Want to get really motivated and have fun when you're learning English watch
this video to find out how you can teach and learn English with games let's go
I'm Deirdre Nicholas from palm tree teaching TV your personal English
language coach I've created this second video about how to teach and learn games
in English because so many of you enjoyed the last one that I did and
asked for more so here it is games and fun activities are a really important
part of teaching and learning English as a learner you will be more motivated and
excited to learn English if it's fun and as a teacher games will leave your
students leaving your classroom wanting to come back for more do you want
really engage students then give them games as a way to learn there are loads
of reasons why games should be a part of your English whether you're learning it
or teaching it they can help you to learn English faster improve your
English understanding and help you to learn phrases and vocabulary much better
and often in context too now in my first video I talked about how games can
improve your learning of English so be sure to watch that video with this one
in the classroom you can use games as a warmer at the beginning of your lesson
of course during the lesson to change pace or if those students are not as
engaged as they should be you make sure that they're more engaged that way and
also the end of the lesson as a consolidation like a plenary of what
you've just been teaching and as a learner of course it's a really fun way
of learning English with friends or with family so today I'm going to get
straight into more games showing you how to use these to increase the fun in your
English lessons and in your English learning
chalkboard acronym for developing vocabulary mainly write a word
vertically on the board and then have students come up one at a time to write
a word starting with each letter of the vertical word so for example you could
write a word like table and then you would have words such as tall apple
button lake elephant you could make it harder by using a theme or a part of
speech such as adjectives it could look like this the word could be huge so you
would get students to write up words such as helpful ugly gorgeous elegant of
course as a learner you can easily adapt to using this yourself either on your
own or with a friend and using a sheet of paper number two put yourself in
someone's sure now on the idea of developing unusual adjectives
here's another game that is brilliant for that it develops vocabulary creative
thinking and it needs writing too this game is for any level of English Learner
from elementary through to pre intermediate even upper intermediate it
tests students knowledge of adjectives concerning physical appearance phrases
to explain hobbies and vocabulary for clothes too now this game can also be
differentiated for different levels so for lower level classes you could start
with a review of the vocabulary that they're going to need to use for this
activity this game for a higher level more advanced students you could start
off with like a debating questions such as what does it mean to put yourself in
someone else's shoes so divide the class into pairs this also this works quite
well for large classes actually so when they're in pairs give each pair a
picture of a pair of shoes it could be red high heels
or bright yellow sandals something unusual the students then have to
imagine the person that owns that particular pair of shoes so each pair
must describe this person in detail so what they're wearing what they do in
their free time what their job is using a range of verbs and vocabulary then get
the students to write it all down accurately of course of course more
advanced students can even create a story about the person that owns the
shoes there are loads of possibilities the other great thing about this game is
you can actually use it for really large classes such as 40 or 50 you can divide
the students into teams rather than pairs it's also a game that you can do
at home with a friend you can have real fun with your imagination Oh before I
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game number three Tabu because this is an old favorite it
works really well with students to practice their descriptions and synonyms
so separate your class in half and have the two teams sitting opposite each
other each of the teams chooses one person to sit in front of them in the
hot seat as the teacher you stand behind the students and you hold up a piece of
paper with a word on it but make sure that the person in the hot seat does not
see that word so then you give your team's a time like say three minutes and
they have to get the person in the hot seat to say the word but here's the
catch your team's can't actually say the word itself they have to describe it and
find ways of trying to get the word from the person in the hot seat this is a
really great game for testing prepositions
of movement and it can be used as a teacher of course it can be used after
you presented the vocabulary as a way of consolidating their understanding it's
great for speaking and listening also as a learner you can just do it in a pair
so if you're a teacher before your students arrive rearrange your classroom
so that the chairs create lots of obstacles then when the students arrive
you put them into pairs and you blindfold one of each pair now the
blindfolded student is led by their partner through the maze of chairs and
given directions by the partner these directions can be prepositions of
movement such as go under go over go to the right go down until the person
reaches a particular place in the classroom of course you can also do this
outside in a park or a garden that works really well both as a teacher with a
class and the Valona and this could actually add extra vocabulary such as
walk 50 paces or something like that and then of course you swap over the
partners so I've put a couple of links to how you
can use games to learn English both as a learner and also as a teacher in the
classroom and I put the links below this video for you they're all free so don't
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enjoyed this video enjoy learning your English and I'll see you in the next
video really soon bye