ESL GAMES. FOR TEACHING ONLINE
Jenny White
This book contains 20 ESL games for teaching online effectively in Zoom or Skype without using other platforms. Ice-breakers, warmers, memory games and other activities for all levels from complete beginner to upper-intermediate will help your students improve grammar, vocabulary, speaking and spelling skills.The games can easily be adapted to larger and smaller groups. Step-by-step instructions and ZERO preparation time make this book a MUST-HAVE for any ESL teacher.
ESL GAMES
FOR TEACHING ONLINE
Jenny White
© Jenny White, 2021
ISBNВ 978-5-0055-1240-6
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HOW CAN THIS BOOK HELPВ YOU?
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DEAR TEACHER,
This book is aВ collection ofВ 20В ESL games for schoolchildren, which are perfect for your online lessons. You can play these games inВ Zoom or Skype without using other platforms for teaching English.
The games can be used with students ofВ three levels:
– Beginner/Elementary games
– Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate games
– Intermediate/Upper-intermediate games
The games will help your students make progressВ in:
– vocabulary and grammar
– speaking
– writing
– spelling
ToВ play the games on your lessons you will need NO PREPARATION TIME or any other teaching resources. Step-by-step instructions will help you reach your teaching goals easily.
Ice-breakers, warmers, memory games, matching games and other activities are waiting for you and your students! Let all your lessons be aВ pleasure!
Yours,
Jenny White
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BEGINNER/ELEMENTARY GAMES
Total Recall (memory game)
Number ofВ students: 4В -10
Time: 10В min
Age: primary school
Resources: any two objects
This easy no prep elementary ESL game can be used as aВ warmer for students ofВ any age. It enables general vocabulary revision and improves short-term memory. This online memory game can also be played offline with objects inВ the classroom.
InВ this elementary online game there are 4В stages.
1.В Ask your students toВ look around and find two objects they can name inВ English. They can go toВ bathroom, kitchen, bedroom. But set timer toВ 1В minute not toВ waste time. You should also prepare two objects like, for example, aВ sock and aВ coffeeВ mug.
2. Hold these objects in front of the camera and say: «I’ve got a coffee mug and a sock. And you, Tom?» Students will present their objects one by one. Make sure they hold their objects high enough for everybody to see them during all this stage.
3. Say: «1, 2, 3, put one object on your knee» and put one object down on your lap. Students should do the same. Ask: «What is gone?» And turn on the stopwatch. Students should recall all the objects that are no longer in view. If they have difficulties, the owner of the object can give them some clues. For example, «It’s kept in the fridge, it’s white…» «It’s milk!» When they guess, the owner shows the object. The game is over when students name all the objects
4. Play the game again for the objects in the other hand. Don’t forget to set the timer. Compare the results. Students usually do much better in the second row of the game, so you can praise them and they will feel proud of their progress.
More about this game on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrCKFaoo2g&t=8s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrCKFaoo2g&t=8s)
Camera On, Camera Off (ice-breaker)
Number ofВ students: 6В -12
Time: 5—7 min
Age: 10—18
Resources:В none
This online ice-breaker is aВ real life hack for ESL teachers. It will help your students overcome their shyness, switch on their cameras and get toВ know one another.
At the beginning of the lesson tell your students: «Hi, everyone! Switch off your cameras now, we’re going to play a game. I will ask you simple questions. You don’t have to say anything at all to answer them. Just switch on your camera for 10 seconds if the answer to the question I ask is YES».
Ask very simple questions one byВ one and wait for the students toВ switch on their cameras.
– Is there the letter S in your full name?
– Do you put sugar in coffee?
