Using Board-games in class

[DzemikC]

Hi,

I'm new here, so apologies if this is revisiting an old topic. Have any of the teachers here had any interesting ideas for using authentic (English-language) board games in the ESL / EFL classroom?

I'd love to hear some ideas.

 

[emsr2d2]

I used to play Scrabble with one of my adult learners (I didn't teach group classes) - he loved it! He was not far above a beginner so he started with 2- and 3-letter words (more if he spotted them) and moved on from there. I got him to give me the definition of each word he used and to try and give the definition of each word I played, and to use them in a sentence.

 

[Tdol]

Alex, one of contributors, is fond of games for language learning. You will find some here: https://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/lesson-plans/

 

[Raymott]

I agree about Scrabble. I used to play the Networdz version until Microsoft forced Windows 10 on to me. Many people are not happy.