Games for English as a Second Language (ESL) - Great for children or adults in the UK or abroad who are learning English as their second langauge or as a foreign language (EFL).
Use games for ESL English in a classroom or at home, with a group of children or in pairs, or one to one with a teacher or teaching assistant.
Sondra Alexander (Starfish School of English, Czech Republic)
"It's an excellent way to get kids to practise the sounds of the alphabet and spelling...
Students of all ages have such trouble with the sound and pronunciation..."
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Viktor, Prokop & Josefka playing
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Prokop says: "It is super to learn
the spelling of English words and
playing the game itself is fun.
I would recommend it to schools."
Games for esl English can involve vocabulary-building exercises to increase the range of words recognised and understood and make spelling lists. Pictures as cues to vocabulary and spelling help are very useful in the process of learning a new language. For more advanced learners there are games for esl English that cover areas of English grammar such as the following: common homonyms e.g. meat and meet, sail and sale. Words with opposite or similar meanings (antonyms and synonyms) e.g. cold and chilly, hot and warm.
There are also games which help with the practise of sentence construction, explaining the different terms e.g. adverbs, adjectives, nouns etc. and also games that encourage conversation through role-play activities such as going to a shop or a restaurant. Therefore, through a wide variety of games for esl English students of all ages can increase their knowledge and competence in English in spelling words, reading, writing, speaking and listening. Games provide a fun alternative to worksheets and written tasks for English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners for grammar spelling and more.
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