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Are you looking for some great games to play with your students in your FSL classroom? Look no further. Today, I am sharing the ‘best of the best’ student-approved games for FSL. Many require little to no prep (yay!). Take a look below and try one with your students today! 1. Comptez! Are you looking for a fun way to review numbers? This activity works very well with learners of all ages. Seriously. Even my middle-years aged students begged to play this! Materials required: none How to play: -Have your students stand together in a circle. -The teacher says ‘un’ (1) to get the game started. -any student may call out the next number in sequence – ‘deux’ (2) -only one student may say a number at a time. If 2 or more students say the same number, the game must begin again. -You may set a goal for your students to aim for (ie- count to 10). However, play continues as high as your students wish to count! 2. Le ballon This game can be used with ANY vocabulary theme! Materials required: a soft foam ball or a balloon How to play: -Have your students stand in a circle. Give your students a theme to follow or have a student choose a theme. (ie- la maison, la météo) -Give the ball or balloon to the first player. That player says a vocabulary word that suits the theme and then throws the ball to another player. -The player that catches the ball must say another relevant vocabulary word before tossing the ball to the next player. -Words may not be repeated. 3. Le tableau This is another game for reviewing vocabulary while working in small groups. Materials: whiteboard and markers How to play: -Divide your students into 4 small groups. Draw 4 columns on the white board with the team number at the top. -Have students in each team stand in a line at the board in front of their team number column. -Write a vocabulary category on the board and challenge student teams to write 10 words each. -Team members must take turns to write (and spell correctly!) 10 different vocabulary words in the given category. The first team to complete the challenge wins! 4. La tapette à mouches La tapette à mouches is a fly swatter game for the French classroom. This game gets your students up out of their seats and moving in an active learning activity. Materials required: a whiteboard, 2 fly swatters How to play: -Write desired vocabulary words all over the whiteboard. -Divide students into 2 teams. -1 representative from each team holds a fly swatter and stands close to the board where the game is being played. -The teacher calls out a vocabulary word and students must ‘swat’ the corresponding word. -The first student to correctly identify the word wins a point for their team. Play continues with a new student each round until all students have had an opportunity to play. 5. Trashketball A fun game that reviews French vocabulary or grammar skills. This review game involves group work, decision making and recall and is easily differentiated for many levels. This activity is great for all learning styles and centers around reviewing learned material. The game will involve all students and keep them engaged with the lesson. There are 5 rounds of play in the games, each with 5 questions. With easy set-up, it is great for a last-minute lesson. This one takes a bit of prep and you may wish to use the PowerPoint presentations that I have created HERE, or create your own! Materials required: digital whiteboard/projector capable of displaying THESE PowerPoint presentations, small whiteboard and marker or scrap paper and pencil for each team, a trashcan or recycling bin, masking tape or painter’s tape, a ball/bean bag or other soft object for throwing. Setup:Place a trashcan/recycle bin in a clear lane. Use a visible line on the floor (or place a piece of painter’s tape/masking tape) a few feet away from the bin (closer for younger students and further for older students). This will be the ’shooting’ line. How to play: -Divide your class into several small teams (about 3-4 students per team). Assign one student to be the team reporter. The reporter will bring the answers to be reviewed to the teacher. Equip each team with a whiteboard and marker or a piece of scrap paper and pencil. Have each team write the numbers 1-5 down the side of the whiteboard/paper in a list. -Display the slide for round 1 on the board/projector. Give students a set amount of time to work through the problems in each round. 1-2 minutes will work for each round depending on the abilities of your class. Have each team work quickly to answer the questions on the slide during each round. -Signal to students when the time is up. Have the reporter from each team bring the answers to the teacher. The teacher will check the answers (an answer key is provided). If a team has an incorrect answer, the teacher must send the reporter back to the team to correct it. -The first team with all 5 answers correct, will get 3 throws of the ball/bean bag into the can. The 2ndteam gets 2 throws, the 3rdteam gets 1 throw. For each throw that lands in the can, the team earns 1 point. -Play resumes for all 5 rounds. At the end, tally all of the points earned for each team. The team with the highest score wins. These are my favourite 5 games. Do you have any favourites that your students LOVE? CHECK OUT MORE GAMES AVAILABLE IN MY FRECH TEACHING RESOURCE STORE ON TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS HERE!
Check out these activities and games to teach English online that are student-centred and engaging. Have some fun teaching ESL online today!
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Cambly is a US-based company, no experience required, best for beginners, $10-$13.50 USD p/h; read more here. Allschool is a new Singaporean company hiring native English speakers. It is best suited for teaching Asian students the English language. Find out more here. Outschool is a US company hiring native English speakers and U.S. school kids. The average pay is $50 USD p/h; find out more here. For more jobs, see our top online ESL companies. Other useful links: Native English speaker jobs. Non-native English speaker jobs. Teaching Job Posts A range of teaching options for native and non-native English speakers. Commonly Asked Questions Am I qualified to teach English online? If you are fluent in English, you will find a job teaching English online. You need a TEFL certificate for most higher-paying jobs teaching ESL online. You can find this in the TEFL certification section of this site. Can I travel and teach online? Absolutely! I am currently traveling all over Europe and have lived in rented accommodation while teaching online. As long as you have a good wifi connection, the world is your oyster! How much can you earn teaching ESL online? Native English speakers earn around $10-$25 USD. Non-native English speakers typically earn less than native English speakers, especially when working for a company. They usually make between $5-$15 USD per hour. Of course, there are exceptions to this! I earn up to $47 per 45-minute lesson as a private tutor, so my earnings vary considerably. How should I get started teaching the English language online? I recommend doing a TEFL course and building your experience on a site like Cambly. Then you should look at jobs at Indeed or TEFL.com to gain more teaching expertise in various roles. You may want to eventually look into private tutoring by acquiring your own students or teaching at a language school to fill your schedule. Some educators also like to sell their lesson material, become YouTubers, or have other side hustles while teaching online. Some even work with multiple online teaching companies based in other time zones to fill their schedules.
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Whether you teach children or adults, teaching ESL grammar and vocabulary in a fun and effective way can be so tough sometimes, can't it? Lesson planning for grammar concepts can definitely be a challenge. Well, today's post is about how to deal with exactly that! I'm going to share my top 5 ways to use games in the ESL classroom. If you've met me (over at The Teaching Cove), you know I LOVE using games to spice up learning.
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