Bingo Game
Words and phrases called in the target language are marked from the bingo cards. The goal is to complete a line or a whole card.
Activities and Games for Teaching ESL and Languages
Here you can find various activities and games for teachers and parents to use to make learning languages both fun and effective. They offer engaging ways to enhance ESL and language teaching for students in schools and at home. From classic memory games and creative drawing activities to dynamic gesture-based games, these tools aim to make language learning more interactive and enjoyable. The activities can be used to enhance vocabulary, pronunciation, and language skills and make use of the flashcards and worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for free.
Find Someone Who Game (Human Bingo)
Using a bingo-style sheet with different statements or characteristics, students mingle to find classmates who match the descriptions, fostering communication and helping break the ice.
Fruit Basket
A lively activity for young learners designed to reinforce vocabulary, enhance communication skills, and create a fun learning atmosphere.
Gesture Game
The Gesture Game, also known as Charades, is a dynamic classroom activity to review vocabulary, which works especially well for action verbs.
Guess the Word
Guess the Word is a simple language learning game to practice vocabulary, critical thinking and participation among students.
Hot Potato
A fun quick game useful for review. Students pass a ‘potato’ around the class, whoever has the potato when the time is up answers a question or makes a sentence.
Karuta
Karuta is a popular and fun Japanese card game that has been adapted for language learning purposes.
Memory Game (Concentration)
A game for reviewing vocabulary where players match the vocabulary cards, and practice saying the words.
Pictionary
Fun and active game to practice vocabulary by drawing pictures.
Picture Dictation
Picture Dictation is a language learning activity that enhances students’ listening comprehension and vocabulary skills through drawing.
Telephone Game
The telephone game is group activity where players race to pass a message. It's good to improve memorization and communication.
Walking Dictation (Running Dictation)
An activity that combines movement with language learning. Students work in pairs to transfer a written text from one location to another using memory and teamwork.
What's Missing? (Vanishing Flashcard Game)
What's Missing (also known as the Vanishing Flashcard Game) is a vocabulary introduction and memory game. The goal is to introduce and remember new vocabulary while practicing pronunciation.