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7 Games for Pronunciation (and How to Implement Them)
Altiné Moumouni
Use these seven pronunciation games to increase your classroom engagement and participation
Altiné Moumouni
Use these seven pronunciation games to increase your classroom engagement and participation
10 Tips for Games in the ESL Classroom
Matt Errey
From the creator of the world’s best-selling ESL board game—ten practical ideas on using games when teaching English
Matt Errey
From the creator of the world’s best-selling ESL board game—ten practical ideas on using games when teaching English
How To Use Running Dictations in EFL Classes
Alex Case
How to make sure one of the best physical activities ever really works.
Alex Case
How to make sure one of the best physical activities ever really works.
Creating Games for TEFL Classes
David Mann
Creating your own games based on language points you cover in class.
David Mann
Creating your own games based on language points you cover in class.
How to Use the Game Stations in EFL Classes
Alex Case
How to make an incredibly fun running-around game also incredibly useful.
Alex Case
How to make an incredibly fun running-around game also incredibly useful.
7 This/That/These/Those Games
Alex Case
Moving beyond “This is a pen” in fun ways. For young learners.
Alex Case
Moving beyond “This is a pen” in fun ways. For young learners.
7 Have/Have Got Games For Young Learners
Alex Case
Active and exciting games for talking about possession.
Alex Case
Active and exciting games for talking about possession.
7 Games For Have/Have Got
Alex Case
Fun activities for “I have…”, “He has…”, “Have you got…?” etc, most of which also work well in adult beginner classes.
Alex Case
Fun activities for “I have…”, “He has…”, “Have you got…?” etc, most of which also work well in adult beginner classes.
Speaking Activities For Present Perfect With Unfinished Times
Alex Case
Fun oral activities for a use of Present Perfect that controlled practice is particularly important for.
Alex Case
Fun oral activities for a use of Present Perfect that controlled practice is particularly important for.
Playing With Our Word Bag
Alex Case
Games and fun activities for revising vocabulary chosen by your students.
Alex Case
Games and fun activities for revising vocabulary chosen by your students.
10 Present Perfect For Experiences Activities
Alex Case
Speaking activities for the simplest use of has/have + past participle.
Alex Case
Speaking activities for the simplest use of has/have + past participle.
Interactive Practice For Present Continuous For Arrangements
Alex Case
Ways of practising the future meaning of Present Continuous For Arrangements through students speaking and writing to each other.
Alex Case
Ways of practising the future meaning of Present Continuous For Arrangements through students speaking and writing to each other.
Continuous Aspect Activities
Alex Case
Ways of combining the Present Continuous, Past Continuous and Future Continuous so that students can get a feel for the links between those three tenses.
Alex Case
Ways of combining the Present Continuous, Past Continuous and Future Continuous so that students can get a feel for the links between those three tenses.
Fun 1st Conditional Practice
Alex Case
Stimulating ways of practising “If + Present Simple, Will” sentences in the classroom.
Alex Case
Stimulating ways of practising “If + Present Simple, Will” sentences in the classroom.
Games To Practise Dates
Alex Case
Fun ways to practise the surprisingly tricky topic of saying years, months and days.
Alex Case
Fun ways to practise the surprisingly tricky topic of saying years, months and days.
Adverbs Of Frequency Games
Alex Case
Motivating activities to practise expressions like “once a week” and “hardly ever”.
Alex Case
Motivating activities to practise expressions like “once a week” and “hardly ever”.
15 Zero-preparation Games with Scrap Paper
Alex Case
Sheets of paper that you would otherwise throw away can be the most adaptable resource for classroom games. This article gives 15 ideas for using whole pieces of scrap paper.
Alex Case
Sheets of paper that you would otherwise throw away can be the most adaptable resource for classroom games. This article gives 15 ideas for using whole pieces of scrap paper.
15 No-prep Games with Just Little Scraps of Paper
Alex Case
One of the most flexible and useful resources in the classroom are bits of scrap paper.
Alex Case
One of the most flexible and useful resources in the classroom are bits of scrap paper.
35 Present Perfect Simple & Continuous Games
Alex Case
An array of fun classroom games to help your students understand the difference between present perfect continuous and present perfect simple.
Alex Case
An array of fun classroom games to help your students understand the difference between present perfect continuous and present perfect simple.
Picture Dictionary Games and Activities
Alex Case
Successful ideas for using picture dictionaries for fun activities with your students.
Alex Case
Successful ideas for using picture dictionaries for fun activities with your students.
