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Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) can be challenging, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. One way to make it more engaging for your students is to incorporate fun and interactive classroom activities into your lesson plans. In this blog, we want to share 10 activities that are really engaging and will help them learn English while also having fun. Let’s have a look at them.
1. Role-playing: Have your students act out different scenarios in English. For example, you could have them pretend to be ordering food at a restaurant, or buying a ticket for a movie.
2. The Runner: Post a short text on the wall and put students in pairs. One of the students needs to run back and forth and dictate the story to his partner who needs to write down the text exactly as it is written on the wall. You then get them to swap roles after some minutes. This is a great way for them to practice spelling, listening, and writing skills.
3. Picture dictation: Choose a picture and describe it to your students. They then have to draw the picture based on your description. This activity will help them practice listening comprehension and vocabulary.
4. Debate: Choose a topic and have your students debate it in English. This will help them improve their speaking and argumentative skills.
5. Kahoot games: Play games that focus on grammar rules such as sentence structure, verb tenses or prepositions. You can use websites like Kahoot which make the activity more interactive.
6. Vocabulary bingo: Create bingo cards with English words and definitions. Your students will have to match the words to the definitions, and whoever gets bingo first wins.
7. Scavenger hunt: Hide English words or phrases around the classroom or school, and have your students find them. This activity will help them practice reading comprehension and vocabulary.
9. Guest Speaker: Invite a guest speaker who speaks English as their first language to come and talk to your students. If you are teaching ESP students, this can be someone who works in the field which your students want to work in. This can motivate your students.
10. Storytelling: Instead of teaching vocabulary through the coursebook, take the words and turn them into a story. Not only does this engage the students, but it helps them to learn the vocabulary in context.
Summary
In conclusion, there are many engaging classroom activities that you can use to teach English as a Second Language. By incorporating these activities into your lesson plans, you can make your classroom more fun and interactive for your students, while also helping them improve their English skills.
