Bag of Tricks

This is a wonderful site and everybody can find audio and video materials on their level. All the materials develop listening, speaking, reading skills (skimming, scanning, true/false, etc), increase students' vocabulary. Almost all of them contain pdf files with activities and transcripts which also can be done online. All the materials provide examples (both online and on pdf file). I used some of them in my classes. I would like to talk about the video that explains the differences between the words of American English and British English. It was a wonderful video that could explain the different use of pants/trousers and other words also. In addition to video there are also exercises which also reinforces the vocabulary and provide with additional activities that develop students' different skills.

If your students are beginner level and you want to teach them letters (or perhaps revise letters) this game is very appropriate. I tried it with 6-year-old boy (beginner level), and he enjoyed the game. He liked the sound of the game and its animations.

This game is for begginers to learn the order of alphabet and it gives them the opportunity to play and learn at the same time.

A free game for kids learning abc order to play online. Try with your students

Free online animals cloze game ~ Animal Products. Fun to play. Helps vocabulary. Ideal for learners of English. Play free online.

The site provides online books. Students have the opportunity to listen, read, work on the printable worksheets on the related topic, and finally take a quiz. This site may be helpful to develop students' listening, reading and writing skills.

A game to practice food vocabulary (fruit, vegetables, drinks, meat, desserts...). Students should find foods indicated by chief's list on the side by click on them in a kitchen. I piloted this game with a 12 years-old neighbor of mine, who studies English at elementary level. He was pretty much engaged in the game. Though the food list at side is restricted, foods in the kitchen are not. This makes students to look around to find the food indicated rather than simply choose from a limited set of choices. As there are other food items as well, it also provides an opportunity to teach new food vocab. When the list is done for the 1st time, playing the game again allows to practice new items and a new list is provided. It's definitely more interactive than usual paper-based activities. In case of using it in a class, the teacher can also add some speaking tasks for group work.

I tried it and it works. Thanks, nice!!!!

Oh Addeh jan I liked the game which was about "preposition of place". reaaly it was very interesting and easy to remember the places of the objects playing this game.

Up and Down In this game you practice listening or reading for vocabulary items. You first listen or read the word and then fire the ball onto the matching image. The ball is fired by clicking, dragging and releasing with the mouse. Try with your students :)

The certain activates are checking the learners 'knowledge of time sense as well as the correct ordering of week- days. Each question has an answer choice. In case of correct answer the learner goes to the next question but if the answer is incorrect the learner is provided with the explanation of the correct answer.

This is a really fun activity & game. It is really interesting even for the advanced level students. You have to be quick and know the words related to clothing. I found this activity by following the link shared by Addeh. Just wanted to share it with everyone else:-) Try it!

vay Karine jan really it was a very interesting game. I played this game many times and finally won. Of course it promotes the students' vocabulary and reading skills. I liked this game very much.

That's good that you have tried. I have tried this activity myself and I even learned a few words such as 'undershirt' if not this activity I guess I wouldn't know that word:-0 Anushik jan, I couldn't really win, so CONGRATULATIONS!!!

with the help of this game beginner leve; learners can easily learn colors.

I liked that :) :) :)

Oh, very intersting........ a good way of learning colors........

Kids help Bear cook breakfast. Great activity to reinforce this target topic with intermediate or advanced young EFL/ESL learners

Nice game that teaches children to food vocabulary (pre-intermediate level).

Very interesting and interactive!

Great reading book from meegenius.com - to learn reading for kids, improve listening and general English proficiency. This story is just one of many available for free from the website.  

This link leads you to a game which teaches the correct forms of auxiliary verbs in the English language. It is appropriate for three level students. As you choose the BALL you choose the difficulty level. I tried it with my cousin (intermediate level) and it worked. TAKE CARE TO READ THE INSTRUCTION OF EACH ITEM BEFORE SHOOTING!!! Here are some more links for different learning purposes of BASKETBALL game: Prepositions - http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_prepmed.html Verbs past tens - http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_past.html Comparatives - http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/basketball.html Verb usage (past, present, future) - http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_verbs.html

Nice shoot! I liked it and gonna use in my class.

Very effective way to teach the objects in the living room. It's easy for kids to learn words when they see and listen to their pronunciation. It's also good for teaching spelling.

Hasmik I found this game very engaging and useful because it provides with good vocabulary,correct pronunciation and also with visuals,which is great!:))

Saten I tried it with different age students and in all cases it worked well. It's really great!

This is a nice game for elementary level students through which they can learn the names of animals! The best thing about this game is that it has four sections: 1-shows the animal and pronounces the name along wit providing the written variant 2- it checks spelling VS. pronunciation 3-it checks pronunciation VS. picture 4- it checks spelling VS. picture. I tried it with elementary level students (two) and it was quite effective!!!!

Thanks Gayane for this game. I tried this game with my cousin who is 5 years old and only knows 10 letters of the English alphabet. We played this game together and he pretty liked it. He only knew the name of some of the animals but he doesnt recognise the written form of letters. therfore, I skipped the writing parts. I perticularly liked the part which he should listen to the names and then point me the animal to put the name under it. By the way, I used this game just to entertain him not to teach him. It think this approach helped him to just enjoy it as a game not a lesson. Thanks again.

This is more like flashcards, but it is also directed with audio. It teaches the numbers. While counting the pictures (animals0 the name of the animal is given, and the sound it makes is heard. I think it is appropriate for kids (beginners).

This game doesn't contain educational content, but it's just interesting for kids to take roles of their favorite characters.

It was a cool game. I played it with great pleasure:))

This game helps the students to practice the time. The students should read the time and click on the correct clock. I tried this game with my beginner students and they liked it very much and practiced the time through this game.

a little spooky but fun. I like the audio that comes witih it :-)

An intermediate game. One should find the objects in different horror rooms. The hint is the first letter. For ex. "I spy with my little eye something beginning with C... in the conservatory". The game is funny, interactive, and it enriches one's vocabulary. By aunt is an English teacher. She liked it and asked me the link for her students.

To be honest at first i was a little bit afraid from the sound :D :D :d later i got used to it :D :D :D i liked the game :d i played it :D though i did not understand what would happen in the end :D

These materials are from BBC Learning English site. All of them are downloadable and each audio & video material have its pdf file (with transcript and vocabulary). These audios/videos are good for developing students' listening and reading skills, increasing students' vocabulary, and also speaking skills. It depends on the purpose of using this material. For example I used the first one (I haven't used the others yet) "Are men the weaker sex" with my intermediate students. While listening they underlined all the unknown words they had come up with, then we discussed the words together (I explained them in a target language). After, the discussion, I asked them not to look at the transcript and listened to the audio again. At the end of the audio they told me what the audio was about and in this way I could make them speak.