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Last time when I was playing one of your games I heard one my pupils say to another: This is the best teacher in our school .

Before
I used your games, my pupils didn't like my courses.  Now, when I get into the classroom they greet me with a nice smile, and when we have break , they come to see me and talk to me with what I taught them.


Naima Chraa, Morocco

I have been using these games on my classes and the result is always very good. Students have much fun. They can learn words, structure and practice speaking skill in a very interesting atmosphere.
 
I realised that using English games in my lecture make our relationship, between teachers and learners become closer and better, and I am very pleased for that.
Phuong Thuy
Hanoi, Vietnam

My daughter Aurore has learning difficulties and since coming to your classes she has gained in confidence and has improved in all subjects at school.

Mrs J. Brown,
Canterbury, Kent, UK

Six months ago, my four year old and my seven year old spent 20 minutes with Shelley using these techniques to learn colours; I was amazed to find that they still remember them all today!

Julie O'Devlin,
Salisbury, UK

I have had GREAT success with your program, and want to thank you for your attention to detail, with kind regards,

Pamela Findlay, Canada

Thanks and congratulations because I have found the material most helpful and also inspiring.

Alejandra Morales, Mexico

I finally succeeded in checking the material.  They are amazing and interesting as well.  They can really make a revolution in my lessons as I see the surprise on the teachers faces.  I enjoy impressing them.  Also the big confidence I have when I am using your games that even some other teachers adapt them in their classes.

Thanks a lot again Shelley, I appreciate your ideas.  They are WONDERFUL!

Rami, China

I have looked at many, many books regarding activities and games. I have only found one that is any good. I love your book. It is excellent!

Thomas StPeter, Chicago

I just wanted to tell you that I am having great success with the games! I am so glad I bought that ebook. I've been using the bonus book of large-class games, and they are so much fun!

Liz Clayton, Thailand

Your games are such great fun and adaptable for all ages. The kids enjoy them immensely. They are the perfect fit for my students and my style of teaching.

Dominique Guihenneuc, Italy

Firstly I should say how fantastic I think the ebook and resources are, I use them for every lesson and the kids love it, when I arrive for the class they are clamouring to know what games they will be playing this time...

Claire Wilding, Spain

I am really grateful to you for all of the games that you've sent. This is my first year in teaching so I have some problems at the beginning of the term. But, after receiving your games I gained confidence thanks to your helpful information.

Munire Zamur, Private Atlas Vocational High School, Kayseri, Turkey

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR IDEAS!!!!! They are wonderful and extremely useful. I use them in all my classes, and they are many. I tell my students: "today we are going to play one of Shelly's games or stories" and they already know that we are going to have fun. It's amazing how effective they are. I - and certainly my students - love them. Thanks again from Argentina!

Patricia Calvinho, Argentina

Warm greetings from me, my coalegues and the Mkombozi Children. I hope I told you that I am working with street children. For my experiece, street children cannot sit down for 40 minutes and concentrate on the text books or on the blackboard or listening to the teacher, because their life on the street mostly is to roam here and there almost whole day. But after trying your games we found that the children like them very much as they keep them fun and enjoying the whole 40 minutes and demanding to continue beyond the time set.

Amani Masuki,
Mkombozi Center, Tanzania

Dear Shelley, Let me tell you, Your book is amazing ! Your games are such great fun and adaptable for all ages!!!!! I teach kids between 5-8. They are the perfect fit for my students and my style of teaching, thank you very much ! I make learning FUN !

Thanks to your book I prepare my lesson plans really easily! I used to invent some game-lesson ideas but after I found your book it is easier to write down the lesson plan.

Children playing games does not realize they are studing something, they are just having fun and it really works!

Nina Gogsadze,
Rome, Italy

 
 

Whether you are an esl teacher or a primary school teacher this will make your job easy and fun!…

"Discover How Your Pupils Can Learn To Speak English 2x As Fast When They're Excited About Learning...Using Hundreds of FUN ENGLISH GAMES"

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Hello and welcome. My name is Shelley Ann Vernon and I am thrilled that you want to find out more about teaching English through games. Right here you have found a solution to get great results in the classroom for children aged 4 to 12; a solution that from my experience will bring more success and joy into the lives of the children you teach.

