Blog Entries for admin tagged 'Classroom Games'

Feautred Two Lies and a Truth

daniel@sendecki.com — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Students should play the game in groups of three. A deck of playing cards will sit in the middle of the students on a desk. The first student will draw a card. The student with the card must read the topic on the card to his peers.

The person must then tell three stories about the topic, only one of which is true. Two of the stories would be false and one true. The other two students must [...]

Featured: Level Two Grammar Review Game

daniel@sendecki.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100

This game reviews grammar required for completion of Level 2 (as defined by AZQQ).

It includes questions on topics such as talking about: What you're going to eat tonight? What you usually have for breakfast? About a good film you've recently seen? About something you bought last week? About something you are going to buy in the future?What you're going to wear tomorrow?About your mother, etc.

This student can demonstrate an understanding of some classroom directions and attempts [...]

Featured: Level Two General Conversation Game

daniel@sendecki.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100

When I taught it, Level 2 was a non-credit course that was intended to provide students with a sound basis in English conversational skills. The course involved individual, paired and group work with the main emphasis being on speaking, but also included some listening, reading, and writing work. Classroom activities used group work to encourage student interaction and were designed to build fluency and conversational skills.

This was one of those activities, which blended some of [...]

Featured: Classroom Games

daniel@sendecki.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Activities such as ESL classroom games are very important. Although, there are different daily school timetables from country to country, it is common for children from five to nine, to have a playtime breaks during their lessons. The class time after the morning break is an excellent time to learn, that's why more difficult parts of the program are assimilated better in this period. However, the last hour before lunch is a tired, a low energy period, when ESL classroom games can help.&n [...]