Listening

First Phonics Lesson

This game gets them to associate letters with word sounds by having students generate English words in various categories that start with specific letters.

Mystery Burger, Please

Students learn how to order various fast food items then customize their own dialogue to practice with their friends.

Time And Weather

An information gap game where students ask each other the time and weather in different parts of the world.

You Decide T/F

The ALT reads 4 sentences and the students have to decide which sentence is false. In groups, students write their own sentences and the other students have to find the liar.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus SONG ACTIVITY

A fun Christmas activity for listening, reading, and writing. San-nensei.

Listening Race

Students listen to the teacher read Present Tense verb sentences and circle the correct picture.

Find the People

Students practice the reduced relative clause by searching their textbook for people doing things.

Character's Clothes

Students see a small part of a character (a piece of clothing or body part). They guess which character the clothing/body part belongs to.

Schedule Tic-Tac-Toe

Using the classic game, kids practice school subjects, days of the week, and using both in the context of a sentence.

Uso Baseball

The students play a baseball-themed game where they describe themselves.

Eraser Get

This is a quick and easy vocab review 'game' for 1st grade past tense verbs. Ideal for a quick review before doing a writing exercise.

This Is A Game I Played

A simple speaking and listening Janken-focused sugoroku that has students say, "What's this?" "This is a ..." many times.

I'll Give You Game

Students pass around cards while saying "I'll give you ~." Those left holding the cards when the music stops are out!

Dot-to-Dot

Students listen to the teacher call out random numbers between 1-20 or 1-100 to complete dot-to-dot handout(s).

Prepositions of Place

This game teaches the students to hear prepositions of place: on, above, below, in front of, etc. The students listen and try to draw an image of a room that is described by the ALT.

Yamanote Line

Students pound on their desks and while practicing various English target vocabulary.

Luck Time

A dice game practicing time and numbers.

Rockets

Students race to rebuild their rockets by correctly answering the AET's questions.

What's An Animal Found in Japan?

Practice the "reduced relative clause" (ex: "an animal found in Japan") by quizzing your students.

Who Likes Monsters

Students write third person sentences. Then play the Englipedia's Squares game, only a halloween version.

Sweden

This is an activity for advanced 2nd years or 3rd year students. The handout teaches them about Sweden.

Lets Janken

This is a simple game that has students make "let's" sentences and enjoy playing janken.

Unexpected Occurrence

Students have fun studying about aliens. In this multi-activity, students learn new alien words, learn how to describe an alien and finally listen to a dialogue about an alien sighting.

Nought And Crosses

Students play noughts and crosses (Tic-Tac-Toe) and command their partner to do an action.

Student Examples

Students answer questions about what other students are doing.

Make A Newspaper

Make a front page to a newspaper.

Infinitive Poster Quiz

Paired students answer a quiz by listening to hints and competing for points. Following this, they write long answers.

Give Away

Students scramble to try and give their tickets to friends based on the teacher's directions.

How Many Pencils Do You Have?

Students write "I have ~ pencils/erasers/etc" sentences. Then they ask each other "How many ~ do you have?" questions.

Doctor Patient Interview

Students take turns being doctor and patient, and interview each other following the dialogue on the worksheet.

Quick & Easy "Can You...?"

This quick game is used to get students to practice saying "Can you...?" questions and responses.

Winter Break Bingo

Students ask each other if they did different activities over Winter Break. If the answer is "yes," they sign their names under the activity. The first student to have a Bingo wins.

Character Looks

Students try to guess what character their partner is by using "Do you look ___?" questions.

Listening Bingo

A fun and challenging listening-based bingo game.

Country Race

Students race to find the spellings of each country and report it to their partner.

England Time

To find out what time it is in the nine countries listed.

I Think That (Q&A)

Students write their opinions on various people/things and then interview other students.

Can I Use Your Battleship?

Can I use your battleship? Let students practice many "Can I use your..." sentences and have fun playing the classic Battleship game.

Mario Board Game 2.0

Students write their opinions about certain topics and ask their friends their opinions while playing a fun Mario board game. Adaptable to different grammar points.

I Have Played Nintendo For 25 Years

Students write 3 true statements and 1 false statement about their lives using present perfect tense. Other students must guess which is the false statement.