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🟥ESOL Resource: Speaking Games



  1. Find Someone Who
    Students ask classmates questions (e.g., "Do you like pizza?") to find someone matching a description on a worksheet.

  2. Two Truths and a Lie
    Each student shares three sentences about themselves—two true, one false. Others guess which is the lie.

  3. Word Association
    Students take turns saying a word related to the previous one (e.g., "apple" → "fruit" → "orange").

Team and Group Games

  1. 20 Questions
    One student thinks of a word; the others ask yes/no questions to guess it.

  2. Charades with Questions
    A student mimes an action, and classmates ask questions to figure it out (e.g., "Are you dancing?").

  3. Picture Story Relay
    Groups describe and sequence a set of pictures to tell a story.

  4. Who Am I?
    Students wear a name tag (e.g., "cat" or "teacher") on their forehead and ask classmates yes/no questions to guess it.

  5. Taboo
    Students describe a word without using a list of “taboo” words (e.g., “train” without saying “transport” or “travel”).

Role Play and Conversation Practice

  1. Shopping Role Play
    Students practice phrases like, “How much is this?” and “Do you have...?” in a pretend shop.

  2. Lost in Translation
    One student acts as a tourist and asks for help (e.g., "Where is the train station?"). Others give directions.

  3. Speed Chatting
    Students rotate partners, answering questions or discussing prompts for 1–2 minutes per pair.

  4. Problem Solving in Groups
    Give a scenario (e.g., “Your flight is canceled—what do you do?”) and have students discuss solutions.

Competitive Speaking Games

  1. Sentence Building Relay
    Teams create sentences one word at a time, taking turns adding a word.

  2. Story Cubes
    Roll dice with pictures, and students take turns creating a group story based on the images.

  3. Alphabet Race
    Teams name something in a category (e.g., "animals") for each letter of the alphabet.

  4. Describe and Draw
    One student describes a picture, and a partner draws it based on the description.

Creative and Fun Games

  1. Memory Chain
    Each student adds to a growing sentence (e.g., “I went to the market and bought an apple, a banana…”).

  2. Mystery Object
    One student hides an object, and others ask yes/no questions to guess what it is.

  3. Show and Tell
    Students bring a personal item and talk about it for one minute.

  4. Picture Description Race
    Groups compete to describe a photo or picture using as much detail as possible.

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