Bag of Tricks

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Listen and drag things that belong in a garden. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a museum. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a aireport. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a firehouse. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a restaurant. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a store. 

Listen and drag things that belong in a home. 

Listen to a sentence and then click the word that's asked for. Very basis level of reading. Might work well for beginning readers who already have a solid oracy skills in English like native speaking kids. 

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.

Hang mouse is an excitement game for elementary level players; it is very fruitful for vocabulary enhancement. I like the way it is designed and animated, there are also some sound effects thus the game is attractive and dynamic.

the activity is pretty challenging. It fits intermediate and higher level students. One can choose the topic, there is a range of it, then go on guessing a word. usually there are 7 guess chances which did motivated the stduent. He really enjoyed the activity, however I think students will enjoy even more if they have already some knowledge of the topic, then it gets really interesting.

This game is for students of advance level. It promotes the students' vocabulary skills.

The activity is to develop vocabulary in certain limited topics. This could be applied for from intermediate level, since the words in charts do not usually met often. I would add that the student knew some names of flowers and anilmas, but the rest of the words were difficult and unknown to him.

Engaging for elementary level learners: matching games on different topics like clothes, family members, animals, kitchen items, body parts, etc. Again, I piloted the actiivty with my neighbour Hayk who is 9 years old. what the kid liked more was the fact he should grasp th epcture uqickly and ut it under the right word. Then he failed becaus eof influency with working with the computer, however we did it for some days and he practiced and improved hand movement. Time limit factor was also motivating since he was trying hard to win the game.

Karaoke: easy listening story for elementary level students; the story or the 'song' with the words of the same story is played after which students sing the 'song' repeating the reader, in the end they try to sing alone with words provided like karaoke. I piloted the activity with my 9 year-old neighbour. The kid was really engaged in that the kid was simply listening to the song and enjoying it. I suggest playing the same song over sevearal days so that learner would automatically sing with the song.

This link contains three downloadable podcasts. Each podcast include transcripts, worksheets with their answers, diverse vocabulary tasks and also web quests. All the exercises are based mainly in the podcasts' vocabulary and information.

Thank you Armine. I have used these podcasts with my student. She enjoyed them very much because she was able to listen to native speakers and also do some grammatical exercises we have passed. These podcasts are also good for practicing scanning and skimming. So those who want to develop these skills they can use these podcasts. Tully speaking, after these podcast my student has become more attentive to the details and has begun to pay much attention to the detail and gist of the information.

THANK you very much!!! I really made great use of these podcasts, I use them for my student, and we just enjoy them!

brainstorming activity, reading, reading comprehension checking, fill in the blank, writing, photography activity, grammar activity "if clause".

Susanna thank you very much for the link. I could use this in my own class and my student really like it. It contains exercises, reading, new vocabulary. Really thank you

there are a lot of exercises which enhance reading as well as accelerates writing. I gave this activity to my students and they did it with pleasure, especially those who have pets, particularly dogs in their families. Appropriate to be assigned as classwork and as homework.

This game gives the student the opportunity to activate his/her vocabulary. It provides the student with eight letters and the student has to make up as many words with these letters as possible. Good game for individual and group work. My students liked it but they said that they had better play this game at home. They confessed that this game if played regularly activates passive vocabulary.