Online Esl Game

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 Federico Riva Teaching Ideas Online ESL Game Design Workshop for Teachers Hello everybody and welcome to the ITTT weekly live stream. It's Liza here and I'm super excited that this stream happens every week and we can talk about teaching and TEFL and stuff like that. So welcome and thank you for joining me. Today, we are going to talk about online ESL game design. Last week I started showing you the game I was designing, it was Monopoly. Today I'm going to show you the outcome of the game and also tell you a little bit more about online game design. Watch the live session here Thanks a lot for letting me know that you are watching and right now please let me know at what stage of your ESL career you are at. As for me, I'm an online ESL teacher currently. I used to...  [Read more]

Online ESL Game Design Workshop for Teachers   Hello everybody and welcome to the ITTT weekly live stream. It's Liza here and I'm super excited that this stream happens every week and we can talk about teaching and TEFL and stuff like that. So welcome and thank you for joining me. Today, we are going to talk about online ESL game design. Last week I started showing you the game I was designing, it was Monopoly. Today I'm going to show you the outcome of the game and also tell you a little bit more about online game design. Thanks a lot for letting me know that you are watching and right now please let me know at what stage of your ESL career you are at. As for me, I'm an online ESL teacher currently. I used to teach in a real classroom several years ago, but then I decided to...  [Read more]

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 7 Non-Trivial Online ESL Games There are many famous games used by TEFL teachers that students know like the back of their hand. If you want to change up your online lessons and bring even more fun in your teaching, check out these seven non-trivial online ESL games to help you in every stage of the TEFL class. Listen to this blog post: 1. Connect The Dots For this activity, you will need to prepare a digital image and share it with a student during the online class. You can find plenty of connect-the-dots worksheets on the internet. The student needs to have access to the drawing tool, so make sure the online conference program you use has this feature. Choose a picture that would accompany the...  [Read more]

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 Sara Stojanovic TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Top 3 ESL Games for Teaching Online With the introduction of technology, teaching English as a foreign language has changed a lot. Computers opened many new doors for both the teacher and the students. Technology has allowed us to use many resources that were unavailable before. With the outbreak of the pandemic, most of the language teaching and learning switched to the online variant. Despite having all the previously stated advantages, online language teaching can be challenging as well. When the teacher is not physically present, the students can get distracted easily and lose focus fast. This can result in students’ poor performance and conduct of language. A great way to improve the classes...  [Read more]

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Importance of Using Online ESL Games in TEYL When it comes to learning ESL, most learners associate it with memorizing spelling rules, doing countless grammar exercises, making abstract speaking topics, and translating sentences from L1 into English. In these, there is little or no listening and speaking practice involved, making English just one of the numerous boring school subjects. However, there is so much more to learning and activating the language if the fun element is involved. This doesn't only include traditional classroom games but also learning both at school and home with the usage of modern technology. Most children born in the 2000s have grown up using iPads and mobile phones, which makes them much more...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Christmas Board Game This Christmas board game is the perfect game to play in your ESL classroom to practice the present simple and present continuous tense.   Create a sentence, affirmative, negative, or a question, with the prompts in either present simple or present continuous tense, depending on the time word. Then answer the question with your own ideas. If a person isn't specified, use anyone you'd like.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! St. Patrick's Day Bingo Game Here's a fun St. Patrick's Day Bingo game for young ESL learners.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL or TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Say 4 Things You Do... Worksheet This is a fun ESL board game to practice your students' speaking skills.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Days and Months Board Game This is a fun ESL board game to practice the days and the months in English.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Christmas Word Scramble Worksheet Use this free printable Christmas Word Scramble Game for ESL students during your Christmas-themed classes.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL certification with ITTT.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Summer Holiday Board Game This is a fun conversation board game to speak about summer holidays with your ESL students.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Conditionals Type 1 & 2 Board Game Here is a fun board game to practice the 1st and 2nd conditionals in your ESL classroom.   How to play Set up groups of students and hand out a board game to each group. If you have a small class, you can play it with everyone together. Have a die ready or prepare an online die. Students take turns rolling the day and moving across the board game. The aim of the game is to fill in the gaps correctly using the first or second conditionals.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Present Perfect vs. Past Simple Board Game This is a great ESL board game to practice using the present perfect and past simple tenses in English.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Board Game - Name it, Spell it With this fun board game, you can practice vocabulary and spelling in an enjoyable way with your ESL students.   The questions can be adapted to make it more challenging should it prove to be too easy. Make learning fun with this board game. For higher-level learners, you can ask students to name 2 or 3 answer instead of just one. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Games in the Classroom   What are ESL games? ESL games are games that can be used in the classroom to practice certain language points and encourage active and creative communication between your students. There are many different games created specifically for use in the English language classroom that can be found online or in any number of resource books. But we are not limited only to those games designed for the class. The majority of games that we played as children or still play as adults can be adapted and used in lessons. Whether games are co-operative or competitive, they provide students with a goal and in the English classroom this goal can only be reached by using the English they have learnt. Common Misconceptions about games in the classroom. "Games are fun but...  [Read more]

