Grammar Games: Cognitive, Affective and Drama Activities for EFL Students

I am an ESL teacher, and my school uses the Communicative Method, but it practices 20/80, in other words, the teacher speaks only 20 % of the time in the classroom. For that reason, I was interested in these older activities inspired by the Silent Way, and I am very pleased with the book. The instructions to these activities are minimal, sometimes intuitive, sometimes communicated through gestures. The activities can be adapted to my students' current vocabulary or grammar level. One activity that I have used in multiple classes by changing the verbs and nouns is the Present Perfect Poem. The activity Shout the Word can be used on all levels and for all grammar concepts. An activity taken from Gattegno's book One Thousand Sentences is My Sentences Your Paragraph. Inspired by this exercise, I ordered the Gattegno book to obtain more sentences and now use them in both speaking and writing classes.

I have always wanted to own this book written by one of my ELT heroes : Mario Rinvolucri. There are some new (to me) activities but many have been going round since the book was first published....

This book is just what I needed for my ESL students to learn grammar in a fun way! Great interactive ideas that make grammar rock!

This book was recommended to me by a professsor who had used it with her Middle School ESL kids. After having it a week, I have to say it is fabulous. I had been looking for ways to teach grammar to my junior high kids, without tedious explanations of grammatical rules, worksheets or diagramming. The day after I received it, I was able to start the kids on a game where they could internalize grammatical rules, and demonstrate what they already understood about the deep structure of English. The only preparation required was writing a sentence on the board, and they were involved for twenty minutes. The only reservation I have in recommending this book is that it is British, and intended for adult learners. I have had to adapt some of the language to make it easier for my kids to understand.

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I have to confess that I was extremely disappointed in this book. First of all, there is virtually nothing for lower levels. So you're out of luck if you're teaching a beginning or even a lower intermediate class. The second problem for me is that it's "veddy British." I would have to translate into American before I used it. The third, and biggest, problem is that the games require a lot of preparation. Many of them require a lot of hand-made flash cards. Do you really want to spend two hours preparing a fifteen-minute activity? The only way this would be profitable is if one is teaching the same lesson to multiple groups. When I removed all the things that were culturally inappropriate, I had only one game I could use for my lower intermediate level Arab teenagers. It was a good one that I found valuable, but it was not worth paying this much money for only one game. Two stars.

"Grammar Games" is a must for transforming deadly dull grammar lessons into creative and fun activities. Each activity lists the grammar structure involved, level, preparation, materials and timing. A big bonus is that the Table of Contents lists the grammar point as well as the name of the activity--far too many other resources only give you the name of the activity, which makes it impossible to find anything easily. A great resource!

This book helped me with my classes. It's been great to find a book with such good games and ideas to make students understand grammar without bored classes. Excelent way of learning! Fun and interesting.

Es un libro que merece la pena tener en la estantería

La copertina è diversa perché l'edizione è del '91. Ma è in ottime condizioni. Venditore affidabile. Lo sto spulciando e ci sono tante attività

Was very impressed by the quality of my second hand book... Very pleased with the price too... Good quality content and easily adaptable to the level of your students... Would definitely recoment as grammar is best learnt through game...

The product was in excellent condition and it arrived within the time period offered. Thank you for your prompt service and good service.

il faut savoir choisir les exercices convenant au niveau des apprenantsmême si le livre date la méthode a toujours du succès