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Traditional Games for Young ESL Students 2016-12-03 02:16:12 Post No. 50505745
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What's up /tg/, I volunteer at my local library to help migrants learn English, and I'm looking for some traditional games (mainly board games) to play with some of the younger people that will help them.
Pic related, Scrabble is an obvious one as it will help build vocabulary. It doesn't have to be an outright word game like that though, it could be something more like Mafia/Werewolf where the entire game is done through conversation, so they will get a lot of practice talking to people while also having fun.
The usual number of players will probably be about 4-6, and it would be preferable if the games were more casual (easy to learn and quick to play), so most RPGs are out. And, obviously, give me your most fun games (Monopoly might help with some English skills, but it's fucking awful).
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>>50505745
Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity could work, for the students who have the knowledge of grammar and sentence structure to recognize when a phrase is intentionally nonsensical.
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>>50505820
CAH is very obscene though, isn't it? At least from my experience, it's not something I'd want to expose them to. Or are there packs I can get that are more family friendly?
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>>50505901
No, Just Pretend It's XXYYZZ, the online version, is very obscene. The board game version is much tamer.
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This game is entirely about creating newspaper headlines, which requires a pretty deep understanding of English sentence structure and grammar to be good at. You might give it a whirl.
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>>50505745
If this is something you're running, you can grab a jenga set and put a number on each stick. Make a corresponding list of questions (you can find esl ones on the web).
Toss 'n Talk by Don Gibson is actually a really effective esl game for new learners. Personal experience using it when I taught esl was it got kids really motivated. Basic english conversation; not a vocabulary builder, though.
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>>50506076
Wow, I can't believe I haven't heard of this before, or come across it while looking for games. It sounds perfect.
>>50506904
That jenga idea actually sounds really good, thanks.
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>>50505745
>word games
Bananagrams - Casual tile-based vocab/spelling game
Paperback - deckbuilding word game
>social games
Bohnanza -card trading game
One Night Ultimate Werewolf - social deduction
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teach them properly. twat.
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