reach.
Have two teams and call out a letter. The person that is able to find and circle it first wins a point for their team. To make things harder have capital and small letters. Even more challenging- have four teams all looking for the same letter.
The kids just love it. You can do it with numbers and also words. Submitted by Susie. Buzz : A counting game. Have the students sit in a circle. The students pass the ball around while counting 1, 2, 3, etc.
When the number reaches 7 the S must say buzz. Any number with a 7 in it must be buzz 7, 17, 27, 37, etc. All lesson plans are made specifically for teaching English to children. They are also accompanied by lots of materials. Can You Actions: Use this game for teaching "Can you?
These actions are fun: wiggle, dance, run quickly, hop, skip, do a star jump, do a handstand, touch your toes, cross your eyes, snap your fingers, whistle, sing. Ask a S "Can you cross your eyes? If the S replies "Yes, I can" then say "Ok, go!
If the S says "No, I can't" say "Too bad. Ok, can you wiggle? Category Spin: Sit students in a circle. Spin a bottle or an arrow - the S that the arrow points to is first. The S needs to say a word from a pre-decided category.
The next S will say last word plus his own and so on until it gets to the one who fails. For example: S1:"zebra", S2: "zebra cat", S3: "zebra cat dog". Category Tag: Choose a category e. Students run around the room and the teacher chases them.
Give a time limit to answer e. Category Writing Game: Divide the classroom into two or three groups. Each group chooses their "captain". Each group has to tell their captain to write down as many words as they can which belong to that category. They have 1 or 2 mins. Each group takes 1 point for each word.
Correct Spelling is very important in this exercise! Charades: Have a student come to the front of the class and whisper a word or show a flashcard to that student. The student the acts out that word and the first student to guess can be the next player. This works very well with action verbs. Clothes Fun: Students form teams of 3. Each team has a bag with some clothes in it. The first team member puts on the clothes. Then when all the clothes are on, they say, " I'm dressed" and start removing the clothes, passing them to the next team member, who repeats the process.
If you have some fancy high-heeled shoes and silly hats this is a really fun game! Very young beginner students will normally only say, "shirt", "hat" etc. My students loved it! Colors in the Air: This is good for very young ones. Give each S 2 pieces of different colored paper origami paper is ideal for this. Teacher calls a color e. Color Circles: A good activity for young kids. Get some pieces of A3 paper and draw a large circle on each one.
Pin the circles on different walls in the classroom. Model the activity: Say "Blue", take a blue crayon, walk over to one circle and color a small part of the circle.
Do this for each color you plan to teach. Continue with other students. Color Game: This is a good one for teaching the names of colors to young children.
Arrange various colors of construction paper in a circle. Play some music and have the children march around the circle. Stop the music and all the children must sit down next to a color.
Pick a color and sing to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" : "Who's beside the color insert name of color? Please stand up, if it's you. Continue until all of the children get a turn.
Count-off: This game requires at least 10 kids or more. They stand in a circle or in lines. Gesture to one child and he or she says "1. After 20 restart at 1.
For a higher level, choose kids at random. If they're too slow or get the wrong number, they're out. Makes a great elimination game. Cross the River: Place flashcards on floor in winding manner. Flashcards for ESL Kids. All flashcards are made specifically for teaching English to children. Directions: Build a model of a town, including some streets.
Use a radio controlled car a toy and give the controller to students. Practice directions, e. Do as I say, not as I do: A 'Simon says' game with a difference. First practice Simon Says with the students so that they understand the game and body parts.
I find it works just as well omitting the 'Simon says'. Now tell them to do as you SAY, not as you do, and repeat playing the game - only this time, when you say 'touch your knees' etc, touch your ears instead, or any other part of your body. This is a good way to see who is listening to you correctly and who is just copying your movements. Students find this game much more fun than the original. Teacher walks around the outside of the circle patting the students on the head saying "dog" each time.
The teacher must try to sit in the S's spot before being tagged by the chasing S. If teacher makes it back without being touched then the chasing S walks around the circle touching heads.
This can be done with any variation of words. Draw and Roll: Split class into 2 teams. If the drawing is correct then the student rolls a dice for points. This game can be played 2 ways: The fastest person to draw the picture rolls the dice. Or the other way is to allow any student to roll the dice as long as the picture is recognizable and correct. I made my dice out of a box from the Yen store. Songs for ESL Kids. All songs are made specifically for teaching English to children. Just download and play in your lessons.
