Comments on: 15 top fun pronunciation games

By: Juliana

Juliana — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:49:02 +0000

I too am a student teacher of ESL.
These have helped me with ideas to finish an assignment and to use in the classroom. I hope one day I can be some help to others as you have been to me.
Muchas gracias

By: Rod.Bennett

Rod.Bennett — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:07:24 +0000

As a student teacher of ESL It will definitely come in handy during class.Thanks

By: Octavio

Octavio — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:33:57 +0000

Hello, in my case I am studying to be an English professor, I am in my second year of the career, and all these activities are excellent. They give different options to work with students, and could change the way English in taught in my country. Greetings from Costa Rica and thank you very much. Pura vida!!!

By: salwa

salwa — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:19:38 +0000

thank y a lot y help me in my teahing

By: Alex Case

Alex Case — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:20:15 +0000

Hi Rhoda

Not many on here yet, but some examples of worksheets for pronunciation here:

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets/pronunciation/

By: Bowie Brannen

Bowie Brannen — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:36:11 +0000

all are really useful n i gonna try all of these for my students

Seriously! Wonderful

they’ll improve a lot i ‘pose

By: rhoda kayongo

rhoda kayongo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:15:17 +0000

i would love to try out these games for my classes, but they sound practial only that they lack examples.

By: Madeleine Barthelmess

Madeleine Barthelmess — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:34:57 +0000

Great activities!!! My Ss loved the games specially the yes game!!

By: Alex Case

Alex Case — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:58:06 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth, that is a nice one.

Ha, stress is another thing that usually needs worksheets (see Pronunciation Games by Mark Hancock for many great ideas), but you can use “stress minimal pairs” like thirTEEN THIRty or an INcrease/ to inCREASE and use games like bingo, students throwing something at the side of the whiteboard they think has the right stress on, or brainstorming words with a certain stress pattern.

Hope that helps

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:41:13 +0000

good ideas, thanks!

Another game I pull out when I have 10 or 15 minutes free is a minimal pairs bingo. I made a list of minimal pairs that the group has trouble with (tree/three, light/right, ship/sheep) and made a set of bingo cards with them. To make it go faster, the squares are only 4×4, but not every word is on every card! For the first round, I read the words. Once someone gets a bingo, I check their answers, and then they get to be the caller.

By: ha

ha — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:53:10 +0000

Hi! Ur sharing is really useful for me. Have u got any games on stress? I’m glad if u give me some. Thanks

By: elena

elena — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:56:39 +0000

the 15 tops games are good for students

By: fatiha

fatiha — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:14:33 +0000

I find all the activities motivating and relevant to our syllabus.But we have overcrowded classes and I see that we cannot involve all the learners in one lesson.Time management is another problem for us.Too many things to teach and too many pupils to involve.Any teaching tips?Thanks in advance.