Isaac Said:

i am teaching english and we want games to play in class. what do you suggest?

We Answered:

Board race, shouting dictation, miming, word search, bingo, noughts and crosses, hangman, blockbusters, alibi, odd one out, chinese whispers etc etc

These websites may help:

http://www.esljunction.com/esl_games/
http://www.teachenglishinasia.net/tefl-t…
http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl…
http://www.lingolex.com/jstefl.htm
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?Ga…

Michelle Said:

I am an english private tutor and is tutoring 2 boys. Can you give some ideas of english teaching games?

We Answered:

One game that is really fun and gets kids thinking and using language is the ABC game. Basically you start with A and say a word that starts with A. Then the next person says a word that starts with B and the next person says a word that starts with C and so on. You can choose topics to come up with words for or just stick to any words. My students really enjoy this simple, fun game.

Kimberly Said:

teaching English to Chinese primary school students, need educational games for 5-10 yr old?

We Answered:

There's a few ideas here: http://www.oshieroo.com/ideas/tag/elemen…

My students like any kind of role play, especially involving play money, e.g. restaurant/shop (supports food vocab, counting in English, and structures such as 'what do you want?' 'I want ___')


A fun way to chain drill dialogues is to pass a ball around in a circle - but then make it more challenging by adding extra balls! Once they have got the hang of that, have some balls going round in the opposite direction, have the kids sit down if they miss the ball, or other variations.


We use karuta (slap-the-card) a lot, but it can be unsafe. Using flyswatters, or having the cards face down so the kids must turn them over to find the right card, lessens the possibility of them nutting heads! Karuta with tiddlywinks can be interesting too *lol*


Snake Janken works well with my students. Line up the flashcards on the floor, and have the kids form 2 teams, one at each end. When you say go, the first child in each team touches and says the cards in turn. When they meet, they play rock, scissors, paper - the winner carries on from where they got to, the loser goes to the back of their line and the next kid starts at the beginning. Winner is the team that makes it all the way to the other side! I find with my classes it's better to play kneeling down - it slows the kids down so you can check they are actually saying the words.

Hope there's a few things to get you started!

Frank Said:

new language games in teaching english as second language?

We Answered:

Try the sites below.