ESL Games for Teaching Kids and Adults

Book excerpt: Why ESL Games for Kids and Adults? Learn how to enhance your lessons with a collection of fun interactive games for teaching English in any context. The activities outlined inside this book have been adapted from popular board games, TV game shows, and party games for all ages. Easily integrate core language skills in all of your classes. The flexible format allows you to customize your lessons to focus on specific skills, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Every activity includes real teaching examples that you can modify to match your teaching style and your students' language abilities. Using a communicative approach, students participate in the activities during class while practicing English with their classmates. Adding game-based methods like this in your lessons will naturally increase students' motivation, participation, and communication using the target language. Whether you are a new teacher or are an experienced instructor, this book will help save you hours of preparation time. As a result, you can devote more time to helping your students achieve their learning and language goals. What Other Teachers Say About the Book "The creative games and activities outlined in this book are a must for any second language teaching professional!" -- Craig Hoffman "This is a must-have volume that helps teachers make ESL fun. Chock-full of useful games and overflowing with fantastic resources, I'll be adding this to my library and using it in my classroom regularly." -- Shon Rand "As they say in teaching, have a plan, and then have a plan B! Games and activities like those in Paul's book will help to make sure you're prepared to keep your class engaged and having fun. Thank you for putting this together and supporting the ESL teaching community!" -- Brett Isis "As an educator who loves making learning fun for students, and admittedly, myself too, I know fun when I see it, and Paul's games are just that! With his new book, you'll have ideas for days to get your students excited to demonstrate what they've learned." -- Taiwanda Bason "Learners learn best when they are having fun. By using these activities to gamify your lessons, students will be more excited to participate in class. These games will help capture your students' interests and motivate them to be more engaged and inspired to learn!" -- Lindsey Clifford "Games like these are a great way to keep students engaged in the lessons. Even the most disinterested students enjoy a little competition and it can be a good way to energize a class on a slow afternoon." -- Gayle Aggiss "Paul Young has come up with a bumper book of ESL games -- a compendium of 50 activities that will become a useful tool in any teacher's arsenal to keep their students engaged with learning English as a second language." -- Dr. Rob Burton "What I love about this book is that it contains many of the classic ESL games that are essential for any newbie teacher as well as some original ideas for even the most experienced of teachers which I am excited to try. The activities are suitable for a variety of learner styles and needs and can work with any class size, level, or age group." -- Georgie Snape "These fun and creative games encourage learners to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the classroom or online. They encourage active learning which is crucial for ESL learners and makes learning fun, engaging, and memorable." -- Kirstie Woodward