Since I am actively involved in the ESL community, I like to create games for my ESL students.This game involves verb tenses of English. It is somewhat of a dual.
-First you separate the group of students into two teams. I let them pick their own names for their team and they seem to enjoy that.
-Next you ask two people from each team to go up to the board to be the writer. The writer represents the entire team, so competition usually drives students to want to excel.
-The teacher says a base form verb and a verb tense (ex. present perfect, past progressive, etc.)
-Each student writes a sentence with the correct verb and verb tense with all correct grammar. Whichever student can do this the quickest will win their team a point.
-The team is allowed to help the writer but no member from the team should write for the writer.
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Notes: You can play for as much time as you need, or you can set a point total to win. Have students close all their books and notes during the review game so they will have to use their memory. I find when I let them use their books they are slower to answer and not as creative.
I usually award the winning team candy or some small sweets. Positive reinforcement for every student goes a long way. :)
Source of validity: ESL Instructor / MA TESOL (in progress)
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