You'll learn how to make your classes serious fun, how to ensure everyone gets better grades, how to help stimulate the brighter kids while nurturing the slower ones, and how to associate fun to learning by teaching vocabulary and grammar through language games. Earn even more appreciation, love and respect from your students, their parents and your institution for your innovative, inspirational teaching.

The games presented here work for esl pupils aged 4 to 12. These games are most suitable for beginners to intermediate.  If you only have preschool children you need this page: 3 to 5 only.

Read on for: ESL vocabulary games, communicative games, English composition games, primary writing games, spelling games, ESL flashcards for kids and easy ESL games for children.

From Shelley Ann Vernon

Dear Teacher,

Who learns their native language by first sitting with a textbook reading out paragraphs?

Children already know their native language before learning to read and write it.

A lot of people who attend language classes and even pass written language exams can hardly string a sentence together.

I remember my many language classes (I speak English, French, Spanish and some German), and most of the time we would sit in class reading text books and writing assignments. Hardly ANY time was devoted to speaking the language, and it is the same in many schools today.

Even though most of my school and university friends passed their exams, they could hardly speak the language. I could, but that was not down to my teachers, but to my parents, who sent me on foreign exchanges as a child. The way things have been set up these last few decades frankly does not reflect our pupils' needs.

Make learning FUN!

As teachers how do we better educate our pupils so that they;

fun learning think for themselves
fun game for ESL fly through their exams
children's classroom game have confidence speaking their second language, as well as being able to read and write in it?

With these ideas for teaching English games you can transform your classes and achieve all this because the communication games are designed to allow everyone plenty of opportunity to practise speaking, without neglecting spelling, reading and writing. 

In fact most of the games can also be played to specifically ENHANCE these skills.  There are also spelling games, writing games and English composition games.

So if you have come to this page because you are looking for ways to improve the effectiveness of your teaching and to make your classes more fun, then you have come to the right place because you can achieve those worthwhile goals right here.

Stimulate your pupils so they look forward to your class

On this page you will find out:

ESL learning game Why teaching vocabulary through the use of games works better than traditional teaching methods
ESL learning game How much fun your classes can be
ESL game and activity for teaching English to children How to multiply the talking time of your class exponentially
ESL game for kids How to give your students a real chance at speaking the language while engaging them in the class at the same time
fun English game How to create a positive learning environment
esl games for children How to be an even more effective teacher by using ideas for teaching English games

You will also discover new ways to:

esl game for kids Encourage even those who are always at the bottom of the class
English language game Motivate your students more
language game for children Improve your pupils' grades
language learning game Save preparation time
language learning game for children Successfully handle mixed ability situations in class
ESL game and activity for teaching English to children Enjoy yourself more in class

Achieve results 2x as fast

But don't take my word for it, here are testimonials from parents of some of my old pupils:

She found it valuable right away!

Although I only bought your book on Monday, and today is Wednesday, I want you to know how valuable I have found it to be. I have used a couple of the games in school already and the children loved them. 

Equally importantly, they were learning and reviewing their English at the same time. Can I admit that I also enjoyed my lessons more?

Gila Goldberg, Jerusalem

The games are fun and adaptable!

Your games are such great fun and adaptable for all ages. The kids enjoy them immensely. They are the perfect fit for my students and my style of teaching.

Dominique Guihenneuc, Italy

The games help with learning difficulties!

My daughter Aurore has learning difficulties and since coming to your classes she has gained in confidence and has improved in all subjects at school.

Mrs J. Brown, Canterbury, Kent, UK

The kids love them!
And from Julie Gambade, age 10, Grenoble,  France: (translated from French)

She isn't like the other teachers, she teaches us while playing. It's really fun and you can remember it better.

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I got into teaching after my language degree in French and Spanish, when I took a TEFL qualification (teaching English as a foreign language) and taught in language schools and privately for several years. I then started teaching children and I had over one hundred private pupils between the ages of 3 and 14 taking music or French lessons from me in their free time.

As part of the fun I would put a show on every term for the parents. The kids loved it and the parents could also see the results their children were getting.

Now for parents to pay out and for children to exchange their play time for lessons voluntarily, you have got to be:

a) making your classes fun so that the children, want to come and 

b) deliver results so that the parents keep paying! And that is the real test, which all these games have passed with flying colours.

