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Archive for the “Games”

GAME OF THE WEEK: The Broken Song

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Listen to the show. The Broken Song is an activity that can be used with any song you find appropriate for your class. It’s a great group activity that can be used with large classes and small groups.


GAME OF THE WEEK: The Freeze Game

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Listen to the show. Here’s a simple game to help you teach the past continuous. It’s tons of fun and hardly requires any prep!


GAME OF THE WEEK: Describe the Scene

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Listen to the show. Here is an engaging acitivity helps students work on the skills need to tell a story or explain about something that happened to them. This activity requires media capabilities but there is a variation that can be used in virtually any classroom. With watchers, listeners, and discussion, the students are all […]


GAME OF THE WEEK: The Yes No Game

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Listen to the show. Here’s a game to play when the question is more important than the answer. It’s great for difficult to contextualize questions like ‘May I …?’ or ‘Do you think we should …?’ for example. Download and use the prepared cards or make your own! Yes No game card download page at […]


GAME OF THE WEEK: The Chair Switch Game

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Listen to the show. The game of the week is the Chair Switch Game. This game gets your young students up and moving and practicing the language you are teaching. This is great for vocabulary review, many question and answer dialogues or whatever you’re teaching.


GAME OF THE WEEK: English Basketball

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Listen to the show. English Basketball – created to bring some of the 2006 World Basketball Championship excitement to the classroom. This interactive conversational game gets the students speaking and excited. Use it to review or practice Q&A, new grammar, reading, or vocabulary. With foul cards and limited 3 pointers, strategy is a big part […]


GAME OF THE WEEK: Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Listen to the show. The game of the week is Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe by Eric. If your students are having troubles spelling some words, why not practice spelling with a game? By the end of the game, your students will be correctly spelling all those tough words you never thought they would get! Example of the […]


GAME OF THE WEEK: Slam

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Listen to the show. The game of the week is the Slam Game by Eric. Not only will you have your students saying what you want them to say, they will be screaming it AND having fun, too!


GAME OF THE WEEK: Line Jumping

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Listen to the show. Teach your students to differentiate words, sentence patterns and more through this unique TPR segment. This is a game that gets the students up, moving, and learning. What more could you ask for?