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Have you ever posed a question and received blank stares and total silence in response when dealing with business English learners or global language classes? Encouraging pupils to talk in a language they are still learning is a typical problem that almost all teachers have encountered. Even in their mother tongue, a pupil may be extremely bashful or fearful of making a mistake. For this reason, here are some entertaining ways to encourage your pupils to talk. The pupils on this list are more experienced.
6 Engaging English Speaking Games To Help Your Kids Level Up Their Language Skills
If you are struggling to help your students speak up in class, here are a few ways you can do it:
1. Who’s Telling The Truth
Give each student a sheet of paper on which to write three personal facts that no one else in the class is aware of. Ensure that every student's name appears at the top of the page. Bring three kids to the front of the room after gathering the paper sheets. For each of these three pupils, read aloud one of the facts that applies.
After each of the three asserts ownership of the fact, the class interrogates them to try to ascertain who is speaking the truth and who is not. One question may be posed to any one of the three students by each student. The students then guess who is telling the truth after a series of interrogations.
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2. Variations Of Taboo
Make a PowerPoint presentation containing a noun on every slide for variant 1. One student should sit with their back to the PowerPoint in the front of the room. The student in the front must guess the words on the slides as the other pupils alternately describe them.
Divide the pupils into groups of four or five for variation 2. In the middle of each group, place a stack of cards with arbitrary nouns. Ask pupils to describe a term in turn so that the other members of their group can guess what it is. There is a competition to determine who has the most cards after the game, with the group member who makes the right guess keeping the card.
3. Comic Strip Descriptions
Distribute a section of a comic strip to every pupil. Students should try to explain their images and arrange the comic strip in the right sequence without seeing each other their photographs.
Ten minutes or so later, the students can predict the order, share their portions, and check to see whether they are right.
4. Secret Word
Pupils are given a random word that has nothing to do with the topic and a random topic. In order to prevent the other students from figuring out the secret word, the students are required to conceal it throughout a speech on the subject.
The other pupils pay close attention to the speech and try to figure out what the hidden word is.
5. Debates
Give each pupil a sheet of paper with the words ‘disagree’ and ‘agree printed on opposite sides. After reading aloud a contentious remark, ask each student to hold up their paper, indicating whether they agree or disagree with the statement.
Select a student from each side to present their argument and take part in a brief discussion.
6. Impromptu Speaking
Make a list of subjects that the kids can discuss. Divide the class into two groups, and assign each student a number, which will determine the order in which they will enter. Every kid will react unprepared to a statement.
They have forty-five seconds to keep talking. The opposing team looks for pauses, grammatical errors, and vocabulary errors while the student is speaking. The opposing team scores a point if they can accurately spot an inaccuracy.
7. Desert Island Activity
Give a sheet of paper to each student and instruct them to draw anything they like. No pupil should receive their own drawing; gather the drawings and distribute them once more.
After that, explain to the class that only half of them can live and remain on the desert island where they have been shipwrecked. Each student will only have the object shown in the provided illustration while on the island, and their task is to persuade the class that they should live off of it.
8. Storytelling Activity
Four pupils should be brought to the front of the room. One should stand behind them and serve as a controller, while the other three should sit in a row. Present a deck of cards with nouns printed on them to the controller.
One of the three students will get a noun from the controller and begin to narrate a tale. Until the controller chooses to pass another noun to a different student, who will then take over the narrative, the student keeps reciting the story.
Bottom Line
The pursuit of perfection is impossible. However, success in the field of business English ultimately depends on being able to communicate effectively, clearly, and confidently. Teachers who have pursued a Certificate in Teaching English Grammar can use these activities to help their students stay engaged and participate in class.
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