And not only do these games allow you to get great academic results, but you can positively affect the lives of the children you teach by associating fun and encouragement to learning. 

A child who gets poor grades all the time, and who is always way down the list in class, will tend to stay there as their self-esteem drops lower and lower.

I'll never forget a grateful parent thanking me at the end of two terms and telling me how her daughter, who had learning difficulties, had gained so much in confidence since coming to my classes that she had improved across the board in all subjects at school .

Teaching is a wonderful profession , and one thing we all know for sure is that we never forget our teachers, and we vividly remember the few incredible teachers we had who challenged us and made us think, rather than spoon fed us so we could be successfully processed through the exams.

Your pupils are going to remember you for the rest of their lives, and with that in mind, don’t you want them to remember you as one of the best?

As a language teacher I believe the greatest gift you can give is the skill and confidence to SPEAK the language and actually use it. What use is a language qualification to someone if he or she cannot actually speak it?

How to teach your pupils to speak English twice as fast...

Here are some of the problems many teachers have:

teaching english game Some of your children may not enjoy being in class
fun english game You may find it hard to have all your children pay attention
esl game for children Your class may not repeat things back to you enthusiastically
ESL game and activity for teaching English to children Some of your class may not be motivated to learn
fun learning Your pupils may not get much chance to practise speaking English during class
easy esl game We need repetition to learn, and to make things stick, but how do you make this interesting?
fun efl game You may not have time to revise all the vocabulary, themes and grammar that you have covered as if you spend time revising you fall behind in the coursework
EFL game for children You may feel some of your pupils getting restless during class time, and losing their focus
fun esl game You may lack time to put that extra boost into your classes having a lot of paperwork, report writing and marking to do

Here is how these ideas for teaching English games address these problems:

EFL kids game Games make learning fun so your class and children are willing participants and not just there because they have to be.
EFL kids game Students pay more attention because they are enjoying themselves, so they do better, they feel better about themselves, and do EVEN better – it is a vicious circle working in your favour.
English classroom game Playing a game has a purpose to it, an outcome, and in order to play students have to say things – they have a reason to communicate rather than just repeat things back mindlessly. Therefore they want to know and learn more.
English classroom game Games stimulate and motivate children to new levels.

If they do not pay attention during the presentation of new language, and make a mental effort to memorise it, they will not be able to play the games well, and they will let their team and themselves down, so they make more effort to join in and learn as much as possible.
English classroom game Students get to use the language all the time during the games
English game for class They involve a lot of repetition, and repetition is the mother of skill, it can be BORING, but thanks to these games it is FUN.

How do you expect your class or children to remember vocabulary if they never use it? Repetition is the mother of skill.
English learning game The games lend themselves perfectly to quick bursts of revision. Using some of the games you can revise a massive amount of vocabulary and grammar in a few minutes.

If you use games to revise two or three topics every lesson, as well as teach the new language, imagine how well your kids will do at exam time, and how proud you will feel.
learning English in fun ways The physical movement involved in some of the games also helps keep everyone stimulated and focused.

Children naturally have a lot of energy and are not good at sitting for long periods so if you throw in a game with movement from time to time you will prevent them from getting restless and bored.
effective classroom game for ESL Children have a short attention span (even more so these days with the style and pace of the media, and computer games), so injecting lively varied games into your classes to practise the language you are teaching will keep your children alert and enjoying themselves.
teach English with game The philosophy of encouragement incorporated into these games allows all students, including the less good ones, to gain in confidence.

Usually this doesn't just mean they get better at your subject, but in all subjects.
This makes everybody, including you, more motivated and optimistic, and you can really make a difference by helping your pupils have more self-esteem so they succeed in all areas of life.
teach english with fun esl game There are literally hundred of ways of adapting the games so you can cater for a broad age range (suggested range: age 4 to 12). This gives you an incredible battery of learning tools and ultimate flexibility.
fun learning You can practise almost any language you wish with the vast majority of the games and adapt them at will to your curriculum and the text books you are using. You will be able to deliver fun, unpredictable lively classes that your students will love.
TEFL game You do not need many materials to play these games (in some cases you need only your regular black board or classroom props). Once you have used the games once you will need virtually NO PREPARATION TIME AT ALL!

