What better way to make a learning experience enjoyable than playing games? The Internet is a wonderful tool in this respect as it offers a wide array of educational games that are very easily accessible. Go on Google and type in any subject with "game" next to it, and you'll probably be able to find a game that fits into your lesson. Like music and videos, games are a good way of help your student's retain information. In an ESL classroom, the content would first need to be taught so that the students understand the concept of the game.
Here are examples of excellent websites that offer games suitable for the ESL classroom:
Here are examples of excellent websites that offer games suitable for the ESL classroom:
examples of the games available:
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This is simply a matching game where French students would have to match the words from their native language to English. All they need to do is click on one word on the left, and then click on the corresponding word in the right hand column to make a match. Afterwards, they can check their answers by pressing on the button at the bottom of the page. Below you can see what it looks like once you've submitted your answers. As you can see, there is a green check mark beside correct answers, and a red X beside the wrong answers. This is a good way to keep students motivated to learn English. Getting correct answers on these game tests can give students the confidence boost they need to help push themselves to practice and to succeed.
If your classroom is not typically in a computer lab, ask the school about reserving the computer lab for the duration of your class so that the students can play some educational games. Or, you can always assign a fun game for homework so that the students learn outside of school.
POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS:
The Internet is needed in order to play these games, so if there is no Internet in the school, you won't be able to play online games. You will also need to make sure that the students are computer literate as they will be the ones operating the computers. In addition, if you are planning on assigning games as homework, you must take into account that not all students have access to the Internet at home. If some students do not have Internet at home, it would be best not to assign the games for homework.
POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS:
The Internet is needed in order to play these games, so if there is no Internet in the school, you won't be able to play online games. You will also need to make sure that the students are computer literate as they will be the ones operating the computers. In addition, if you are planning on assigning games as homework, you must take into account that not all students have access to the Internet at home. If some students do not have Internet at home, it would be best not to assign the games for homework.