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. The 4-3-2 Technique First described in 1983 (Maurice, 1983), the 4/3/2 technique is claimed to have a number of benefits. These include improving fluency in speaking, as well as accuracy and complexity, by having students repeat a similar talk three times. In Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Pecha Kucha Presentations The pecha kucha presentation (Japanese for chit chat) was devised by two architects who were tired of hearing architects talk endlessly about their projects. The idea is that the presenter selects just 20 images and talks about each one Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Bingo Bingo is thought to have originated from an Italian game in the 16th Century and remains popular today in both online and offline versions. It is very easy to adapt for English lessons with groups and requires no or only minimal Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Sentence Auction A sentence auction (or grammar auction) is a fun way to review grammatical (or lexical) structures. The main phase of the game is an auction in which students attempt to buy the correct sentences for the lowest price while avoiding Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Call My Bluff Like many EFL activities, this game is based on a popular TV/radio game show in which teams guess the meaning of obscure words from three possible meanings. The beauty of this game, from an English teaching perspective, is that Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. What is done/Why did you go? What is done is a no-preparation game that provides controlled practice of passive voice or phrases of purpose while also reinforcing collocations related to different places in town. With some variation it can be altered to Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. What’s the Question? In this guessing game, students attempt to deduce questions from the answers that other students give. This game is very similar to hot seat, the main differences being that students are practising questions, not isolated words or phrases, and Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Find Someone Who… Find Someone Who is a simple activity which can be used as a getting to know you game, a lead-in into a lesson or a controlled practice activity. As a GKTY activity, find someone who is often referred to Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Hot Seat / Back to the Board If there is one game that all English teachers should have up their sleeve, it’s hot seat, or back to the board. This game is also known as taboo when modified slightly. Whatever you call Read more…
For more ESL games and activities, click here. Crocodile / Charades The modern version of charades dates back to early 19th century France. Prior to this charades was the name given to a type of riddle where individual syllables were described. Charades has become a popular party game around the Read more…
