Bag of Tricks

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 game that may be appropriate for all levels starting from low-intermediate. This game suggests some letters and the player should make as many words with these letters as possible. There is a time limit, and the words that are not correctly spelled are not recognized. At the end all the possible words are suggested. I tried that myself and it was a real fun, the best thing for this game is to think FAST!

This game is designed for low intermediate EFL learners. The game is very interesting one, becuase the player is motivated to guess the hidden animal until it appears in full picture (there are three choices for each hidden animal and when the player chooses one of them, the computer either makes green or red line in the word and also pronounces that word). So, this game can also help learners gain right pronunciation skills. I used this game with my neighbour (11-year-old boy) and he was interested in guessing the pictures and tried to pronounce the word after the computer prounced them. I would suggest ESL teachers to use it because it enhanced my neighbour's vocabulary and improves his pronunciation. skills.

This game is designed for high intermediate EFL student. Through this game, EFL learners can revise their knowledge of job descriptions. This game can be played by one player or two players. Accordingly, it will also promote collaboration between learners. An EFL intermediate learner had a chance to choose one of the provided choices and decide whether it corresponds to the job description provided in the game or not and accordingly, to gain particular score or not. I tried it with my brother's wife (24 year-old) and she in some cases guessed the write answer. She had some difficulties because of some words used in job descriptions. Though, she tried to understand the word in context and guess the meaning. I would suggest my peers to use this educational game because it promotes L2 learners language skills in terms of enhancing their vocabulary.

This activity is good for teaching sports and hobbies. It helps students play with the words categorize them according indoor/outdoor activities. I tried this activity with my EEC students. They worked on it as a group and it was productive. There were several new words on the worksheet that we did not cover, I asked the students to guess whether they were indoor or outdoor activities and they succeeded. The students got motivated because I told them it is a competition, and it worked. As a result I got from all four groups right answers;-)

This is a really cool activity that helps improve your typing skills of English. I tried it myself and it really helps. Also during your learning process when you get more and more familiar with it you can change the level by following the web site and try out new things. I suggest you try this activity with the students who are learning the alphabet. It will be really interesting for them because it involves both technology and learning.

Comparing animals - Students practice comparatives & Superlatives using this fantastic crossword puzzle with animals words. The grammar focus in my EEC class was comparatives & superlatives and I tried this activity with my EEC students (low intermediate level) and it was interesting for them. It actually helped them think critically. i suggest you do this activity as an individual task, it will help you understand how well the students internalized the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

A nice crossword puzzle to practice months of the year and ordinal numbers. If your students are crossword puzzle fans, this is the right activity for them:-) I actually searched for this activity for my own teaching purposes and tried this activity with the EEC students in 'communication 3' level. They really liked it and were really quick to do it. I guess it was a bit easy for them, however, I think that it was good that they actually could once more practice their spelling skills.

This is a very good game for ESL begginers to practice their knowledge. This game also allows them to make direct connections between the names of fruits and numbers. I tried it with 8 students from my EEC Prep2 course and it worked very good. At first they /ss/ failed to win the fruitmaster /computer/ but after playing two or more times, they were able to win. Through this game, Ss uncounciously learn the names of fruits!!!! I would advise everybody to pilot this game with beginner students.

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!!!

I tried this video back in NY while teaching to ESL adult students. They were intermediate students, though with good english knowledge. I was supposed to teach idioms and this video helped me to first remove myself from being the center of attention and second to help students learn the idioms more easily, as the visualizations readily stick in their mind. The students very much liked the video and its humor refreshed the class atmosphere. However, I suggest to include some post-task exercises both written and spoken to reinforce them. There are other categories such as eye idioms as well which can be used to teach idioms in a fun way.

Alice is a bot (robot) with A.I. (artificial intelligence). You can chat with her, and she'll speak back to you. She never gets bored or tired of talking with you. She can answer math questions, tell you where most countries are and what their capitals are,and she even knows a few pretty funny jokes. She at times makes mistakes, but overall performs very well. She can understand you a lot better if you type carefully. Your students can chat with Alice to practice English, but they have to try to type and spell carefully. They need to take their time, and think about good grammar, good vocabulary and making good sentences. They can use their conversation as a practice time to apply what they have learned in English. You can chat with Alice anytime. The first 2500 exchanges each month have more animation and even have speech. I tried chating with her for half an hour and I should confess that I fell in love with her! She can nicely initiate discussions or answer your questions. A great tool to both practice language and also learn new things from her.

This cartoon can be used to practice the four skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening. Suggestion on how to use: Before students listen/read the story, they are pre-taught some new vocabulary used in the story. Then students can play the story in pictures while they're listening to it. They can click on the button "READ" to turn off and on the text. It's better if the first time, they listen to the story with the text on (reading while listening). Then, they will listen to the story with the text off and see if they can still understand. (listening) When they feel confident, they can watch the story again with the text off and try to tell the story along with the pictures, without reading (speaking). You can also ask them to write this tale down as a composition (about 250 words or more if you want to). Vocabulary can also be boosted through story. Students can also come up with their own ideas by discussing where they would go if they had a magic carpet. I tried this with my young advance elementary students and it was pretty successful. we had also a very engaging discussion in which students said they would have gone if they have had a magic carpet. They also very much liked the cartoon itself.

This is a very good activity to improve vocabulary. What is more interesting and even important about this site is that while you play, you can earn grains of rice for each correct answer that will be donated for charity, to help stop hunger in the world. You can also play with grammar here (free rice grammar).There are 60 levels for vocabulary and 5 levels for grammar. They increase by difficulty as you proceed. While trying this with my students, what was so exciting for them was that they learned by answerng correctly they are particpating in a humanitarian act and this greatly motivated them to answer the tests and learn new vocabulary. Though we did just the first 2 levels, the next session almost all of them said that they kept playing it to collect more rice and for this they had learned a large number of new vocabulary. They also said they are gonna play it again when finished both to collect more rice for hunger as well as review what they had learned.

interesting and motivating activity. Just like your Ss I had the feeling that I'm helping hungry people. I wish I could!

Actually Armineh jan u did if you collected 100 grains of rice. I've checked the legitimacy of the cite and it is run by UNICEF.

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.

This is a game where the learners have to guess and spell the missing word in present progressive form

A fun game to use to learn vocabulary on football

This is a very interesting game which may help practice prepositions. I tried it with my students and they really enjoyed it.

Text Terminator destroys texts, you have to reconstruct them. You'll see the text dotted, click on the first dot to listen to the text and then type the words to reconstruct it. Good activity for listening skill. I found this very useful to practice listening and develop vocabulary. I tried this with a friend of mine (Upper in level). He said that he liked the practice very much and at times challenging. I believe that this is more appropriate for upper/advanced students. You can find more sample text at: http://www.multimedia-english.com/contenido/ficha/text-terminator/1259

This game may help practice present progressive and develop students' spelling abilities. They should guess and spell the missing word. Correct spellings will help them escape the hangman. I tried this game with my brother and he really enjoyed it.