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Here are some great games suitable for the EFL ESL classroom. I have played them with my students and had some great fun. Remember-
"All work, no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl."
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Boggle |
Boggle is a three-minute word game for any
number of players - great for warm ups. The game includes the special Boggle
tray, which is the bottom part of the clear cube container, containing 16
letter dice and a sand timer which lasts for three minutes--you must supply
your own pens and paper. The dice are placed in the Boggle container and
given a good shake. Players must then place the container upright to allow
the dice to settle with one letter on each side facing up. The sand timer
is set, and you have to make out as many words as possible from the letters
facing upwards before the sand timer runs out. The letters used must be
from adjoining dice, and you can only use each letter once in any word.
Words can be singular or plural in form and can be in any tense, so long
as they appear in any standard English dictionary. In fact, it is a good
idea to have one of the main dictionaries of record to hand, for when the
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Call My Bluff |
The classic British TV game show is now an
exciting board game that's great for advanced students. Two teams try to
outwit each other by giving the definitions to a word, but only one person
is telling the truth. |
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Dingbats |
Dingbats are cleverly crafted puzzles that
challenge you to find a familiar phrase or name in a unique arrangement
of letters, symbols, numbers or pictures. It's great fun, for two to six
players or teams for larger classes. |
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Pass the Bomb |
Pass the Bomb is a simple game of words.
Each game consists of thirteen rounds and the idea is to come up with words
that fit a given criteria whilst playing pass-the-parcel with a ticking
bomb. It is very fast and furious, but great fun and you can use the 'bomb'
in other word games you think up yourself. |
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Scrabble |
The object of the game is to compete for
the highest score by forming interlocking words in crossword fashion on
the Scrabble board using tiles displaying letters with various score values.
Higher scores can be obtained by using the tiles in locations and combinations
that make the most use of the letter values and premium squares(eg: triple-letter
score, double-word score etc) on the board. |
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Scrabble Classic
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Scrabble Classic is the Rolls Royce of Scrabble games. It has polished
wooden tiles, wooden tile racks and a classic game board. It is a special
version of the first Scrabble game to be sold in the UK. Back in the 1950s
it came complete with 10 real wood tiles, wooden racks and a high-quality
board, as does this version. Makes a great gift.
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Scrabble Deluxe |
This is a new luxury edition of the ever
popular world famous word game for two to four players. The best bit is
that you can rotate the board easily.
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Chambers Official Scrabble Words |
In Britain, Scrabble is played by Chambers'
"Official Scrabble Words", based upon the latest edition of the
Chambers Dictionary. The ultimate Scrabble adjudicator, especially needed
to avoid all those rows about two letter words. |
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Who's in the bag? |
A form of verbal charades, the idea is to
help your team mates identify as many famous characters as possible in a
race against the clock. Can be developed further with What's in the bag
or Where's in the bag. |
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Reading Rods - Phonomic Awareness |
Build it! Read It! Write It! This all-in-one activity set makes reading
and writing practice fun at school or home.
Skills taught include:
identifying letter sounds
matching letter sounds with pictures
learning alphabetical order
building simple words
practicing letter writing |
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