Exercises: This one is great for over excited students who need to burn off a bit of energy. It's also good for classroom commands and numbers. Stand the students in a line and call out instructions: "Jump 10 times", "Turn around 4 times" etc. Explosion: Give the students a topic and an object to pass around. Each student has to say a word in that topic e. If the time limit ends the student left holding the object loses.
Fish: Before this game you need to have the students in pairs draw and cut out a picture of a fish for each pair. While they are doing that put 2 parallel lines of tape on the floor a few meters apart. Have students play in twos - each student behind a different line. Teacher asks S1 a question. Next, teacher asks S2.
The S who blows the fish over the tapped line is the winner. Fly swatter game : Divide the students into 2 teams. Give the first in each team a fly swatter. Write the same array of answers on the board for each side. Ask student A a question a letter, blend, word, math problem, number, definition, etc. The first one to slap the write answer on the board wins a point. They get three questions and then they pass it to the next one.
When the first player gets back to the front. Change the answers and do it again! Once i have played it with my students it is the most requested speaking game every lesson following that. Allowing your students to communicate with each other takes off some of the pressure of a whole class environment and allows them to risk take with their English speaking in a less public arena.
In this game, each student in the pair draws a picture, keeping their paper shielded from the eyes of their partner. Ideally, pictures should be fairly simple. Once the picture is complete, they explain to their partner, using words only, how to replicate the image this can be done at a desk or as a whispers type activity across school halls if you want a more physical speaking game. He may miss out how many windows, the family in front of it or all manner of details.
This allows the teacher to compare the two drawings with the students and ask what language they could have added to get more details into the picture. This really enables students to start to think about expanding and adding to the phrases they say. The difference in drawings is often pretty funny as well. It is probably easier and more adaptable for the culture or location you are teaching in to make a simple version with famous people from your area. It is also a brilliant ice breaker between students if you teach classes who do not know one another — and especially essential if you are teaching a small class size.
The game is excellent for practicing English speaking skills, though make sure you save some time for after the game to comment on any mistakes students may have made during the game. Actually this stems for a party or drinking game at universities and can be adapted to what ever vocabulary or topic you are teaching at the time.
In the university version we all stick a post it to our foreheads and have to guess the famous person we are. Similar to the Guess who game above. In ESL or Classroom use we can do this with Jobs , animals, furniture, absolutely anything all you need are some post its or similar to stick to peoples heads or backs — anywhere they can not read it. It is a great ESL speaking game for classrooms with limited resources.
This classic classroom activity still has a place in modern classrooms. Students simply bring in something they would like to Show and Tell to their classmates. It practices students speaking ability, and their ability to prepare short written scripts that they will have to read. For those not talking it practices their listening ability, especially if you add a could of quiz questions at the end of each show and tell part.
You can change this by having a mystery box and they have to describe the item with out looking to their classmates and have them try to guess or the student of course what it is. Maybe its because i am writing this just a couple of days after Christmas, but I notice there are a lot of party games in this list. It might be that, but it might also be because they just work. Everyone, young and old, likes to have fun and these games provide that in abundance.
Taboo is no exception. It is simply a deck of cards, you can make your own or pick up a glossy set on Amazon for not much. On the card they have one target word and four words underneath. The player, in one minute or what ever time limit you decide to set has to try to explain what the target word is with out mentioning it, or the four related words underneath. The beauty of this game is that you can adapt it to whichever topic you have been studying and make it easier or more difficult depending on the age and abilities of your students.
It works in ESL and native speaking classrooms. This is a nice physical game for warm up or for end of class consolidation.
You just need a bean bag and some ideas. It is similar to the Mallets Mallet Word assocation game above but involves the who class rather than pairs at the front. This is great fun and students of ALL ages get into it very quickly. You can also allow then to pick their own subjects after a few goes. The simple fact is that students of all ages learn better when they are having fun. If you can try to incorporate some of these English Speaking games and activities into your lessons then you will find that more and more your students are willing to engage and practice the language you are teaching them.
There are hundreds more activities, but these are our favorites. We have a booklet of ten of them for free download if you want an idea of some of the resources behind them, but we will also be putting them up on the site as time goes by so you can take them individually as you need. Thought it was about time to sharing both what I have learnt during that time and the resources I have put together.
On this site we aim to teach the theory and share our thoughts, but also go that one step further and give you access to the hard resources you need for your class or for you children. Sentence games are a successful way to introduce both the initial concepts of sentence construction to young learners, and then extending that learning with more complex structures.
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Learning English can be a difficult task, especially for young children. Children often have shorter attention spans when compared to most adults and thrive when ESL education is offered to them in the form of fun games and challenges.
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