Problems, Solutions and Variations with Hangman in EFL
Alex Case
Hangman is a game in which students try to guess what letters are in the word before a complete picture of their man getting hanged appears
Alex Case
Hangman is a game in which students try to guess what letters are in the word before a complete picture of their man getting hanged appears
24 Defining and Non-defining Relative Clause Games
Alex Case
Amazing activities that you can use today
Alex Case
Amazing activities that you can use today
23 Uses for Pelmanism and SNAP
Alex Case
Pelmanism (also known as “pairs” or “the memory game”) is one of the most versatile games in TEFL and can be used for almost any grammar or vocabulary point. The game basically consists of spreading a pack of cards face down across the table and trying to find pairs of cards that match up. See […]
Alex Case
Pelmanism (also known as “pairs” or “the memory game”) is one of the most versatile games in TEFL and can be used for almost any grammar or vocabulary point. The game basically consists of spreading a pack of cards face down across the table and trying to find pairs of cards that match up. See […]
32 Variations on Pelmanism
Alex Case
Pelmanism (also known as “pairs” or “the memory game”) is one of the most adaptable games in English teaching, and is just as good for adults as it is for children as young as four. Many uses for it are given in other articles on TEFL.net. Students are given a pack of cards that they […]
Alex Case
Pelmanism (also known as “pairs” or “the memory game”) is one of the most adaptable games in English teaching, and is just as good for adults as it is for children as young as four. Many uses for it are given in other articles on TEFL.net. Students are given a pack of cards that they […]
Countable and Uncountable Noun Games
Alex Case
From Picture Difference and Brainstorm/Board Race to Ingredients Challenge and Improve the Town Presentations
Alex Case
From Picture Difference and Brainstorm/Board Race to Ingredients Challenge and Improve the Town Presentations
Variations on the Clap Clap Clap Game
Alex Case
This is a nice game that can be used with classes of four year olds and also anyone up to adults. The whole class claps three times and on the fourth beat the person whose turn it is must say a word in the category selected that no one has said before, without pausing too […]
Alex Case
This is a nice game that can be used with classes of four year olds and also anyone up to adults. The whole class claps three times and on the fourth beat the person whose turn it is must say a word in the category selected that no one has said before, without pausing too […]
Variations on Change Chairs If
Alex Case
Change Chairs If is a great game for approximately 4 to 12 year old kids (plus older students who are up for fast physical games). Students sit on chairs in a circle with one chair less than people in the class or group. The person left standing up, e.g. the teacher, then gives a description […]
Alex Case
Change Chairs If is a great game for approximately 4 to 12 year old kids (plus older students who are up for fast physical games). Students sit on chairs in a circle with one chair less than people in the class or group. The person left standing up, e.g. the teacher, then gives a description […]
Yet Another 15 Games for Reported Speech
Alex Case
1. Reporting the whole course Students report something someone in the class (including the teacher) said, and the other students try to guess or remember who said it. This is nice near the end of a course or as part of a revision lesson. 2. Tell on his errors Students watch a segment of a […]
Alex Case
1. Reporting the whole course Students report something someone in the class (including the teacher) said, and the other students try to guess or remember who said it. This is nice near the end of a course or as part of a revision lesson. 2. Tell on his errors Students watch a segment of a […]
15 Variations on Grammar Reversi
Alex Case
Grammar Reversi is a game first described, I believe, in More Grammar Games by Paul Davis and Mario Rinvolucri and that I have used in almost every adult and teenage course I’ve had since discovering it. It is a variation of the game Othello, redesigned for language practice. The original game, Othello, is similar to […]
Alex Case
Grammar Reversi is a game first described, I believe, in More Grammar Games by Paul Davis and Mario Rinvolucri and that I have used in almost every adult and teenage course I’ve had since discovering it. It is a variation of the game Othello, redesigned for language practice. The original game, Othello, is similar to […]
More Reported Speech Games
Alex Case
I always used to get stuck for interesting games that involved Reported Speech and so tended to skip through that unit of the book quite quickly and then spend far too much time on the First Conditional just because it is so much fun. Not anymore! After sitting down for some serious brainstorming the last […]
Alex Case
I always used to get stuck for interesting games that involved Reported Speech and so tended to skip through that unit of the book quite quickly and then spend far too much time on the First Conditional just because it is so much fun. Not anymore! After sitting down for some serious brainstorming the last […]
Fun Ways of Practising Reported Speech
Alex Case
Alex Case offers 15 ideas for getting learners to use indirect speech
Alex Case
Alex Case offers 15 ideas for getting learners to use indirect speech
15 More Fun Ways to Practise the Past Perfect
Alex Case
1. The Time is Right! This is based on the television quiz show “The Price is Right” in which contestants see how close they can get to the real price of a product without going under. A student gives an event or a number of times they had done something before a certain (unstated) time, and […]
Alex Case
1. The Time is Right! This is based on the television quiz show “The Price is Right” in which contestants see how close they can get to the real price of a product without going under. A student gives an event or a number of times they had done something before a certain (unstated) time, and […]
15 Fun Ways of Practising the Past Perfect
Alex Case
Games and activities to practise the Past Perfect tense
Alex Case
Games and activities to practise the Past Perfect tense
15 Board Game Variations
Alex Case
Board games, especially the classic version of tossing a coin and then answering the question in the square you land on, have been the saving of many a tired teacher or bored class over the years, so much so that the students might have had one from each teacher for several years or teachers might […]
Alex Case
Board games, especially the classic version of tossing a coin and then answering the question in the square you land on, have been the saving of many a tired teacher or bored class over the years, so much so that the students might have had one from each teacher for several years or teachers might […]
15 Variations on a Grammar Auction
Alex Case
Grammar auctions (students bidding for the right to say whether a sentence is right or wrong and/ or correct it, doubling the money they bid if they are right and losing that money if they are wrong) make correcting errors fun and are therefore one of the most popular games in TEFL. Unfortunately, this can […]
Alex Case
Grammar auctions (students bidding for the right to say whether a sentence is right or wrong and/ or correct it, doubling the money they bid if they are right and losing that money if they are wrong) make correcting errors fun and are therefore one of the most popular games in TEFL. Unfortunately, this can […]