ESL Classroom Activities for Teens and Adults: ESL games, fluency activities and grammar drills for EFL and ESL students.

I purchased this book two years ago to help me in my art classroom in the Northern VA area. With over 53% English Language Learners, I found this book to be extremely helpful. As an example, I taught a unit on Impressionism and one activity described how we can put words on a beach ball. When the ball is tossed to the students, they can then read the word that is under their thumb. Having students read "painterly" or "Edgar Degas" then saying these words out loud really helped themselves and others to say and hear the words, thus increasing their knowledge of the Impressionist period. (It beats them sitting at handouts all day, right)? This book is extremely helpful in my classroom and is a tool for the ESL student in any classroom. Those who are saying negative things about this book have never had ESL students in your class, I'd venture to say, and you are nit-picking at the occasional spelling mistake; however, the overall meaning is not lost. I have used this book for two years and have not seen one mistake. This book is crammed full of games that are very age-appropriate for high school students and adults, just like the title says, but I imagine some of the games can be adapted to younger children. For those who have not worked with ESL students, many are not at the AP level and can benefit at a game of Hangman. Totally worth buying.

I am a newly qualified ESL teacher and find this book to be an invaluable resource. The first couple of chapters give great insight into the world of ESL teaching, along with useful teaching tips. There are so many good activities outlined in this book, from simple to more complex, and each has detailed information on target audience, skills category, group size/level and what is involved in the preparation. There are also free templates/sheets available for download which are extremely useful, and which reduce preparation time dramatically. Whether you are a new ESL teacher such as myself, or experienced, I have no doubt that this book will become an essential resource for teaching.

I'd say if you find even one idea to engage your students and help them learn, then this book has succeeded. That should be no problem as there are ideas galore!

I use my ESL book by Shelley to review and relax with my students. Instead of drill-and-kill, they are motivated by the group work and like to have a little fun competition. I believe it helps them to see how far they've progressed - and the games can also be modified to fit with my themes and lesson plans. It's essential to download the Appendix, which Shelley will help you with - and it's super easy as well. This was a great find - I wish I had found it earlier!

I really like some of the games and activities I've read about but it has been difficult for me to follow some of the suggestions. I've been a teacher since 1988, so I'm not new to the profession, but I cannot imagine or envision how to implement some of the activities. Perhaps it is because I'm American and our classroom interactions are culturally a bit different from the UK. Also, some of the activities were UK dependent. Additionally, I had not realized that there were a variety of materials to download. Which made it difficult to follow. The download pages need page numbers or activity numbers so I know what they are connected to.In general, I believe I will find some activities to spice up my classroom.  ESL Classroom Activities for Teens and Adults: ESL games, fluency activities and grammar drills for EFL and ESL students.

This book is a must for any teacher who is starting out in ESL and for long time teacher who just need a few new ideas or reminders on how to spice up their lessons. ( I am in the latter category.) The author explains the activities clearly, simply and really does make herself available to her readers if you need any help regarding her book. In addition, Ms. Vernon gives an appendix of games that helps a teacher out greatly if you do not have the time to prepare the materials yourself...A real bonus... Thank you for your fine book.

I've used this book for several years with adults and have found that the activities are highly engaging and produce results. I especially appreciate the customer support and supplemental materials.

I have used many of the activities with my small group of adult students and love it. Saves me time of thinking of activities to keep them engaged.

This is one of the best, most helpful and well written books for EFL teachers that I have ever come across in all of my teaching career. It has helped me save so much precious time in my planning and has filled my classes with joy and positive energy. Given that I work for a quite particular and unique school (Artademia School - Milan/Italy) my classes are never homogeneous in terms of language levels, learning styles etc. The way this book is written and divided into categories/types of activities has been of great value and has met the many different needs of my students. Shelley has introduced me to a whole different teaching approach and has taught me some brilliant activities which my students loved. I would definitely recommend this book to every teacher!

recomendaria estel libro a todo profesor. esta LLENA de buenas ideas, juegos y actividades. es dificil hasta decidir donde empezar. ademas recibi sugerencias y enlaces d la autora, algo que nunca ocurre al comprar un libro! una vez comprado ya termina todo. pero aqui hay un seguimiento y interes en que le estoy sacando provecho! ademas el precio es MUY razonable. me encanta mi nuevo libro!

Es una excelente fuente de material para organizar mis tareas y clases.

It is great when Time is lacking to prepare for a conversation group in esl

This book contains so many activities and games. My students love it most especially the speaking drills.