Monday, January 28, 2008Interactive Games
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When choosing games to play in the ESL classroom, it’s important to look for games that promote real interaction between the students.
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Yet, students sometimes enjoy playing games that focus on vocabulary and not discourse. It’s possible to allow students to play the word games while also promoting interaction in the classroom.
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For example, one very popular word game has students think of a word that ends with the last letter of the previous word. So if the game starts with the word “BEGIN”, the next player must think of a word that begins with the letter “N”. That student could choose the word “NEVER”, then the next student must choose a word that begins with the letter “R”, etc.
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Instead of having students work alone, have them work in pairs. Each pair must discuss which word to select, but if a pair selects the same word as another pair, both of the pairs are eliminated. This version promotes discussion in each pair, and should also encourage students not to choose the most obvious words, such as “THE”, “THEN” and “TOO” etc.
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POSTED BY Cecelia Sumi AT 11:45 PM
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