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This activity can be played either with teenagers or even kids. It is engaging and brings active interaction into the classroom. All the students are involved in the activity at the same time. It is also exciting for the teacher as he has to create questions during the activity aside from those prepared. Finally it is competition among the student which works perfect most of the times. Enjoy.

Dear all, here is a link where I found a collection of strange signs. You may enjoy sharing it with your students or colleagues. Actually it is not an activity but it is an excellent raw material for creating a good activity. For example you may ask your students to decide what is wrong in these signs and getting students to correct them. Since the list is very funny and authentic I think it is very motivating for discussing it too so this may become a very good topic for the classroom discussion. Anyway I think you may create an excellent activity for the development of your students' speaking skills.

This is a place were you can find activities games useful for the ESL / EFL classroom for different levels.

This is a place were English teachers can share games and activities that they have found useful in the classroom.

The students see many objects and are given a list of names which they should match with their pictures. The names of the objects have more than one meaning. Students are then given sentences where they are going to use the words in other meanings. They can use either logic or dictionary to find different meanings for these names which will fit in the sentences. This activity will work effectively both in the classroom and outside the classroom. It can also be assigned for individual and group work. My students were really interested in the activity. They asked each other, worked collaboratively, also used dictionary and sometimes asked for my help. The output was productive as in the end students remembered all the words.

Ask the first student a question (usually very easy) and if they get it right then move on to the second student in the group and ask if they would like to continue or 'bank' the $500, the questions I use slowly get harder but in general they are relatively easy (it's more fun that way, plus they're 50/50 so they always have a chance).

For this activity you will need a deck of cards, and an imaginative theme that could be crafted into some sort of story. The activity can be easily modified: Students can be asked to invent and write the story or talk about it.

Wow amazing warm up activity! if you don't have time to make beautiful name pads, then this activity is just what you need. This will help your students and you to learn each others names and at the same time to enrich with new vocabulary. Another alternative to this, is writing down names of fruits and vegetables on the board beforehand, in order to help your learner to feel comfortable while participating in this game/activity.

Simon Says is a classic game that works really well as a fun ESL classroom activity. It's a simple, fast activity that is great for improving listening skills and is especially fun for younger students who love moving around.

This is a nice speaking activity that could work with both intermediate and advanced level students. It helps the learners to practice their vocabulary, cohesion and transition words, as well as enables the students to use their creativity. This activity might also develop impromptu speech since the students are required to create their story orally, consequently there will be some spontaneous changes.

Songs are always excellent activities for kids. They become more cheerful, enthusiastic about the lesson. But the most important factor is that songs create stress-free environment. In m practice I have tried to sing songs with my students and it was a success. I advise you to try these activities in your classroom as well.

I like this activity very much, if I have opportunity I will definitely try this one, I think it'll motivate students and set a positive atmosphere in the classroom.

This game can be played as a good warm up activity. Students practice vocabulary in an engaging and fun atmosphere.

Please scroll down the webpage to see the activitity Who shall survive? This communicative activity requres students to make decisions, use the language to persuade the others.

We found a number of good activities that we can use in our class, for example, pictionary or bingo, word association, etc.

This is a nice group speaking activity that will best suit pre-intermediate and intermediate students. It requires students to think creatively critically to justify their choices.

the third point on this site give an example of an activity which an be played with intermediate level students. This is good activity to make students to express ideas in limited time.

This is a lively activity that can be used for practicing four language skills, as well as for reinforcing students' memory. It can work with pre-intermediate, intermediate and advanced level students by choosing passages with different levels of complexity.

have tried this before truly engaging and fun !

This quiz is good for testing how correctly students can use prepositions in sentences. It can be printed out and used even if the classroom has no computers connected to the internet. I tried it with my friend and I can say that it served good as a testing activity.

Vocabulary is Fun! It is important to teach idioms in the English language classrooms since they are frequently used in the speaking discourse with native speakers and if the learners are unaware of them they will fail to understand what they mean. I tried this activity with learners and saw that it was challenging for them but little by little they overcame the difficulties.

These topic related activities help students to learn and practice the vocabulary based on Health: Accidents & Emergencies that can be used from intermediate to advanced levels. Also there are given some ideas to use them in a classroom.