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外国流行的十种课堂游戏

1.BoardRace

Thereisn'tan EFLteacher Iknowwhodoesn'tusethisgameintheclassroom.BoardRaceisafungamethatisusedforrevisingvocabulary,whetheritbewordsfromthelessonyou'vejusttaughtorwordsfromalessonyoutaughtlastweek.Itcanalsobeusedatthestartoftheclasstogetstudentsactive.Itisagreatwayoftestingwhatyourstudentsalreadyknowaboutthesubjectyou'reabouttoteach.

∙Whyuseit?

 Revisingvocabulary;grammar

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Appropriateforalllevelsandages

Howtoplay:

First,watchthishelpfulvideoofrealteachersusingthisgameintheclassroombyBridgeTEFL:

Thisisbestplayedwith6studentsormore-themore,thebetter.I'veuseditinclassesrangingfrom7-25yearsofageandit'sworkedwellinallagegroups.Here'sastepbystepexplanation:

∙Splittheclassintotwoteamsandgiveeachteamacoloredmarker.

∙Ifyouhaveaverylargeclass,itmaybebettertosplitthestudentsintoteamsof3or4.

∙Drawalinedownthemiddleoftheboardandwriteatopicatthetop.

∙Thestudentsmustthenwriteasmanywordsasyourequirerelatedtothetopicintheformofarelayrace.

∙Eachteamwinsonepointforeachcorrectword.Anywordsthatareunreadableormisspelledarenotcounted.

2.CallMyBluff/TwoTruthsandALie

CallMyBluffisafungamewhichisperfectatthestartoftermasa'gettingtoknowyou'kindofgame.Itisalsoabrillianticebreakerbetweenstudentsifyouteachclasseswhodonotknowoneanother--andespeciallyessentialifyouareteachinga smallclasssize.

Thegameisexcellentforpracticingspeakingskills,thoughmakesureyousaveatimeforafterthegametocommentonanymistakesstudentsmayhavemadeduringthegame.（Igenerallyliketoreservethisforafterthegame,soyoudon'tdisrupttheirfluencybycorrectingthemastheyspeak）.

Witholdergroupsyoucanhavesomerealfunandyoumightbesurprisedwhatyou'lllearnaboutsomeofyourstudentswhenplayingthisparticularEFLgame.

∙Whyuseit?

 Ice-breaker;Speakingskills

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Appropriateforalllevelsandagesbutbestwitholdergroups

Howtoplay:

∙Write3statementsaboutyourselfontheboard,twoofwhichshouldbeliesandonewhichshouldbetrue.

∙Allowyourstudentstoaskyouquestionsabouteachstatementandthenguesswhichoneisthetruth.Youmightwanttopracticeyourpokerfacebeforestartingthisgame!

∙Iftheyguesscorrectlythentheywin.

∙Extension:

 Givestudentstimetowritetheirowntwotruthsandonelie.

∙Pairthemupandhavethemplayagain,thistimewiththeirlist,withtheirnewpartner.Ifyouwanttoreallyextendthegameandgivestudentsevenmoretimetopracticetheirspeaking/listeningskills,rotatepartnerseveryfiveminutes.

∙Bringthewholeclassbacktogetherandhavestudentsannounceonenewthingtheylearnedaboutanotherstudentasarecap.

3.SimonSays

Thisisanexcellentgamefor younglearners.Whetheryou'rewakingthemuponaMondaymorningorsendingthemhomeonaFridayafternoon,thisoneisboundtogetthemexcitedandwantingmore.TheonlydangerIhavefoundwiththisgameisthatstudentsneverwanttostopplayingit.

∙Whyuseit?

 Listeningcomprehension;Vocabulary;Warmingup/windingdownclass

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Younglearners

HowtoPlay:

∙Standinfrontoftheclass（youareSimonforthedurationofthisgame）.

∙DoanactionandsaySimonSays[action].Thestudentsmustcopywhatyoudo.

∙Repeatthisprocesschoosingdifferentactions-youcanbeassillyasyoulikeandthesillieryouarethemorethechildrenwillloveyouforit.

∙Thendoanactionbutthistimesayonlytheactionandomit'SimonSays'.Whoeverdoestheactionthistimeisoutandmustsitdown.

∙Thewinneristhelaststudentstanding.

∙Tomakeitharder,speeduptheactions.RewardchildrenforgoodbehaviorbyallowingthemtoplaythepartofSimon.

Takeyourstudentsoutsideforinteractivegames

4.WordJumbleRace

Thisisagreatgametoencourageteamworkandbringasenseofcompetitiontotheclassroom.Nomatterhowoldweare,weallloveagoodcompetitionandthisgameworkswonderswithallagegroups.Itisperfectforpracticingtenses,wordorder,reading&writingskillsandgrammar.

∙Whyuseit?

 Grammar;WordOrder;Spelling;WritingSkills

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Adaptabletoalllevels/ages

Howtoplay:

Thisgamerequiressomeplanningbeforethelesson.

∙Writeoutanumberofsentences,usingdifferentcolorsforeachsentence.Isuggesthaving3-5sentencesforeachteam.

∙Cutupthesentencessoyouhaveahandfulofwords.

∙Puteachsentenceintohats,cupsoranyobjectsyoucanfind,keepingeachseparate.

∙Splityourclassintoteamsof2,3,or4.Youcanhaveasmanyteamsasyouwantbutremembertohaveenoughsentencestogoaround.

