No matter what age group you are teaching, introducing a game can help break up a lesson and give students a chance to interact with each other in a different way.

Here are some suggestions for generic type of games which I’ve found work well. Why Are So Many People Starting to Learn English? These are just generic ideas with an examples. All the old favorites and maybe some new ideas you’ve not thought of before.

I’m afraid I can’t take much credit as I’ve been trawling the internet for years finding these kinds of ideas, and I find it a constant struggle to keep games fresh and engaging.

The games are not in any order, just added when I think of them!

See the games in the ESL game category