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Divide the class in the teams, and have a good, old-skool rap battle!  It's just a straight-forward "which team can come up with...

Divide the group into 3 to 5 teams. Teams take turns to come up with a statement in the target language beginning with "If......

This is a version of Chinese Whispers, but the focus is on writing rather than speaking. Organise students into teams of between 5 and 10,...

Another version of foldover stories - my sister taught me and Miss 7 this last weekend while she was visiting from inter-state and I've ...

This version of foldover stories is much quicker, and can work with students with a smaller vocabulary - so better for younger students or...

Please forgive me if I've written about this before - I've had a quick search & couldn't find it so thought I'd add it :...

Happy 2016! This one is straying a little from the active games that I've tended to focus on, but I'm really looking forward to it...

This was inspired by another improv game, with the instructions adapted from Bringyourimprov . I imagine this primarily as a aural compreh...

I was initially inspired by from a drama / improvisation game as explained at bringyourownimprov called Alphabet, but this is quite a way r...

I was just thinking the other day that I should add something,  and then this morning I came across Andrew Teo's version of Empires as...

I hesitated to share this one for two reasons - firstly, because it does require some more preparation than most games in this blog, and sec...

These are taken directly from FrenchTeacherNet , by Steve Smith. It's a fantastic collection of resources and idea for French teachi...

A lot like normal Bingo - but in this variation, you don't want your numbers called! Students write down 9 or so (you tell them how m...

I've been playing around with different ways to use Battleships in class. It's just a good, old-fashioned information gap activity...

I was surprised to realise that I hadn't added this before - it's something I use pretty regularly, and it works well all the way ...

I learned about this game just a week ago from the lovely Caroline, who teaches French at my school. She calls it The Verb Game. It's ...

A really simple and quick game. The students count - one student per number - going around the class. But time it, to see just how fast th...

This game is really similar to Ashurbanipal / Pak Totomoto / Babo, however it has one HUGE advantage - no one gets out, so everyone is in...

A riddle game. I've seen a few versions of this around (such as The Green Glass Door ). Basically, you have a secret rule which the st...

Hello! Another term is about to begin, so I've been thinking about ways to revise and get the students back into the swing of things. I...

Wow! it's been a long time since I've added anything, but have a couple of new things to share. Don't know about you (dear theor...

All the credit for introducing me to Grudgeball goes to the awesome Penny Coutas (@pcoutas on twitter)... My students LOVE this. Have made a...

Not really a game... but still fun, especially if you play up the "gallery opening". I love the idea of creating a gallery in th...

This idea was shared by Carissa Peck, in her blog, Trying to Teach . Snowball fight! Basically, get each student to write a relevant que...