Listening

Lets Janken

This is a simple game that has students make "let's" sentences and enjoy playing janken.

Unexpected Occurrence

Students have fun studying about aliens. In this multi-activity, students learn new alien words, learn how to describe an alien and finally listen to a dialogue about an alien sighting.

Nought And Crosses

Students play noughts and crosses (Tic-Tac-Toe) and command their partner to do an action.

Student Examples

Students answer questions about what other students are doing.

Make A Newspaper

Make a front page to a newspaper.

Infinitive Poster Quiz

Paired students answer a quiz by listening to hints and competing for points. Following this, they write long answers.

Give Away

Students scramble to try and give their tickets to friends based on the teacher's directions.

How Many Pencils Do You Have?

Students write "I have ~ pencils/erasers/etc" sentences. Then they ask each other "How many ~ do you have?" questions.

Doctor Patient Interview

Students take turns being doctor and patient, and interview each other following the dialogue on the worksheet.

Quick & Easy "Can You...?"

This quick game is used to get students to practice saying "Can you...?" questions and responses.

Winter Break Bingo

Students ask each other if they did different activities over Winter Break. If the answer is "yes," they sign their names under the activity. The first student to have a Bingo wins.

Character Looks

Students try to guess what character their partner is by using "Do you look ___?" questions.

Listening Bingo

A fun and challenging listening-based bingo game.

Country Race

Students race to find the spellings of each country and report it to their partner.

England Time

To find out what time it is in the nine countries listed.

I Think That (Q&A)

Students write their opinions on various people/things and then interview other students.

Can I Use Your Battleship?

Can I use your battleship? Let students practice many "Can I use your..." sentences and have fun playing the classic Battleship game.

Mario Board Game 2.0

Students write their opinions about certain topics and ask their friends their opinions while playing a fun Mario board game. Adaptable to different grammar points.

I Have Played Nintendo For 25 Years

Students write 3 true statements and 1 false statement about their lives using present perfect tense. Other students must guess which is the false statement.

Future Deductions

Students try to uncover their partner's secret animal based upon deductive reasoning using future tense questions.

Whose Introduction

Students fill out a worksheet about themselves. The class has to match the worksheet (likes/dislikes/activities) to the student.

Find The Couple

This is a simple activity where students ask each other passive-voiced questions to find out which two students on their worksheets are a couple.

Haetataki

'Haetataki' means 'fly-swatter' in Japanese. This is a competitive game that forces students to listen carefully while practicing both telling time and numbers in general.

Kantan Interview

Kantan means easy. Students interview two boys, girls and teachers to complete their questionnaire worksheet.

Code Breaker

Students listen to the ALT and use a code to convert numbers to letters. Then they have to compete to guess what word the letters spell.

You Will Get Your Fortune

Students ask ALT and JTE for their fortunes by picking one out of three cards.

Can You Find A Pair

Students ask each other "Can you..." questions until they find their pair.

5 W's & H

Students practice asking and answering questions using the 5Ws and H question words.

Memory Challenge

This activity has two parts: 1.) Students aim to remember a series of sentences, 2.) Students use the grammar and a constructed picture to describe a holiday scene to their class.

Horoscope Review

Students review first year grammar points by playing Janken and finding their horoscopes.

Stereo Noise

The class listens to a group of students announce in unison what they want to be. The class must listen carefully to and try to decode each student's occupation.

Matsuko Deluxe Birthday

Students compete in rows to score points for being the first team to relay celebrity birthdays back to the ALT.

Infinitive Poker

This activity is a high stakes card game that gets kids using infinitives.

Washing His Face

Students practice using present progressive sentences and reviewing

Seasonal Food (Shun) Game

Students guess the seasonal foods of Japan using passive voice.

Janken Swap

A card game where students janken and win cards from their opponents.

Memory

Match the cards with the 'Why' question to the 'Because' answer, followed by a short interview game.

Tic Tac Bingo

Students practice listening to present perfect sentences while playing bingo according to questions the ALT/JTE ask.

What's Wrong? Board Game

Students play a board game to practice telling each other about their ailments and giving each other advice.

Balancing Act

Students try to balance the object on their body part while practicing the corresponding vocabulary.