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Tag Archives: vocabulary games
Vocabulary Practice With Wordle
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Today, we’ll take a look at a popular online game that we can use for practicing vocabulary with our multilingual language learners.
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Tech-Break: A Quiz Game for Review the Fun Way
It has been quite a while since the last tech-break, so I think it is time for another one. While teaching in Japan, I learned how to play a version of Jeopardy with students and then adapted this activity from that. … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, evergreen, tara arntsen, tech break, vocabulary activity, vocabulary games
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ESL Games: Same o’ Same o’
The Game: Same o’ Same o’ is a game where you try to match your answer with someone else’s to score a point. This game, in particular, helps students review vocabulary. Using games in the ESL classroom, in general, “[help] the … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, ESL games, esl vocabulary, evergreen, marc anderson, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary games
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ESL Games: Name Ten
The Game: Name Ten provides student engagement while students review vocabulary learned and acquire new vocabulary in a competitive, fun environment. This is a fast action game with a high level of student engagement.
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Tagged as classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, marc anderson, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary games
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ESL Games: What Is My Occupation?
The Game: Games encourage authentic learning situations, develop enthusiasm, and allow students to envision mastering the content (Barab, Gresalif & Arici, 2009; Gee, 2005). This game, What Is My Occupation? helps students to learn a variety of skills from questioning and … Continue reading
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ESL Games: Clueless
The Game: Clueless is a game that uses many clues to describe a common word. Research supports the use of games to “…motivate learners, promote communicative competence, and to generate fluency” (Forum Vol. 35, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1997, M. Martha … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, marc anderson, vocabulary games, word games
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ESL Games: ESL – Tic Tac Toe
The Game: ESL – Tic Tac Toe is a quick, fun way to review any number of grammar forms or vocabulary words. It builds on higher level thinking skills and provides language practice in various skills—primarily listening, speaking, and reading.
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Tagged as classroom activity, classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, grammar games, marc anderson, teaching grammar, vocabulary games, word games
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ESL Games: It’s All in the Description—A Speaking and Listening Game
The Game: It’s All in the Description is a great way to strengthen speaking and listening skills. In addition, it focuses on the present continuous verb tense and essential vocabulary to expand ESL fluency and overall language learning. It also … Continue reading
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