Advanced Search: Resources

1. Guess What? - Mime the Words

   In: Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What? Format(s): Text

   In Mime the Words, the Describer is allowed to say the topic and nothing else. Instead, the Describer must describe the words on the Guess What? card using mime.

2. Guess What? - Yes, No, Maybe!

   In: Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What? Format(s): Text

   In Yes, No, Maybe!, the Describer tells the Guessers the topic on the card and the Guessers must ask yes or no questions until they discover what the words on the Guess What? card are.

3. Word Bricks- Describe and Guess

   In: Activate: Games for Learning American English - Word Bricks Format(s): Text

   In Describe and Guess, players take turns selecting a Word Brick and then describing one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. Download the game and instructions!

4. Guess What? Guess the Topic

   In: Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What? Format(s): Text

   In Guess the Topic, the Describer says the six words below the topic, slowly, one at a time. The Guessers try to guess the topic after each word is read.

5. National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition

   Format(s): Website

   Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, The National Center for English Language Acquisition provides a broad range of research and resources in support of an inclusive approach to high quality education for English Learners.

6. The Exquisite Corpse Adventure

   Format(s): Website

   The Exquisite Corpse is a friendly game that allows you to make a creative story. Read and listen along to a series of 27 free exquisite corpse stories then learn how you can make one with your friends.

7. Guess What? Guess the Words

   In: Activate Games for Learning English - Guess What? Format(s): Text

   In this game, the topic of the Guess What? card is given. Then the Guessers race to call out as many words that appear on the card as possible in 1 minute.

8. Global Topics, Local Teaching

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar, "Global Topics, Local Teaching," explains how to develop service learning activities in the classroom.

9. Empowering Your Students with Media Literacy

   In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

   This webinar, "Empowering Your Students with Media Literacy," explores activities that help students ask key questions about the messages found in news and social media.

10. Using Comics in the English Language Classroom

    In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

    This webinar demonstrates the universality of comics for any language classroom, showing how multi-skill comic activities can be used with students of all ages and ability levels.

Pages