Sites for games and other ESL Diversions

I believe that games are great to incorporate into lessons because they raise the interest level and motivate students to learn English. I am sharing a handful of sites that I found. Please feel free to add to this list!

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/templates/index.html

This site offers a variety of ESL powerpoint game templates that you may adapt to fit into your lessons. The site also offers samples along with tutorials on how to play the game. I especially like Jeopardy which is a great way to practice vocabulary. This site also has free printable boardgames as well as various card games.

http://www.eslflow.com/games1.html

This article has a variety of communicative icebreaker games, grammar games, card games, and even a pronunciation game which focuses on word stress.

http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2007/02/13/esl-games-survivor/

I thought this is a great spin off of the traditional spelling bee. It's called "Survivor". I could see my students having a lot of fun with this and it doesn't have to take a lot of time.

http://www.mes-english.com/games.php

This site features a number of different games that could be suitable for pre-teens. I liked Big Town and Grammar Casino (although I would adapt Grammar Casino to fit their more advanced level).

http://www.esl4kids.net/games.html

This site has quite a few creative game ideas which could be suitable for most age groups. I really liked Thwibbledy-Thwap, Sentence Scramble, and Sorry. The first two are great for vocabulary building.