As ESL teachers we are always on the lookout for fresh, engaging and funny activities that we can do with our students. The reading activity that I like best is "Rhubarb" (the description of the activity is below). I really recommend it to all ESL teachers, the more so as the activity is a great attention-getter and will hold your students � attention for the whole of the game.
My question is: can you think of other low-prep reading activities that work in your classes? It may be competetive as my students love playing games :)
RHUBARB:
This can be helpful for reading, speaking and pronunciation as well as making your students feel less nervous about making mistakes.
Divide the class in two. They all have the same piece of text which should be something they are familiar with. One member of team 1 starts to read. When team 2 thinks they have made a mistake or pronounced something the wrong way they shout rhubarb! If they are correct team 2 scores a point and they take over reading, but if the reader on team 1 was correct then their team scores the point and continues with the next person in the group reading. They all get to read something and it turns into quite a fun competition.
