Some more TEFL games..

It's been a while since I posted! Here are some more games that I've been playing with both primary and secondary.

1. Word Tennis:
Split class into two teams and write a topic on the board. Point to first student in the team, they have to say a word relating to that topic. If they take too long or say a non-related word, they are out of the game and cannot play the next round.

2. Articulate:
Write words on paper and put into a hat for students to pick out. They have to describe the word to their team without saying the word or parts of it. I wrote six words from six different categories and had them pick out a piece of paper and then roll a dice to decide which word to describe. Get an egg timer and see how many words each team can guess in a minute.

3. Call my bluff:
You will need a dictionary for each team. Start by writing a word on the board that the students are unlikely to know, then write three different possible definitions for that word. The students must decide which is the correct definition and which two are false. After you have shown them the example, they can make their own cards with words and definitions on, using the dictionaries.



Hannah Z