Long time, no see! I am very excited to be back creating new games and new ideas for ESL teachers to use. Today’s game is based on an old favorite of mine, Clue (aka Cluedo, for any readers in the UK). Instead of trying to find a murderer – the players are trying to figure […]
Drinking games are designed to be easy enough for even your most inebriated friend to play. So when you change the game for your ESL class, it should be simple enough for even the weakest of students to enjoy. That’s why these games are among my favorites to play over and over again. Many of […]
I believe every teacher, no matter what subject/age they teach, should have a deck of cards in their arsenal of teaching supplies. There are just so many different ways you can utilize it in the classroom! You can divide teams randomly by having students draw from the deck. In one of my classes, I randomized […]
When I taught in Korea, I was very lucky to have access to a projector room. There I could showcase educational videos, do online ESL activities, and play some fun games with my students. One of these games we played was the Sims4. The Sims4 is a life simulation game. You create a character (a […]
Being a teacher is tiring work, and it doesn’t help that students seem to have so much energy all the time. They can get restless and fail to pay attention in class. Sometimes they can be a real nuisance, and you wish there was a way to tire them out so they would finally sit […]
When I taught in Korea, I was working in a small hagwon (cram school) in Yangsan city. The hagwon was really nice, and I loved my classroom; but sometimes I just had to get out of there. Also, many of my students spend the majority of the day indoors. When they aren’t studying in school, […]
Have you ever heard of the game Hullabaloo? It’s from the same makers of Cranium and it’s a lot of fun for very young children. The game consists of differently colored/shaped pads placed on the floor that the children are told to move to according to audio instructions. So they would hear things like “Spin […]
Do you remember the game, Guess Who? It’s a really fun game where each person is given a lot of named faces. They each pick one face to think of and then take turns asking yes/no questions about the other person’s chosen face. After awhile of narrowing the potential faces down, one player will finally […]
Memory is such a great game to reinforce vocabulary and practice reading/memorization skills. All you need is a deck of memory cards. Place them face down and let students pick two at a time. The goal is to get two matching cards for points. It’s so simple. However, this game is so universally used, it […]
Being an ESL teacher is hard work, and coming up with new and interesting ways for your students to learn can be tiring. Sometimes, it’s great to just take out something you can trust to keep them busy and practicing – that will hopefully also give you time to just breathe a little. These worksheets […]