IDEAS: GAMES AND MANAGEMENT

Wow, look at how much fun these students are having with their mathematical formulas!  Believable, right? 

Maybe not, but what IS believable is the idea that students will probably have more fun playing games in the classroom than they will sitting around and listening to lecture...

There are so many great ideas out there for teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language.  I believe that competitive and fun acitivities lower the affective filter so that students can better acquire language skills.  Instructions, discussion, and explanation should all be done in the second or foreign language, but always allow the students extra time to figure things out and explain it to one another before beginning the activity.  Below is a link to an awesome website of various game ideas, and my favorite one from this particular site is listed below!!  Note:  It could also be used in the AVERAGE ENGLISH CLASSROOM with vocabulary words.

GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR ESL/EFL CLASSROOM

Example:  Sentence Race

    Level: Any Level
    A good game for large classes and for reviewing vocabulary lessons.

1. Prepare a list of review vocabulary words.
2. Write each word on two small pieces of paper. That means writing the word twice, once on each paper.
3. Organize the pieces like bundles, 2 bundles, 2 sets of identical words.
4. Divide the class into 2 teams. get them to make creative team names.
5. Distribute each list of words to both teams. every student on each team should have a paper.  Both teams have the same words.
6. When you call a word, 2 students should stand up, one from each team. The students must then run to the blackboard and race to write a sentence using their word.

    The winner is the one with a correct and clearly written sentence.
    This is always a hit with kids. For more advanced students, use tougher words.



ALSO, IF YOU WANT SOME OTHER GREAT IDEAS FOR THE ESL CLASSROOM, CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE AND YOU WILL STEP INTO A VORTEX OF IMMEASURABLE KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS ON THE SUBJECT.  IT'S "DAVE'S ESL CAFE IDEA COOKBOOK." THANKS BE TO DAVE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ESL/EFL (PROBABLY MOST OF YOU), CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW !!!  IT IS A SITE FOUND ON THE ESL CAFE PAGE, BUT IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR...

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT!!!

WHO THE HECK DOESN'T DESIRE MORE ENLIGHTENMENT CONCERNING DISCIPLINE?