71 ESL Interactive Games, Activities & Teaching Tips by Jackie Bolen

Author:Jackie Bolen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: esl interactive, esl interactive games, esl interactive game, interactive esl, interactive esl game, interactive esl games, interactive esl activities, interactive esl activity, interactive classroom games, interactive games for esl students
Publisher: Jackie Bolen
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chain Spelling

Skills: Speaking/listening

Time: 5 minutes

Level: Beginner

Materials Required: None

If you want your students to practice spelling some vocabulary words that you’ve been teaching, use this game. Have all the students stand up and the teacher says a word. The first student says the first letter, the next student the next letter, and so on until the word is done. Then, say a new word.

If someone makes a mistake, they sit down and you start with the next student and new word. Continue until you have only 1 or 2 students standing. This is an excellent “filler” game if you have a few minutes left-over at the end of class—just use whatever vocabulary you were teaching that day.

Teaching Tip:

Spelling is an often neglected skill in many classrooms but it's an important one. When I taught academic writing at a major university in South Korea some students had atrocious spelling which really hampered their ability to write well. Nobody will take you seriously, no matter how good your ideas are, if you make basic spelling mistakes. That's why I try to include at least a little bit of it into my classes.

Procedure:

All students stand up.

The teacher says a word.

The first student must say the first letter.

The next student must say the second letter, etc.

If incorrect, the student has to sit down. The teacher says a new word and the game continues until there are only one or two students remaining.

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