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Games & Activities for the ESL/EFL ClassroomA Project of The Internet TESL Journal
This is a place were English teachers can share games and activities that they have foundHome Articles Lessons Techniques Questions Games Jokes Things for Teachers You may view the games in two different ways.Each Game on Its Own Page Many Games Per Page(This Section)
Number of Submissions: 132The newest addition is at the top of the page.
Bad Fruit: A Shoppers' Nightmare
Level: Easy to MediumThis is an oral communication activity appropriate for EFL learners in elementary/primary
Materials: "produce" and play money.
Object of Game: To accumulate as many products as possible.
Students are divided into clerks and shoppers.
The clerks set up "stands" to allow easy access for all shoppers (e.g. around the outsides
The shoppers are given a set amount of money* (e.g. dollars, euros, pounds, etc.) and begi
Students shop, trying to accumulate as many items as possible (each item is 1 unit of curr
Periodically, the instructor will say "stop" (a bell or other device may be needed to attr
The student with the most products at the end wins.
Students then switch roles.
*It is recommended giving students as much money as possible since students who run out ca
Alternative play for more advanced students: Clerks set the price of items. Shoppers have
Submitted by: Mike YoughWhat's the Question?
Level: Any Level
Type of Activity: listening and speaking
Purpose: review question forms previously studied in class
Procedure:Form two teams (three will work, but two seems to add just the right amount of competitiveExplain the game, with a few examples of answers in search of questions. Ask, 'What's the
Have two players--one from each team--come to the front. Style it like a game show if you
Next, read an answer to a question and say, 'What's the question?' The fastest player to r
Rationale: This game forces the students to think backwards a little, so they must provide
Submitted by: TimToilet Paper Icebreaker
Level: Any LevelThis activity is used as a "getting to know you", icebreaker on the first day of class.
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Teacher takes the toilet paper roll and takes several squares of toilet paper, then handsAfter everybody in the class has some paper, we count the squares we have, then we have toThis activity works well with substitute teachers also.
The toilet paper is such an attention getter.
Submitted by: Linda LeBlanc
Chain Spelling (Shiri-tori)Level: Easy to MediumThe teacher gives a word and asks a student to spell it, and then a second student should
This game can be made difficult by limiting the words to a certain category, e.g.. food, t
Submitted by: Huang ShufangBang Bang
Level: EasyDivide the group into two teams. Explain that they are cowboys and they are involved in aEditor's Note: Instead of saying the word in the students' mother tongue, it would be poss
Submitted by: LizBattle Ships - A Vocabulary GameLevel: Easy to MediumPreparation:Divide the students in to groups of four or five. Then ask the student to make the name fo
Ask them to choose the Captain and the Shooter. The captain's duty is to memorize his ship
Activity:Arrange all the captains in a circle, the ships' crews must line up behind their captains.The teacher must decide a lexical area of vocabulary, this vocabulary will be used to defe
Start the game by calling a ship's name, for example the ship name is "THE CALIFORNIAN". T
If the captain is late to reply (more than 2 seconds) or his crew can not say the words orThe teacher can change the lexical area for the next round.In the last round there will be two big groups battling to be the winner.
Submitted by: Agung ListyawanDescribing Appearances & Characteristics of People
Level: Easy to Medium (Low to low intermediate)Each student is then give one sheet of paper. One student sits at the front of a room. HIt is more interesting if the person being described is known by everyone. Once the studen
It is a good idea to encourage students to ask the interviewee student questions about who
Submitted by: DarrellSentence Race
Level: Any LevelA good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons.
Prepare a list of review vocabulary words.Write each word on two small pieces of paper. That means writing the word twice, once on eOrganize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words.Divide the class into 2 teams. get them to make creative team names.Distribute each list of words to both teams. every student on each team should have a pape
When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team. The students must thThe winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence.This is always a hit with kids. For more advanced students, use tougher words.
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Submitted by: Thomas D. J-BPaper Airplane Game
Level: Any LevelDraw a target (with points - like a dart board) on the white board or use a cardboard box
Submitted by: Ell SaundersPictionary (Game 1) - revamp - Charades (Game 2)
Level: Any LevelWrite out series of categories like professions (doctor, bus driver, etc.), animals, foods
Then for another day take the same categories (or create new ones) and play the same game
Submitted by: Ell SaundersSpelling Contest
Level: Any Level
First, if you have a large class you have to divide it in 2 teams. then the teacher says a
Submitted by: Revolle SoyerWhat's the Meaning?
Level: Medium to DifficultYou, the teacher, may need a dictionary do this activity.
Choose a word which is long, difficult, and unknown to the students, a good word to beginWithout using a dictionary, your students write down a definition. (They can work out theCollect the definitions and read them aloud.When you have finished reading, they will have to vote which of those is the correct one.After they have voted and none of the groups guessed the meaning you read the correct one
The idea of this game is to let students be creative and practice writing skills.
Then you can have the students to discuss their writings.
Submitted by: Natalia Iglesias from ArgentinaMore Games & Activities
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