Basketball Activity
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is to encourage learners to find questions which will promote the given answers as quickly as possible in order to score points. The team with the most points at the end of the game are the winners. The game may end after a stated period of […]
Room Race Activity
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is for the learners to decide on one of four responses to the teachers prompts and run to the corresponding wall of the classroom. The last player to reach the correct wall is out. The last player left in the game is the winner. Procedure Stick […]
Sentences in a Hat Activity
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is for learners to write sentences about themselves using a given language structure and then find out who wrote which sentences in a competitive mill drill. Procedure Explain to learners that they are going to practise the target language by writing sentences about themselves and then […]
Taboo Activity
Aim of the Game Learners explain lexical items to each other without using the words that would help them do so most easily, forcing them to paraphrase or explain through context. The team that guesses the most items in a given time limit are the winners. Procedure First of all, explain to the learners that […]
Volleyball Activity
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is to answer questions put by the teacher in order to return the ball to the other team. When teams answer incorrectly, the other team wins a point. Points are scored as in volleyball and the first team to win a set of a nominated number […]
Use of Articles – Noughts and Crosses Game
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is to be the first team to complete a row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) of three squares, by constructing sentences on set topics using a given order of definite and indefinite articles. As many games of Os and Xs end in a draw, a second way […]
Articles – Volleyball Game
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is to create correct sentences including both direct and indirect objects from verbs given by the teacher in order to continue a volleyball rally and return the ball to the other team. When teams answer incorrectly, the other team wins a point. Points are scored as […]
Asking for Information about Travel
Aim of the Game Learners practice asking for information about costs and times of flights. Concept In this role-play activity, players attempt to travel around the world in the quickest time possible and for the least money. Note: This game starts and finishes in Buenos Aires. If you want you can change the starting location […]
Collocations – Make and Do Around the World
Aim of the Game The aim of the game is for learners to make their way to the same destination by deciding whether phrases collocate with “make” or “do”. Procedure Explain to learners they are going to practise using collocations with make and do by going on a journey. Demonstrate the activity using an A3 […]
Describing Personal Characteristics – All About Me
Aim of the Game Learners describe themselves in terms of physical characteristics and personality. Concept Describing people’s personalities and our impressions of them is a very important and common social skill. In this task vocabulary and structures are pre-taught through matching activities, then a listening will provide a model. Finally learners will personalize by describing […]