Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i14GRXI29525; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:27:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:27:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A1DF203D7C27D411A4EC00D0B780558075734A@wrl_ntserver.jcplin.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jennifer Morrow" <jmorrow@jcplin.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9857] Re: Classroom games for Adults X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4334 Lines: 127 Hello again everybody! I love playing games in my ESL class, too. BINGO was already mentioned but I play it every week to review the vocabulary words. The students get practice writing because they make their own BINGO cards. They have to listen to my pronunciation of the word and read the word on their card. I usually play until we have three winners. Then I write each winner's name on a card and have students draw until there is only one card left. This person gets a prize. Other games that we play in class are Go Fish and Memory (or Concentration). These are also good review games. The students compete against each other but it is always friendly. One of my favorite websites for games is http://www.agameaday.com There is literally a calendar with a game a day. I have never used it in class but my colleagues and I play a lot. This brings up an interesting point that I think could spark some good conversation. Each week, I offer prizes for BINGO. The prizes are fairly inexpensive (stuff from the Dollar Store or things I have around the house.) I think it is appropriate because it makes the game more real and exposes students to American products. My prizes are always adult such as soap, lotion, writing tablets, laundry detergent, etc. How does everyone else feel about this? I have a co-worker who rewards her students with stickers. She thinks it motivates them, I think it is insulting. Do any of you give prizes? What do you think is an appropriate prize? Jennifer Morrow Johnson County Public Library Adult Learning Center (317) 738-4677 jmorrow@jcplin.org -----Original Message----- From: ra_duffy@comcast.net [mailto:ra_duffy@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 5:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9854] Re: Classroom games for Adults One game that I have done many times in my ESL classes is tic-tac-toe. This game is great for any type of review -- vocabulary, grammar, etc. -- and can be easily adapted for all levels. My students love it! -- Ruthann Duffy ESL Tech Coordinator Essential Skills Program Shoreline Community College 16101 Greenwood Ave N. Seattle, WA 98133 Telephone: 206-533-6624 email: ra_duffy@comcast.net http://success.shore.ctc.edu/callab > > In a message dated 2/3/04 3:32:27 PM, leenhd78@yahoo.com writes: > > << the wealth of knowledge about > games to play with adult literacy learners. >> > > Last year, our beginning students gave 'awards' to the teachers: framed > certificates citing each teacher's forte. I won the 'Queen of Games' award, so > I > feel 'highly qualified' to provide some suggestions. > > Many TV/commercial games can be adapted to ESL classes. Using a chalk/dry > erase board, you can play modified Hangman or Wheel of Fortune, using the > words/expressions students have already studied. After the teacher models these > activities a few times, students can play the 'teacher' role. > > Elizabeth Claire at eceardley@aol.com sells a very inexpensive game modeled > on the old Password game: Just a Minute. Whoever is 'it' has a list of 7-8 > related words and tries to the elicit the right words from his/her team. > Teachers can of course make their own lists, but Elizabeth makes it cheap and > easy. > > Pictionary Junior is another commercial game easily adapted for ESOL. And if > students need work on listening to/pronouncing numbers it's Bingo time. > > It seems to me, Colleen, that you have really tuned in to your students' > needs, realizing that when it's fun, learning English becomes easier. Good > games > should be fun, competitive and challenging, but never, ever, ever beyond the > student's reach. The idea of these games is to leave students with a sense of > accomplishment, a feeling of success, so that they go home smiling. > > We find that games are useful at the beginning of a class -especially if you > usually have stragglers. They'll be so so sorry to have missed the fun. > > And at the end of the class, the last 5-15 minutes of a 3-hour class, games > are sometimes so successful that we are begging the students to please, please > go home! > > There are lots and lots of other ideas in this area, but I hope these will > set you on your way. > > Sue Sandeen > ESOL, Gainesville, FL > sandees > > > > >
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