Engaging Article: 63 ESL Holiday Games Activities

Are you an ESL teacher looking for fun and interactive games to spice up your holiday-themed lessons? Look no further! In this article, we present you with 63 exciting ESL holiday games and activities that will keep your students engaged and enhance their language skills.

1. Holiday Vocabulary Bingo

Introduce holiday-related vocabulary words and play a game of Bingo to reinforce their understanding. Create Bingo cards with holiday-themed images or words, then call them out and have the students mark them on their cards. The first one to form a line or a full card wins!

2. Matching Memory Game

Prepare cards with holiday-related images and their corresponding words. Shuffle the cards and lay them face down on the table. Students take turns flipping two cards, trying to find a match. Encourage them to say the word out loud when they find a match.

63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities: Fun Ideas for Halloween, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's, Thanksgiving & Easter (Teaching ESL Conversation and Speaking)

by Jackie Bolen(Kindle Edition)

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3. Holiday Charades

Divide the class into teams and provide them with holiday-related vocabulary cards. One student from each team acts out the word on the card without speaking, while the other team members guess the word. The team with the most correct guesses wins!

4. Snowball Spelling

Write holiday-related words on small pieces of paper and crumple them into snowball shapes. Divide the class into teams and have them throw the snowballs at the board or a designated target. Students will then have to uncrumple the snowball and spell the word correctly to earn points for their team.

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63. Holiday Conversation Starters

Provide students with a list of holiday-related conversation starters. Encourage them to discuss their favorite holiday traditions, memories, or even personal experiences related to the holidays. This activity promotes fluency and natural conversation skills in English.

These 63 ESL holiday games and activities will make your classroom a lively and engaging place during the holiday season. Whether you are teaching young learners or adults, there is an activity here to suit every level and interest.

Remember to adapt the games and activities to match the proficiency level of your students, and always make learning enjoyable and meaningful. Happy holidays and have a blast with these ESL holiday games!

63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities: Fun Ideas for Halloween, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's, Thanksgiving & Easter (Teaching ESL Conversation and Speaking)

by Jackie Bolen(Kindle Edition)

4.5 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	1035 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Print length	:	111 pages
Lending	:	Enabled

FREE

Have better ESL/EFL classes with kids, teenagers and adults with these fun and engaging holiday activities. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for Halloween, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's, Thanksgiving & Easter!

Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your English classes. If you're tired of wasting your precious time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help.

During her decades of experience teaching English around the world, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers. These are the activities that she uses in her own classes!

In 63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for holiday-focused speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary activities to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. The clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students.

Pick up a copy of the book if you want to...

• Have better English lessons with young learners, teenagers and adults
• Save a ton of time when planning lessons
• Help students improve their English skills in a big way
• See lots of happy, smiling faces in your classes
• Add some variety into English classes with fun holiday lessons

If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, this book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! This book is part of the Teaching ESL Conversation and Speaking series.

Buy 63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes for fun holiday TEFL classes!