You will be able to give stimulating fun classes while keeping your evenings free for yourself and your own hobbies, family and friends.
english game for children You can easily control the class by switching to calming games when you need to calm everyone down or throw in an exciting game when you want to pick up the pace.

Variety is the key and with over one hundred games you are spoiled for choice.

Each game has either a Calm down, Wake up or Excitable category to help you do this. In this way you control the mood to get maximum learning throughout the session.

Give fun classes and save on prep. time

I can promise you that I have thoroughly tried and tested using games in class, and in my experience it works. But let’s hear from a few more of my old pupils…to show you that these ideas for teaching English games really do work:

The children appreciate you!

We are both missing you a lot. Victoria's French is really keeping her ahead in school and she is getting As all the time, and it's helping me as well because lots of French people come into my class at school! The French people say to count up to 20 and it is really easy as I can count up to 60! Wish you were here, love from Hannah and Vicky.

Hannah Watson, Canterbury Kent, UK

The games help children remember!

Six months ago, my four year old and my seven year old spent 20 minutes with Shelley using these techniques to learn colours in French; I was amazed to find that they still remember them all today!

Julie O’Devlin, Salisbury, UK

The children love you!

And here is a little note I got from one of my 5-year-old pupils.
                                  Heather Smith, Canterbury, UK

learning English with EFL games

Ultimately it is up to each individual how well they apply themselves, but you can make a difference, and certainly make it easier for them and give them every chance to succeed.


In case you are sceptical, (which is fair), let me tell you what these games are NOT:

Class time is precious and I understand that you do not want to waste it playing silly games just to pass the time. Rest assured that these games do NOT involve:

TEFL fun game Complex or copious amounts of materials
TEFL fun game Arts and crafts type activities – they are too time-consuming
TEFL game for kid Complicated rules to learn
easy TEFL game Preparation time 

What you WILL find are over one hundred ideas for teaching English games, and for teaching vocabulary through the use of games, as well as spelling games, reading games, writing games and above all ORAL COMMUNICATION games.

These games are not a 'softy' wishy-washy alternative but are designed to stretch and test the children constantly, helping them to reach new levels of performance in an encouraging and stimulating environment.

To download your copy today
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This particular series of games has the following features:

Fun games for learning English in Detail

Each game is described in detail and most of them have examples of how they can be adapted in terms of language, group size and age. The instructions are clear and easy to understand, and the games are easy to use, and listed in alphabetical order for convenience. You can start using them right away in class.

Fun games for learning English with Tips

Seventeen practical teaching tips on using the games are included along with an explanation of the categories, the best group sizes, adapting the games to different ages and levels, the materials you’ll need, the pace of the games, the pros and cons of competition in the class, how to get the most out of mixed abilities and logistics. 

This is all straight forward and will allow you to ensure maximum results in terms of learning and enjoyment. It will save you from making obvious mistakes when using games and put you on the path to successful lessons.

Fun games for learning English Quick Start

A quick start guide is provided explaining which games to use first and how to progress through the games to teach specific vocabulary or language. The best games to use in each of the 6 steps are listed. The six steps outlined are as follows:

  1. Introducing new vocabulary and language
  2. Continuing exposure to new language
  3. Communicating with the new language
  4. Consolidating with more demanding speaking games
  5. Reading
  6. Writing

The idea here is to help you get off to a quick start while you are familiarising yourself with all the possibilities. Just see which games are recommended at the different stages of learning and go to that game in the manual to apply it immediately to your next class.

Fun English Learning games Immediate Access

This manual is an e-book so you can download it instantly and pay no postage, no waiting and you can get started right away. This also allows us to make it available to you at a very reasonable price.

A complete, versatile set of 176 teaching games, with variants and tremendous adaptability over 150 pages

I have looked at the price of other teaching materials and found what looks like a similar product for foreign languages, but with no bonus material, for 60.15 US dollars on Amazon. However I am offering you this 69,000 word manual over 130 A4 pages of games for only 33.97 US dollars or 25 euros!!  * Native Teachers in low-wage countries please contact me for special rates.

To make sure that you get the most out of the games, and that you start using them right away I have created a whole third section to the manual to give you as an essential bonus .