∙Teamsmustnowputtheirsentencesinthecorrectorder.

∙Thewinningteamisthefirstteamtohaveallsentencescorrectlyordered.

5.Hangman

Thisclassicgameisafavoriteforallstudentsbutitcangetboringquitequickly.Thisgameisbestusedfor5minutesatthestarttowarmtheclassupor5minutesattheendifyou'vegotsometimeleftover.Itworksnomatterhowmanystudentsareintheclass.

∙Whyuseit?

 Warmingup/windingdownclass

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Younglearners

Howtoplay:

Incaseyou'veneverplayed,here'saquickrundown.

∙Thinkofawordandwritethenumberoflettersontheboardusingdashestoshowmanylettersthereare.

∙Askstudentstosuggestaletter.Ifitappearsintheword,writeitinallofthecorrectspaces.Iftheletterdoesnotappearintheword,writeitofftothesideandbegindrawingtheimageofahangingman.

∙Continueuntilthestudentsguessthewordcorrectly（theywin）oryoucompletethediagram（youwin）.

6.Pictionary

Thisisanothergamethatworkswellwithanyagegroup;childrenloveitbecausetheycangetcreativeintheclassroom,teenagersloveitbecauseitdoesn'tfeellikethey'relearning,andadultsloveitbecauseit'sabreakfromthemonotonyoflearninganewlanguage-eventhoughthey'llbelearningastheyplay.

Pictionarycanhelpstudentspracticetheirvocabularyanditteststoseeifthey'rerememberingthewordsyou'vebeenteaching.

∙Whyuseit?

 Vocabulary

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Allages;bestwithyounglearners

Howtoplay:

∙Beforetheclassstarts,prepareabunchofwordsandputtheminabag.

∙Splittheclassintoteamsof2anddrawalinedownthemiddleoftheboard.

∙Giveoneteammemberfromeachteamapenandaskthemtochooseawordfromthebag.

∙Tellthestudentstodrawthewordasapictureontheboardandencouragetheirteamtoguesstheword.

∙Thefirstteamtoshoutthecorrectanswergetsapoint.

∙Thestudentwhohascompleteddrawingshouldthennominatesomeoneelsetodrawfortheirteam.

∙Repeatthisuntilallthewordsaregone-makesureyouhaveenoughwordsthateachstudentgetstodrawatleastonce!

7.TheMime

Mimingisanexcellentwayforstudentstopracticetheirtensesandtheirverbs.It'salsogreatforteacherswith minimalresources orplanningtime,orteacherswhowanttobreakupalongerlessonwithsomethingmoreinteractive.It'sadaptabletoalmostanylanguagepointthatyoumightbefocusingon.

Thisgameworkswithanyagegroup,althoughyouwillfindthatadultstireofthisfarquickerthanchildren.Tokeepthemengaged,relatewhattheywillbemimingtoyourgroups'personalinterestsasbestaspossible.

∙Whyuseit?

 Vocabulary;Speaking

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Allages;bestwithyounglearners

Howtoplay:

∙Beforetheclass,writeoutsomeactions-likewashingthedishes-andputtheminabag.

∙Splittheclassintotwoteams.

∙Bringonestudentfromeachteamtothefrontoftheclassandoneofthemchooseanactionfromthebag.

∙Havebothstudentsmimetheactiontotheirteam.

∙Thefirstteamtoshoutthecorrectanswerwinsapoint.

∙Repeatthisuntilallstudentshavemimedatleastoneaction.

Don'tbeafraidtobealittlegoofy

8.HotSeat

Thisisoneofmystudents'favoritegamesandisalwaysatthetopofthelistwhenIaskthemwhattheywanttoplay.Ihaveneverusedthiswhile teachingESLtoadults,butIimagineitwouldworkwell.

HotSeatallowsstudentstobuildtheirvocabularyandencouragescompetitionintheclassroom.Theyarealsoabletopracticetheirspeakingandlisteningskillsanditcanbeusedforanyleveloflearner.

∙Whyuseit?

 Vocabulary;SpeakingandListening

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Allagesandlevels

Howtoplay:

∙Splittheclassinto2teams,ormoreifyouhavealargeclass.

∙ElectonepersonfromeachteamtositintheHotSeat,facingtheclassroomwiththeboardbehindthem.

∙Writeawordontheboard.Oneoftheteammembersofthestudentinthehotseatmusthelpthestudentguessthewordbydescribingit.Theyhavealimitedamountoftimeandcannotsay,spellordrawtheword.

∙ContinueuntileachteammemberhasdescribedawordtothestudentintheHotSeat.

9.WhereShallIGo?

Thisgameisusedtotestprepositionsofmovementandshouldbeplayedafterthissubjecthasbeentaughtintheclassroom.Thisgameissomuchfunbutitcanbealittlebitdangeroussinceyou'llbehavingonestudentineachpairbeblindfoldedwhiletheotherdirectsthem.Somakesuretokeep your eyesopen!

ItisalsoexcellentfortheadultEFLclassroom,orifyou're teachingteenagers.

∙Whyuseit?

 Prepositions;SpeakingandListening

∙Whoit'sbestfor:

 Allagesandlevels

Howtoplay:

∙Beforethestudentsarrive,turnyourclassroomintoamazebyrearrangingit.It'sgreatifyoucandothisoutside,butotherwis