ESL games using NO resources

The last post was about games and ideas that require only the board and a pen/ or piece of chalk.

This time I want to share some ideas about games that use noresources, just the teacher and hopefully enthusiastic students! Most of these games would be more suitedforyoungerstudents (3 – 8 years), but some can be adapted and made more difficult for slightly olderstudents (9 – 11 years).

Again some of these games might be obvious and known by other names, but hopefully this will be a useful post and give ideas about how simple games can be adapted when teaching ESL.

1. Telephone

This game is also known as ‘Chinese whispers’. Split the class into teams and have them lined up or sat in an order and whisper a phrase to the first student. Each student must whisper the phrase to the next…