This ESL Game is one of my most popular games of all time! All of the students love to compete against one another to see who the best is... and this game always awards the best! This ESL Game is basically just a spelling race. When I say, "Spelling Race," I mean two students will come up to the board; the teacher will say a word and the two students will try to write the word. Which ever student writes the word correctly first wins.

Write every students name on the board like so:

1. Bill
2. Sally
3. Tom
4. Jerry
5. Susan
6. Jim
7. Candy
8. Jack
9. Toby
10. Mitch
11. Pat
12. Mary Jo

Call up the first two students. Say a word for them to write. Which ever student loses the spelling race ~ erase their name

EX.
Round 1

1. Bill
2. X
3. Tom
4. X
5. X
6. Jim
7. Candy
8. X
9. X
10. Mitch
11. X
12. Mary Jo

( The X means that they are out of the game. )
In round 2 the ESL students that won the first round of the spelling race will battle each other in another spelling race.

EX.
Round 2

1. Bill
3. X
6. X
7. Candy
10. Mitch
12. X

Depending on the amount of ESL students that are in your class ~ you may have three students in the finals. For the final round... I usually get the students to write three words. The winner of the spelling race is the student that is student which wins the final round:

Ex.
Final Round

1. X
7. X
10 Mitch ( Mitch is the winner and the best speller in the class!)

Good luck teaching English! Try this game in your class the next time that you are doing spelling; the students will absolutely love it!

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