EFL games

Having taught English for 7 years enabled me to be a hyperactive individual. I often like to use varied exercises to help my students learn English in a fun and effective way. From now on, I will be introducing some games that I have been using in my EFL/ESL classes.

The Boat is Sinking
Objective: To encourage the students to move and explore the room. To make the students feel at ease.

Procedure: T will announce the rules of the game. T says: "If I say, the boat is sinking, group yourselves according to your birth month, you should move around and search for this person of the same birth month."
Game starts: T says: The boat is sinking, group yourselves according to your favorite color. (other options: favorite dish, actress/actor, etc).


Show and Tell
Objective: To encourage the students to speak freely.

Procedure: Teacher will pick an item from her bag. Whatever it is that she will pick, she has to describe herself in 2-3 sentences. She has to use adjectives, nouns, etc to describe herself using the item. She will also ask the students to follow.


NB: You may revise these games to suit your students' needs. Feel free to PM me or send a comment. Happy teaching! :)