Articles on Teaching English Using Games & Activities

How to use a simple set of stackable blocks to practise a wide range of different grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc including personal questions, colours, numbers, there is/ there are, countable and uncountable, prepositions of position and phonics.

Error correction activities that aren't a waste of class time.

English teaching board games without dice etc that are more fun and better at practising language than those which need such accoutrements, and with many more possible uses.

Stacking blocks and other things like plastic kitchen sets to practise numbers, basic maths, times, days of the week, months, dates, the alphabet, phonics, colours, basic questions and answers, shapes, prepositions of position, requests and offers.

Almost 100 ways to use a ball in EFL classes, plus 13 other kinds of objects you can use the same way if don't want to use a ball

Well-known and "new classic" multipurpose card games for teaching English to adults and children.

Useful words and phrases for using games in the ESL classroom

Interesting activities and topics about the Middle Ages for ESL classes

How you can use Christmas songs in the classroom - Putting the seasonal cheer back into grammar (and putting the grammar back into Xmas)