Gaming in English
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Board games for learning and practising English. A blog about using table-top games to teach and learn English.
Gaming in English
4y ago
A Vocabulary Game Like No Other. All the fun of a social deduction game, plus everyone gets to do some drawing. PRACTICE: vocabulary review speculation reported speech WHO IS IT FOR? Level (CEFR B1-C2) ages 15 yrs. and up When I first heard about A Fake Artist Goes to New York, I thought that it ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
A compact toolbox for the creative TEFLer. When I first saw DimmiDeck, I thought it must have been the work of one of the big publishers, because it looked so polished and ambitious. It’s actually the work of a particularly ingenious couple and it deserves a very serious look. PRACTICE: presenting, practicing and producing a ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
The Fantabulous Student Flummoxing Invention Game. Creating ridiculous, multi-functional inventions with a Victorian flavour. A fun way to really stretch high-level learners and practice describing things. PRACTICE: describing items which have two functions defining and non-defining relative clauses WHO IS IT FOR? Level (CEFR C2) ages 15 yrs. and up THE RUNTHROUGH: Great Scott! is ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
What happens if you mix a debate with a role-play? I’ll do my best to avoid being too political in this post, but I think we should all agree, here at the outset, that there is no shortage of opinions in the world today. It certainly feels like various views (however fact-based they may be ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
Snip, snip. A bit of glue. Job done. Bringing a bit of craft to the classroom for younger learners. These dice addi a bit of personalisation to practising so and such with adjectives. A little bit of imagination, a couple of cuts, a dab of glue and hey presto! PRACTICE: so + adjective + that ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
No words … People have probably been playing charades at parties since long before crabsticks were invented. Speechless is like a hardcore version of charades, but with more giggles and a couple of extra rules to organise the fun – GREAT for vocab review. PRACTICE: vocabulary review WHO IS IT FOR? Level (CEFR B1-C2) Ages ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
Don’t panic. PRACTICE: numbers (amounts of money) vocabulary (stock trading and investment) negotiation collaborative decision making real conditionals (planning) life-skills (financial planning) WHO IS IT FOR? Level (CEFR B2-C2) Ages 15 If you’re looking for a way to liven up a lesson about real conditionals or negotiation, then Panic on Wall Street is a blast ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
What all vocabulary games need: a good dose of subterfuge Most teachers would agree that regular review is a super important part of learning vocabulary. Either as a warmer or an end-of-lesson filler, these games are useful tools to have in your TEFL arsenal. This one is also a lot of fun, has just the ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
If you end up teaching a lot of higher-level classes like me, then it can be a challenge to find interesting, useful and motivating activities for your students. My learners had already done most of the excellent, tailor-made ELT materials which you can find online and in resource books. The main problem I had was ..read more
Gaming in English
4y ago
By the end of this year, how many times will you have used future perfect? PRACTICE: future perfect simple future perfect continuous / progressive asking follow-up questions WHO IS IT FOR? Upper-intermediate learners and stronger (CEFR B2-C2) Ages 15 years and older THE RUNTHROUGH: Certainly in our staff room, using the future perfect naturally in ..read more