Hundreds of ESL students have played this classic word game. In the
game, students receive a selection of letters which they must use to
make word in a crossword style grid. When you, the teacher, also play,
you have the opportunity to introduce unusual vocabulary to your
students. Straying slightly from the rules makes for a more enjoyable
game for nonnative speakers. Try allowing use of the dictionary at any
point for any player and refrain from keeping score.
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Upwords
Upwords is a game very similar to Scrabble. In this game, students use their collection of letters to build words on the crossword style grid. Unlike Scrabble, in Upwords
players can place letters on top of existing letters to change a word
that is already on the board. For example, on a player’s turn he may add
a T to the word bash turning it into bath. In this game, your students will see the relationships between words and recognize patterns in English spelling.
3
Bananagrams
A relative newcomer on the game scene, Banagrams uses letter
tiles to create a grid of words, but in this game no structure is
permanent. Players start with a set number of letters and use them to
create their own word grid. When one player has used all of his letters,
everyone must draw another tile and incorporate it into their own
structures. Each person can rearrange his word grid as desired. This
game can be fast paced when higher-level students play, but even with
less advanced students it is a ready source for learning new vocabulary. In addition, it teaches students flexibility with words and spelling structures.
4
Scrabble Slam
Similar to Upwords, Scrabble Slam uses cards
printed with letters to modify an existing word. In this game, there is
only one four-letter word on the board and all players must use their
own cards on this word. By the traditional rules, everyone plays at
once, and the player to use all of his cards first wins. However, ESL
classes may want to take turns playing on the word so your class has
time to think and absorb each of the words that are created.
5
Scattergories
Scattergories is a way for your students to practice using the vocabulary
they already know. In this game, students receive a list of ten
categories. With a roll of the 26-sided die, a letter is designated for
the round. Players must then think of a word which begins with that
designated letter to fit each of the categories. Answers may be
something like the following: boy’s name/Tom, food/tomato, city/Toronto, game/tic-tac-toe.
A timer is set, and when time is up the group reviews the items they
listed. Any words that more than one player listed are eliminated. Each
remaining word is worth one point. This game can be a challenge for
students still learning the language, but it can easily be adapted for
lower level students. Feel free to define your own categories, linked,
perhaps, to a unit you are studying in class and then continue as usual.
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Catch Phrase
Catch Phrase is a word guessing game in hot potato style.
The starting player has a disk which gives him a word. He can say
anything to get the rest of the players to guess the word on the screen.
Once that word is guessed, he passes the disk on to the next player.
That person then does the same. After a random amount of time, the disk
will signal that time is up, and the person holding the disk at that
time receives a point. The goal of this game is to have as few points as
possible. To make the game easier for your ESL students, you can
challenge each person to have his word guessed before the timer buzzes.
Then reset the disk and send it on to the next player.
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Taboo
Taboo takes the concept of Catch Phrase and brings
an even greater challenge. In this game, players must get their team to
guess a given word, but each word comes with related vocabulary that
cannot be used in the description. They key in this game is to think of
another way to give the clues on the card. Players do this by using
similar but not the same vocabulary. You can modify this concept and
have your students write out clues for a given word, avoiding the
vocabulary on the card. Limit the description to four or five sentences.
If the class can guess the word from the clues that are provided, the
writer scores a point. You can feel free to use vocabulary that the
class has studied or select specific words from those that the game
supplies. This game challenges your students to be creative with their
language use – a skill that is useful for all language learners.
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Balderdash
The game of balderdash is best reserved for advanced
students. In this game, on his turn, a player is given an obscure
vocabulary word. Each player must create a false definition of the word
in hopes that the other players will believe it is the true definition.
When playing this game, the teacher should be moderator every turn and correct any grammatical problems
in the fictional definitions as well as write the correct definition on
an identical slip of paper. Then s/he should read all of the
definitions to the players who must vote for the one they think is
correct. Any player that guesses correctly scores a point as does any
player who receives a vote from another player.
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Jenga
Though not a traditional board game, Jenga can be a handy resource for students to get to know each other. Using any list of icebreaker questions (you can try these: 50 Most Amazing Conversation Starters )
, write one question on each block. Then when your class plays the
game, each person must answer the icebreaker before placing the block on
top of the pile. By doing this, your students get speaking practice while getting to know one another better. Besides, it is always fun to see who makes the tower fall!
10
I-Spy Books
Create your own board game with pictures from an I-Spy book
or any other pictures that contain a plethora of objects. On a piece of
paper, have your students write the letters of the alphabet from a to z.
Then let them look at the picture for a set amount of time (three to
five minutes is good) and try to identify an object that begins with
each letter. Of course, it will be nearly impossible to find an item for
every letter, but by using creative vocabulary and having keen
eyesight, your students will be able to fill in more letters than they
might think. This is another game that is good for vocabulary
development and is less threatening for beginning level students .
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