ESL Games: In The Mix
5-20 minutes 41690 Review and learn new vocabulary words by slapping flashcards
- With very small classes, play in a seated circle with very small groups and place enough objects for everyone but one or two students in the middle
- Prepare a set of flashcards based on a theme (colors, numbers, months, etc.) with words students know
- Prepare another set of flashcards based on a theme with words students don’t know
- Break class up into two teams
- Have teams line up in two lines space in between
- Place a random object in between the teams (card, book, etc.)
- Review flashcards that students have learned
- Place one flashcard from the new set into the review set and shuffle
- Show class one flashcard and have them say the word
- Repeat with next flashcard in the pile
- When the new word turns up, one first person from each team makes a grab for the object (they can slap it if it is a card)
- Whichever team grabs/slaps the object first gets a point
- Elicit the new word and teach the meaning
- Insert another new word flashcard and call up the next students in line