Included!! Super bonus - 631 printable flashcards & printable games (value $25)

Save a HUGE amount of time with this super bonus. These bonus themes include:

ESL Flashcards

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printable flashcards 513 colour flashcards! PLUS 78 flashcards for the alphabet and 40 for numbers- that makes 631 different flashcards - in three sizes!
EFL flashcards The 25 Vocabulary Themes are:
  1. Adjectives (22 pics)
  2. Alphabet in upper and lower case (78)
  3. Body parts - realistic drawings (31 pictures) view ankle
  4. Body parts of animals -  (21 pictures)
  5. Animals - lovely photos (37 pictures)
  6. Clothing - (28 pictures)
  7. Colours - (15 colours)
  8. Countries and Continents (14 pictures)
  9. Directions - (5 pictures)
  10. Family - cute elephant family in clothes (11 pictures)  view swimsuit: sister elephant
  11. Fast Food (14 pictures)
  12. Food and Drink (27 pictures)
  13. Furniture - photos and clip art (19 + 18 pics)
  14. Rooms of the house (6 drawings plus 12 photos)
  15. The Kitchen - baking and setting the table (29 photos)
  16. Numbers (40 flashcards of numbers from 1 to a million)
  17. Things we like to have - Bingo set, 14 small size only
  18. Places and Nature - (27  pictures)
  19. Prepositions - cute cat view behind (9 pictures)
  20. Professions (38 pictures)  view farmer 
  21. Seasons and Weather - (11 pictures) view this bear in winter
  22. Telling the Time - 36 clock faces
  23. Transport (20 pictures)  
  24. Verbs - Cute animals doing things view to sleep (37 pictures)
View the compete Flashcard Index
EFL All 513 picture flashcards are in colour, in three sizes - A4, A5 and small size for table top games
EFL 120 pictures are also provided in black and white for colouring, if you have younger children.
EFL classroom game 135 word flash cards and letters for the words for fun ways to practise reading, writing, and games for spelling and vocabulary
esl classroom game Printable games consisting of 14 bingo sets, 2 Happy Family sets, 3 Collect the card sets, 14 Colour the card sets, a preposition game and story, an Abracadanagram set and 3 Hidden picture cards.
download ESL game Rhymes & riddles to use in some of the games

printable flashcardThe material is ready to go - you have to print it off.  If you laminate it the material will last a lifetime, and you will be able to use it over and over again, with different classes, with many different games, and with the same class for revision. Once you have it you will save a MASSIVE amount of time and will be able to prepare a fun lesson in as little as five minutes, and that is the absolute truth, because I have done it over and over again.

This essential time saving bonus to use with the games right away is valued at 25 US dollars, but is yours FREE

Considering what these games can do for you and your pupils, and for your own sense of achievement, they are very valuable – the fond memories, fun,  sense of satisfaction, and affection for your students, which you will experience from using them are priceless, for these are the feelings which make life worth living.

guarantee And this purchase is ABSOLUTELY RISK FREE because it comes with a 60-day trial period and a full money back guarantee. Yes that's right, you have 60 days to try these concepts out in your classroom. Try as many of the games as you like and I am confident that you will never want to send them back.

So download your e-book
“176 English Language Games”
right away…

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  1. Click here to order now with our secure server and remember if you are not satisfied just let us know and we will refund you in full. And you still get to keep the essential bonus material, yours for FREE, and that's an incredible time saving gain, plus a value of 25 dollars.

  2. Click here to print out an order form to mail or fax your order – we also accept cheques in pounds Sterling.

  3. Prefer to order by phone or have questions?  Please email me to arrange a time for the call.  My email is on the contact page.

You can download the games now and be using them tomorrow!

Yours sincerely

Shelley Vernon

Shelley Ann Vernon

Teaching English Games

P.S. I hope you'll decide to take action and add this resource to your own, as another string to your bow, to reach out to and inspire more young people today.

I've shown you that these games are great value, they are proven to work, and that they will motivate your pupils and make your classes FUN.  They will also help your students learn to speak English twice as fast, and remember what they learn, so you will have great results as their teacher. 

As well as saving on preparation time you'll earn love and respect from children, parents and institutions alike.  So now it's up to you to apply them in your teaching.

If you're not absolutely convinced then I'll refund you completely.

I am sure you will have as much fun, and feel as much satisfaction, using these inspirational games with your pupils as I have…

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