English Language learning games for Foreign students ?

Question

Has anybody got any ideas for a game to play with German students learning English ?

Answer 1

Depends on the topic. Simon Says is great for practicing body parts as the above post mentions.

I have the kids make clocks from paper plates when I teach time. It is not really a game, but a way for the kids to all respond at once when I say a time in the target language.

Flyswatter game; put a lot of vocabulary words on the board. Divide the class into 2 teams. One person from each team goes up and the first person to hit the word gets a point.

Checkers; make your own board and put pictures of your words on the squares. In order to move there the kids have to say the correct vocabulary word. Use bingo chips for pieces (less expensive).

Basketball; buy a cheap hoop and ball at the dollar store. Have 5 kids at a time go to the board. Give them a question. The first to answer gets a point and has the chance to make a basket for an extra point.

Battleship; make a grid. I use this mostly for conjugating. I put verbs along one side and the pronouns along the other. For example You and then it lines up with to be. They to say "you are" and then the partner tells them if they hit a ship or missed. It is also good for basic numbers.

You can also give them movie titles in English and have them guess which ones they are based on what they know from the German titles. This is always a fun activity.

Have them find a picture from a magazine and then write sentences to describe the person. You can also use this to describe their clothing.

Answer 2

I always used to go to Dave's ESL cafe when I was a teacher.

I just checked out the site and there are hundreds of games listed there. You must be able to find one that's suitable.

Good luck with the course.

Answer 3

Simon Says...

Answer 4

yes i do watch a film in english