Cataplún/Kaboom! – Small group game for language classes
Tomorrow is Friday, it's the first week back from break, and you're exhausted. What to do, what to do... "MovieTalk?" --you think-- "No, too much standing and talking." "Asking a story?" --but you...
View ArticleRUN! a no-prep game for language classes
Don't you love discovering a new game!? A few days ago, Jenny Robbins shared an AWESOME no-prep activity in the iFLT/NTPRS/CI Teaching Facebook group. This game can be used in ANY class to provide...
View ArticleWhen you know, you know – A game of numbers
I have learned many of my favorite games from Nelly Hughes, author of Fluency Matters' Selena and the force behind Comprendes Méndez SpanishShop. As a teacher that has been using and training teachers...
View ArticleQuick Grid BINGO for synchronous learning
The most successful synchronous lessons are often game-based. As a parent, I have been spying on my own kids’ synchronous classes. As a curriculum coach, I’ve been debriefing synchronous lesson plans...
View ArticleFlex the Flyswatter Game: Play it online!
If you’re a language teacher, I am willing to bet that you have played the Flyswatter game with your students! The Flyswatter game, commonly called Matamoscas in Spanish, is an easy game that brings in...
View ArticleArcoíris dice game for class
Playing input-focused games in class can be a great way to boost student motivation, and Arcoíris, or ‘Rainbow’, is a game that you’ll be excited to add to your repertoire for the coming school year....
View ArticleTrashketball game for reviewing content
Trashketball is a common game used by teachers in many subject areas to review content. The basic premise is that teams are competing to answer questions, and their score is affected by shooting and...
View ArticleWacky Chat: 75 totally random questions to ask your students
It’s January– you’re tired, they’re tired. Routines have started feeling…routine…and the same old challenges that you’ve been dealing with since the fall are starting to feel really old. Now is a...
View ArticleOne’s Gotta Go discussion prompt for language classes
One’s gotta go is a popular discussion prompt that is perfect for communicative language classes. The basic premise is that students are looking at 3-4 images of different things and picking the one...
View ArticleCrush the Cockroach Interpretive Game
Communication is the interpretation, expression, and/or negotiation of meaning in a given context (Bill VanPatten). Especially in the early days of a new language class, interpretation is king. Yet,...
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