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[Blue Meanie]

does anyone know where its possible to buy decent board games to use in the ESL classroom?

games such as 'Apples to Apples (junior)' and 'Taboo (kids)' would be fun and helpful for students - but the bookstores dont stock them, and its really expensive (and in some cases not allowed) to be shipped from abroad...so does anyone know a shop online (or offline) that has a good selection?

also i heard about a specific ESL game called 'Word Up' - has anyone used this, is it good, where can this be bought in Korea?

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my favorite books to use with small groups are the 'Literature for English' series and the 'True Stories' series, i find the format easy to teach and the students seem to find most of the lessons enjoyable - however ive almost completed both sets now - so any recommendations on follow up or similar books? any replies on what and why would be appreciated.

i teach small classes of high level ability students for elementary school age groups and also for middle school age groups.

thanks.

[Pak Yu Man]

Word is ok for a stolen version of scrabble. Just get the original. Every school in Korea should have at least one copy of Scrabble.

Any game can be used to teach English. Cards, war games whatever. When I had a small class I used Risk. They'd have to speak English and there's a lot of talking involved.

[formerflautist]

I've made up a few games on my own. Taboo just involves wrtiting words on notecards. Students can time using their phones. You can also do pictionary and charades the same way. Scattegories would be easy to make up. Don't spend a lot of money when all you have to do is get creative.

[xCustomx]

I think the game you're referring to is "Up Words", which in my opinion is not as good as scrabble. This game is for more advanced students who have a developed vocabulary. The bad point about UpWords is that students lose creativity because they try to modify a word that's already been made by simply changing 1 letter.

[Blue Meanie]