ESL Games for Teens and Adults

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A big misconception is that TEFL teachers can only put ESL games into kids classes and that they can’t put ESL games into teen and adult classes. Maybe they think that playing games in adult classes is too immature and the teen and adult students won’t respond to playing language games as well. The truth is that teens and adults love playing language games as much as the kids.

The benefits of Adult ESL Speaking Games

ESL adult games are loved by teens and adults because it provides an opportunity to change the rhythm of the language class and your students can practice language and review vocabulary in interesting ways.

A little different to ESL adult speaking activities, adult language games have a little less speaking involved and can be used to practice particular grammar structures or recent vocabulary. By using these ESL activities and games for adults, teachers can focus on particular skills, rather than just general ‘speaking’.

Scroll down below for our Adult ESL Speaking Games selection

In this section, you can find lots of language games for adults ESL. Each ESL game for teens and ESL games for adults are perfect to pop into the middle of your TEFL lesson for adults to add some fun and humour to the language learning process.

If you have any teens ESL games or adults ESL games, then please do message us and we will publish your adults speaking games.

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Control of the Bowl

Teams of students must work together to describe and convey messages from a bowl to each other under a strict time limit! Amazing laughs and excellent speaking practice for your older students in this ESL speaking game for adults.

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Bingo

Bingo is a classic gambling game where players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers on their Bingo card. However, this game can easily altered to be used to teach ESL vocab in your classroom to older kids, teens and adults.

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Swatter Stories

Teams of students line up to hit words and phrases they hear with fly-swatters as the teacher or another student reads out. You can work with stories, texts or the lyrics of a song. A fantastic twist to ESL listening practice and thinking fast.

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Ring Of Fire

Ring of Fire is usually a pub drinking game, but by changing the rules, you can turn this into a very high quality ESL Game for Teens and Adults. Your students will be picking a playing card and then asking and answering questions. An excellent adults ESL game to get students speaking. All you need are playing cards!