Use the rest of the class to ‘referee’ who shouted the word out first.ĭon’t get students to put their hands up, as this doesn’t show who actually knew the word first and encourages students to stand with their hand up before the teacher/nominated student has even said the word/phrase! Variations: The winner is the student who knocks out all of the other students. If the corner is empty, everyone is ‘safe’ and the teacher calls out the next word or phrase. If there is a student there, that student is knocked out and has to sit down. The first person to shout out the correct translation of the phrase moves clockwise to the next corner.
The teacher says a word or phrase in the target language (TL). Pick 4 students and send each one to stand in a corner of the room. With that in mind, here are my 5 favourite minumum-prep, maximum-fun games to play in the language classroom. However, it’s important to ensure that the games exploit key vocabulary and grammar as much as possible. I love playing games in language lessons – it’s a great way to engage students and make the learning fun.
