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Two players face each other. One palms up and the other palms down over the other hand. The player with the palms up try to slap the hand with palms down. When successful, the student can ask the other student a question (improvised or from a list). Swap places.…
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The Yes/No Game
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11 Feb 2011
Overview:
A simple but fun quick-fire game to liven up a class or as a reward in the final segment of a language lesson. A student comes to the front of the class, the students choose a topic (for example, 'Your last holiday', 'Your favourite food' etc), then the class fire questions to the student. The student has to answer the questions but cannot say the words either 'YES' or 'NO'. …
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Spelling game
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11 Sep 2010I use this game with my students to check spelling of vocabulary introduced in the previous lesson.
Divide class in two teams, A and B. Divide the board in the middle. Mark each side of the board for each team.
On each side of the board draw:
- a river with stepping stones for students to get across the river. The winner is the team that crosses the river first. For every correct
I like using magic tricks to get student's attention. Along the way, they are learning a lot as you explain and show using language. A great way for rich language learning. Here's a favorite I used to use with my kids.
I"ll guess your birthday Magic Trick
Ask your students to do the following, calculating for their own birthday. Go slow and repeat the instructions so…
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Conversation is the "art of exchange". Students learn English but very seldom really learn the art of "holding a conversation" and making it a 2 way exchange. This technique helps this.
Any time students are performing an activity: dialogue, discussion, task etc... train them to "pass the pen". After speaking, the student passes the pen to someone else. If you have the pen…
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PASS THE CHICKEN!
The prop is the most important element to this game : ) To begin, all students sit in a circle. Select one person to be IT. That person holds the rubber chicken. The teacher or a "caller" says to the person holding the chicken, "Name five animals. Pass the chicken!" As soon as the caller says, "Pass the chicken," the person holding…
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I was reminded of this game while watching an excellent Korean teacher's English lesson this week. Pass the Paper (Snowball).
Students in groups pass around a piece of paper while music plays. When it stops, whoever has the paper must answer the question or do a specific task. In this game - finish the Christmas Carol.
Pass the paper…
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This is a nice game to play to practice describing people (an important language skill). Simply put up this photo. or this one. Print it out if you want students to work in pairs / groups.
Students take turns describing the faces and others guess who it is . One guess / person so they have to be sure!
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The Gumball Game (Prepositions of Motion)
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3 Sep 2009"I dropped my gumball, and it went . . . . ."
Required items:
1) Index cards, or pieces of paper
2) A large drawing surface (whiteboard, blackboard, a big piece of paper)
This is a fun activity to help students use the prepositions of motion they already know.
First, get a pile of index cards (preferably ones that you cannot see through). Divide the cards into two piles --- one pile will be prepositions…
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Usually the FSW (Find Someone Who ) games entail students asking questions AND writing in names to form sentences. (find a whole pile of pre made ones on EFL Classroom 2.0)
ie. (name) loves dancing.
However, there is another option and one that even is stronger cognitvely and pedagogically. (Go here for an explanation and part 1)
Give students a bingo card with…
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