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. Mr Men Drilling This activity is based on the popular Mr Men and Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves. Although these books are of course for children, the activity works just as well with adults, providing a great way to practise controlling Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Lexical Mining Lexical mining is the process of extracting useful lexical chunks from a written or spoken text that students have been dealing with. The goal is that students will be able to take some of this language and use it themselves. Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Pin the Tail Join my telegram channel for teachers. Click here This classic party game can easily be used in the classroom to practice directions and develop listening, coordination and cooperation skills. Focus: Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary, Young Learners Level: Beginner Age: Kindergarden/Primary Read more…
Tagged: ESOL football lessons
Level: Any
Age: Primary – Teens
Target language: Any
Time: 10 minutes +
Preparation: Prepare revision questions
Tagged: kids English games
Level: Beginner
Age: Kindergarden – Primary
Target language: Clothes, describing appearance, likes/dislikes, questions
Time: 5 minutes +
Preparation: None
Tagged: first world problems
Level: Upper-Intermediate
Age: Teens +
Target language: Vocabulary related to societal problems, so/such e.g. There is such high employment that …/There is so much bureaucracy that…
Time: 30 minutes+
Preparation: None essential
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Adjective Poems This idea is based on an idea from Grammar Practice Activities by Penny Ur. Focus: Writing, Lexis Level: Any Age: Teens/Adult Target Language: Copular ‘to be’, adjectives and adjective order Time: 15 – 20 minutes Preparation: A sample poem Procedure: 1: Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. MP3 Dictation Dictation fell out of favour with the acceptance of communicative language teaching. It was felt that dictation doesn’t fulfill a communicative purpose and further it was boring (and usually too hard) for students. However, dictation can provide an effective way Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Pronunciation Choices This activity is based on an idea from Pronunciation Games by Mark Hancock which is a great resource for pronunciation activities. In this simple game, students have to listen to a word and decide which of two phonemes is being used. Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. What Have You Got? This very simple activity has become one of my regular routines for revising vocabulary with small primary classes. Focus: Young Learners, Lexis, Speaking Level: Beginner Age: Primary Target Language: Concrete nouns, What have you got?/I’ve got…, indefinite article Read more…
