So you are somewhere in Asia standing inside a classroom full of screaming ESL students. You were not trained by your school and they expect you to just "Be the Best Teacher" and make the school a lot of money. Easy????

For a first time teacher living in a country in which they are not from can be challenging. I used to be that teacher with no training. I was told to "Teach English." Luckily, I was able to keep my ears open and was able to meet the right people who were kind enough to teach me some ESL (English Second Language) Games.

This is one of them:

"THE MONEY GAME"

First you will need to draw a big grid on the blackboard/whiteboard.

On the top level of the grid you will need to write the numbers 1 - 10

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

and on the far left side of the grid you will have to write the letters

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

The board should look something like what I did above... but of course you will need to draw the straight lines...use your imagination: Draw straight lines underneath all the letters and pull those straight lines horizontally to the far right of the grid.

And draw straight lines vertically in between the numbers.

Next, you will have to divide your class into two or more teams. Get all of the ESL students who are on a team to sit together.

Next, ask each team to tell you their, "TEAM NAME." Write each team's name on the board.

(Before class - during your preparation time - you should draw the grid on a piece of paper.

Next you will have fill in how much "play" money is inside each box.

Ex. A-1 = $100
A-2 = $50
A-3 = $0
A-4 = $250

Note: on your piece of paper you can just write the numbers inside the boxes. When the student picks a box; you will be able to very quickly look at your Answer key and find the amount of money to be awarded for each box.

This piece of paper will be THE ANSWER KEY; and only you can see it.)

Ask each ESL Team an English question.

- You can ask them any question about anything...but it is best if the question has to do with some subject that you are studying and / or reviewing.

If the team answers the question correctly ~ they get to pick one box
inside the grid.

If the student picks 4 - D... then you will have to look on your Answer key and then write the amount of money won inside the chosen box. Then you write that much money underneath the team's name.

Keep playing this game until time runs out. And the best part is that you decide when time runs out. If the game is a hit... play it for longer!

Hey! Do you want to watch a video of this ESL game as well as 50 more ESL games on video? Then click here http://eslclassroomgames.com