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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Going to a cafe with adult students. Game ideas? :-)
Going to a cafe with adult students. Game ideas? :-)
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Kate (kkcat)
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Going to a cafe with adult students. Game ideas? :-)
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Dear colleagues,
on Wednesday I �m going out with my adult students (level Upper-intermediate) and we are having a �class � in a cafe. Of course, part of plan is to practise English and talk a lot about everything, but I �d also like to play some games appropriate for a cafe setting and letting them practise even more English :)
I have in mind something like "Guess who I am" (when they have to guess which famous person or character they are), one student is bringing �Activity �...
Do you know any other games we could play at a table?  I will be thankful for any ideas :)
Thank you sooo much in advance,
Kate (kkcat)
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18 Jun 2012
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evafer
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Sofia, Thanks so much!!! Your suggestions are just great! Saludos, eva |
18 Jun 2012
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Mariethe House
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Try jeopardy , the way it is suggested below by an ESL university teacher. It sounds a very good idea as students play and discuss in groups before they give the answer.
The first thing ( Eric, the teacher speaking)I do is to take the speedy �I �m First � element out of
the game. Therefore everyone gets a chance to answer and to win or lose
points. I break the class up into small groups of 2 or 3. Instead of
speaking the answer they discuss the answer with their group and then
write it down. Therefore noone can copy another �s answer and everyone
gets a chance to answer. If they are right, I give them the points of
that square. If they are wrong I deduct points. You could also just
reward points for being right and do nothing for being wrong.
The last game I played we were reviewing past and future. The
categories were: "Who", "What", "Where", "When" and "Why". Under each
category were 5 boxes with points 100 to 500 just like the real game
show 100 being the easiest and 500 being the hardest. The teams take
turns picking a category and an amount. Then I would say the answer:
"I ate pizza." or "I am going to the hospital.". They would write the
answer (really the question) down on their paper. "What did you eat?"
or "Where are you going to go?".
It was a great review and I think it got almost everyone involved.
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18 Jun 2012
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ELOJOLIE274
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you can play a game we call "baccalaur�at" in France - don �t know if there �s a word for it in English sorry!
every player needs a piece of paper, they will need to draw columns for example:
Letter / First Name / Country / Objet / Fruit or Vegetable / People (Surname) (or more difficult: flowers, recipe, town...)
then you ask someone to tell the alphabet in their head (they can start wherever they want: a, p...) then you say "stop" (after a few seconds or more), the player says the letter aloud and all the players - even you if you want - must complete the chart
for example with D:
David, Denmark, die, date, Dany De Vito...
it �s very easy with some letters but gets harder with others! and it �s a lot a fun to see what your pupils found :)))
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19 Jun 2012
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