Activities
Hundreds of great activities and games for the ESL classroom. Whether you are looking for reading, writing, speaking, or listening, find a great idea here.
For more ESL games and activities, click here. AI Collaborative Stories Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here A common activity that teachers like to use is the collaborative story in which students take it in turns to add a sentence to a story. But what if the students Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. The International Trade Game Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here I first encountered this game as a secondary school student in a geography class (I believe). While I’ve forgotten a lot about my time at secondary school, I do remember Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Broke or Flush? Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here While living in Russia, a TV show gave me the idea for this activity. Essentially, two women would travel to the same location for a holiday. On arrival, one would be Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Where’s Wally? Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here Where’s Wally (or Waldo, for American readers) is a well-known book series by Martin Handford. In this series of books, a very busy picture is presented in which the reader whould aim Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Ambiguous Headlines In this activity students look at ambiguously worded headlines exploring double meanings in English. Focus: Speaking, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary Level: Intermediate+ Age: Teens/Adult Target Language: Newspaper headlines and typical topics e.g. crime, research, politics, etc. Time: 10-20 minutes Preparation: Select Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Missing Words Round The Missing Words Round is a game from the British TV show Have I got news for you. In the show, contestants are shown a headline with one or more missing words and they should try to guess what Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Changes to a Map This is an idea I got from a teacher who regularly uses it to prepare students for IELTS. Essentially the idea is to take information given in a description and to try to recreate the map based on Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Expanding Headlines In this idea, based on an activity from Penny Ur’s Grammar Practice Activities (2009, p. 158-159), students practise using articles in the context of reporting the news. Focus: Grammar, Speaking Level: Pre-Intermediate+ Age: Teens/Adult Target Language: Articles (a/an/the), any lexis Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. ESL Battleships In this popular game, students attempt to work out what their partners have marked on a table by asking questions. This game is based on the popular game of the same name that has been played for more than a Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Questions for you Questions for you is a simple getting to know you game for the first lesson of an English course. It is aimed at students who already know at least several different tenses and structures in English, and is therefore Read more…
