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Sun, 25 November 2007 A counting game that requires Student Cards or handmade word cards. Comments[0] |
Thu, 15 November 2007 A vocabulary game that requires Student Cards or handmade work cards. Comments[0] |
Mon, 5 November 2007 Another game that requires Student Cards, but teaches the phrase "I don't know". Comments[0] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 Another game that requires Student Cards or hand made word cards. Comments[0] |
Thu, 25 October 2007 Here is a fun way to have students work in pairs. In games that require an even number of students, simply have the ALT act as an additional student to fill in the gap. The Christian institutions we know of usually offer this level of assistance when new (or experienced) teachers have to work with younger learners. Comments[0] |
Sat, 20 October 2007 Use gestures to involve meaning. A fun way to implement action in any lesson. Comments[0] |
Mon, 15 October 2007 Great for memory skills and for small classes of 3 or 4 students or break into two groups. If in groups, the local Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) can monitor one group and the Missionary English Teacher (MET) can monitor the second group. (Note: Student Cards or handmade vocabulary cards are needed for this game.) Comments[0] |
Wed, 10 October 2007 Here is another good game to implement if your students have Student (Flash) Cards. (Note: Up and Away Series also by OUP never offered Student Cards (at least not in the Asian Markets) for this series and as of 2006 or earlier OUP even pulled out their A4 size Teachers (Flash) Cards from this market due to a lack of sales. It’s a straightforward and logical textbook for older elementary or younger high school students, but there are much fewer teacher resources for this series. Up and Away is still very fun to teach from if the teacher naturally uses creative approaches and is able makes up his/her own curriculum or outline, and games like this one here may take up to much time to implement in an Up and Away course lesson.) Comments[0] |
Fri, 5 October 2007 Here is a musical chairs concept without the music, but instead teaches vocabulary or verb phrases and listening comprehension. Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 September 2007 This works if each student has matching student cards identical to the teacher's flash cards. Student (Flash) Cards are not to be photocopied under OUP (.com) regulations for the Let's Go series but if you are using English Land (.info) then you are provided with B&W pages of student flashcards for all 8 chapters in the back of the Teachers Manual that may be photocopied. An English Land Teachers Manual may run a little over $40, but in the Let's Go series each student has to buy their own set of flash cards just under $40 for each set for each student. (Students can still learn vocabulary quickly without buying flash cards in which case this game may be skipped.) Comments[0] |
Tue, 25 September 2007 A nice fun paced activity (^.^ ) Comments[0] |
Thu, 20 September 2007 Here is a pair or team approach that encourages English communication. Comments[0] |
Sat, 15 September 2007 Here is a common game great for improving vocabulary and listening skills. Many if not most independent teachers take the time to make up their own editions of The Bingo Game to suite a particular textbook lesson or theme. Comments[0] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 Good for listening comprehension and vocabulary skills. For younger or pre-K learners, the teacher may always lead. Comments[0] |
Wed, 5 September 2007 Another variant or repeat of The Memory Chain Game a.k.a. The Memory Game. Comments[0] |
Thu, 30 August 2007 Here is an example of a competition game without decreasing participation. Those who are not winning can still participate in this kind of a game. This method and other entire class participatory methods are highly encouraged for great fun and learning. (Side note: Some experts may go as far as to suggest that games without any competition and/or losers are even more practical or useful when implementing ESL/EFL games for young learners.) Comments[0] |
Sat, 25 August 2007 Use chants from the textbook lessons or make up your own and add your own rhythm. Comments[0] |
Mon, 20 August 2007 Another vocabulary building game ( ^.^)(^.^ ) Comments[0] |
Wed, 15 August 2007 Use this for increasing vocabulary and increasing competition. <br> This game can be modified in difficulty to adapt to any level. Comments[0] |
Fri, 10 August 2007 Maybe you do a similar game without teams and this can be fun too. The team element, especially in all girl classes, increases the desire for perfection in articulation. Either way, these games increase student motivation and language learning. Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 August 2007 Forgot to mention here that if the players have a rock, paper, scissors TIE MATCH then only the phrase 1, 2, 3 needs to be repeated. This element introduces chance and it is just another fun way to make ESL/EFL learning more interesting for young learners. Comments[0] |
Mon, 30 July 2007 In each turn, one line moves towards the teacher while the other line moves away from the teacher. The lines move in opposite directions each time. For example, all students must takes one step left and the two remaining students without a partner circle around to the opposite end of their same line. This adds an element of continuous action and change while the teacher monitors only a single end and the assistant teacher monitors the other end or everywhere in between. Comments[0] |
Wed, 25 July 2007 Put the textbook conversations into practice by using this simple method. Comments[0] |
Fri, 20 July 2007 Play Beanbag Circle is great for drills, conversation building, or even one-on-one classes when you need an element of focus and physical contact in your presentation or game. If you do not have a beanbag in the classroom then you can use a ball. Works great with adults too. Put the ball in their hands and get them talking! Comments[0] |
Sun, 15 July 2007 Like Simon-Says but with the word please instead. A fun command activity too. Comments[0] |
Tue, 10 July 2007 Review missing letters and words with this fun activity. Comments[0] |
Thu, 5 July 2007 Basic but essential. Also for another variant, have the students themselves keep count of how many times they do the same action as they follow you. Unlike the example in the podcast, try to keep a POSITIVE and enthusiastic spirit within the classroom. Comments[0] |
Sat, 30 June 2007 A fun game if you have a large room and space to utilize. Comments[0] |
Mon, 25 June 2007 There is more than one benefit to this game. If you are not increasing your English skills here then then you will be expanding your brain in other fun ways with this game. Great for all levels. Comments[0] |
Wed, 20 June 2007 Very Basic. Games and drills could not get any simpler than but it is still advantageous to memorize the pattern and name of this activity. Comments[0] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 Action verbs are fun to work with and here is another game to make the learning experience more enriching. This game can also be used with classroom commands or other phrases in a fun and challenging way. It is also known as The Command-Chain Game. Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 June 2007 The The Letter Trace Game is a fun and easy game to remember when teaching young learners the shapes of the alphabet. With fingertips in the air, you can trace out the shapes of individual letters and after practicing this, try out the game or relay. The The Letter Trace Game (or The Letter Trace Relay). Comments[0] |
Tue, 5 June 2007 The Nani Nani 123 Game- Nani Nani (or Nany Nany) means blank-blank in English as in fill in the blank with whatever word or phrase you choose. A great game to remember for teaching young learners if coming to East Asia as a CTESOL missionary. Downloadable samples of the Lets Go text books, some teachers resources, and training information we use should be available at www.oup.com [select the country of destination]. Comments[0] |
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