It has been considered for quite some time that nothing can even remotely compete with games when it comes to teaching someone English. This concept has been proven time and time again and as such, when you are wanting to teach some one English, getting them involved in a fun and interesting game is the only real way irregardless of their age.

Unlike conventional force taught English, using games to teach someone English has been shown to improve their retention rate, so much in fact that the average retention rate of an English student learning through the coarse of playing a game is 80%. The numbers do not lie and when it comes to teaching English, the best always make the most money especially when it comes to teaching ESL overseas.

While there are many great methods out there and each and every single one has its own pros and cons associated with it, one cannot still overlook the simple fact that using games in order to teach someone English is by far the most productive method.

If you plan on teaching ESL using games, it is important that all of your lessons be incorporated in some way into a game. If you are only doing part of your lessons in the fashion of games, be prepared for the fact that the retention levels on days which no games were played will be far lower than that of which was taught using a game.

Games can be simple or they can be complex by regardless of their complexity it is absolutely imperative that the games are 100%b fun for the student. Making sure a game is fun also means that the student's attention will be on the game completely and therefore you will be able to maximize their English retention potential.

It is also important to keep in mind that while some games may be perfect for younger students, older students may not become as interested in them. In the event that you are teaching multiple age levels, you will need to figure out away to keep the games separated as well as fair for all of those that play. If you can, make every attempt to maintain a particular age group for the classes and try not to let multiple age groups in the same class time.

When it is all said and done, your students will show a higher level of English proficiency than anyone could ever hope for. Keep working at it and you will find yourself having fun at teaching these English learning games to your students in no time.

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