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 6 Exciting Online Classroom Activities Throughout this course, I have set my sight on becoming an online teacher for young learners. I have done extensive research on different classroom activities for teaching online and have found six different ones that I like. This summative is based solely on teaching online meaning both the teacher and student are doing 100% of the work online. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Danielle C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. 1. My window, my world The first activity I plan to use while teaching online is called my window, my world. This is great for the engaging phase of any lesson or the beginning of the very...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Past Simple Wh Questions Roll of the Dice Here's a fun past simple Wh questions ESL game to help you teach your students how to make questions in the past simple tense.   To play the game, divide the students into pairs (A and B) and give each student a corresponding part of the worksheet and each pair two dice. Student B begins by rolling the dice and adding up the numbers rolled. Student A then formulates the past simple question that corresponds to the number on their worksheet. For example, if Student B rolls a two, Student A asks question two on their worksheet, i.e. 'What did you wear yesterday?' If Student B answers correctly, Student A crosses off the question. If Student B makes a grammatical mistake or...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles 5 ESL Classroom Halloween Decor Ideas | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL experts share five Halloween decor ideas for your ESL classroom. Get inspired and create incredible atmosphere of this fun holiday. 7 Easy Ways to Make Money Online as an English Teacher | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Budget and Salary TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by an ITTT TEFL expert who shares 7 ideas on how to make...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Christmas Mad Libs Printable This is a fun Christmas Mad Libs game that's perfect for ESL students of all ages to enjoy! Use for class parties or holiday get-togethers!   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL certification with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! A-Z Upper Case Alphabet Board Game This a fun and simple game like Snakes and Ladders for students to play with young ESL students to practice upper case letters of the alphabet.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Canada Board Game Here's a fun ESL board game about Canada. Students answer questions, describe the pictures, or give the English word for the thing/activity in the picture.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? Get your TEFL or TESOL certification with ITTT.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Animals Board Game This is a fun board game about animals. Your ESL students work in pairs or groups, they throw a die and need to name different types of animals.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? Get your TEFL or TESOL Certification with ITTT.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Top 3 Tools For Creating Interactive EFL Activities The online mode of teaching has become a primary one in the COVID-19 era. For many teachers, remote work is not easy especially due to a different approach to creating materials. Listen to this blog post: If you still struggle with games and activities for your activate phase of the lesson, take a look at the following three tools that can help you to versatile your Zoom classes and make your students super happy! 1. Google Slides Yes, it’s that easy! This tool is like a magic wand for ESL teachers because it’s easy to use and very flexible in adjusting dozens of favorite games. It's not just a visual aid for delivering a presentation to an audience, in fact, Google Slides can...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! The Body Game - Parts of Body Vocabulary This fun game is perfect for practicing the parts of the body with your ESL students. Have them roll a die and color the body parts in the correct colors.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certificate with ITTT.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Advantages and Disadvantages Board Game This is a fun ESL board game about the advantages and disadvantages of different topics. The students roll the dice and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the topic they land on.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certification with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Name 3 Things Board Game This is the perfect board game to play as a time filler activity for your ESL class. Your students take turns rolling the die and naming three things around the topic on the board.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL Certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles Common English Pronunciation Issues for Native Italian Speakers | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This article was written by our TEFL graduate shares their experience of working with Italian students. The Principles of Motivating in the ESL Class | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Motivating students is extremely important. How to do it successfully? Read in this blog post. Why Phonetics and Phonology are Fundamental for Pronunciation | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching...  [Read more]

Sara Stojanovic Sara Stojanovic is an English teacher from Serbia who is passionate about imparting her knowledge to learners of all ages and assisting them in mastering their command of the English language. Sara enjoys reading, journaling, and spending time with her friends in her free time. Read my articles Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom | ITTT | TEFL Blog Sara Stojanovic TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Explore Gardner's 8 intelligences and tailor your teaching methods to tap into students' unique strengths for effective learning. Teaching Language Skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening | ITTT | TEFL Blog Sara Stojanovic TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Unlock the power of language education!...  [Read more]

Home / Location / Chiapas / Gallery Chiapas / Gallery Two trainees on Halloween TEFL Gallery - Two trainees on Halloween Our two trainees Kristy and Esther are getting ready for the Halloween event at our training center in Chiapas, Mexico. They have organized a seasonal English event for the local ESL children with educational games and are ready for the fun.  Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Games in the Classroom: What are EFL games? ESL games are games that can be used in the classroom to practice certain language points and encourage active and creative communication between your students. There are many different games created specifically for use in the English language classroom that can be found online or in any number of resource books. But we are not limited only to those games designed for the class; the majority of games that we played as children or still play as adults can be adapted and used in lessons. Whether games are co-operative or competitive, they are a great way to provide students with a goal to be achieved by using the English they have learned. Common misconceptions about games in the classroom...  [Read more]