In the Earth 2-0 ESL activity, a disaster is about to destroy life as we know it, and students have to decide who to save.
In the Five In Five ESL game, students try to guess a five-letter word using other five-letter words.
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In the Earth 2-0 ESL activity, a disaster is about to destroy life as we know it, and students have to decide who to save.
In the Five In Five ESL game, students try to guess a five-letter word using other five-letter words.
In the Flash Forward ESL activity students imagine a time in the future, and describe what their life will be like at that point.
In the Gossip ESL activity students tell their partner a ‘secret’, who then spreads it around the class.
The Hangman ESL game is always an easy option for a warmer, but it’s also a great way to familiarise students with new vocabulary or idioms.
The He Said She Said ESL activity is a variation on I Went To The Shop for practising reported speech.
Named after the popular app, in the Heads Up ESL game students have to guess words/phrases from the descriptions of their team (Reverse Articulate).
In the Hot Potato ESL game, the student holding the ball when the music stops has to complete a challenge.
Rather than one specific activity, the Hot Seat ESL game (or Backs To The Board) is a very versatile set-up used for many different guessing games.
In the Improv Class ESL activity, students improvise role plays from content prompts.
The Inner Circle Outer Circle ESL conversation setup is an active, fast-paced technique for short, one-on-one interactions.
In the Jenga ESL Game, an English language challenge is assigned to each block.
A version of the TV game show, the Jeopardy ESL game can be used to review any type of target language.
The Kings Cup ESL Game (also known as Ring Of Fire) is an adapted party game in which students complete different challenges depending on the card they pick.
In the Love It Hate It ESL Activity, students have to pretend to either love or hate different things, and argue their assigned opinion.
The Mad Libs ESL activity is a fun way to start the class or practise parts of speech.
Adapted from the classic party game, try the Musical Chairs ESL game for a fun warmer or review game.
The Musical Markers ESL game is an alternative to Musical Chairs in which students have to grab a marker instead of sitting down.
In the category-based Name Ten ESL game, students have to try and think of words that won’t be repeated by other teams.
In the News Program ESL project, students create a TV news program and present it to the class.