Make learning easy for English as a Second Language (ESL) students with exciting games and activities. They teach social, grammar, vocabulary and speaking skills and strengthen young peoples' confidence and self-esteem by helping them learn how to carry a conversation, or stand up in front of a large group and openly speak about themselves.

I Like Everything
I Like Everything is an exciting game that lets students to learn new vocabulary and practice speeding up their conversation skills. Use phrases such as, "Do you like..." and offer four different answers--this is where you add in new words to expand vocabulary. Appropriate answers include ice cream, pizza, french fries, singing, dancing or eating. Next, take a stopwatch and stand the participants. When you shout "Go!" all players find a partner and ask one another questions based on the topic the question-master provided. Players switch partners four times, until they use four different answers and have four different conversations. Each conversation follows a specific form--"Hello, Hello, Do you like ice cream? Yes, I do. Do you like pizza? No, I don't. Thank you. Goodbye."

Twenty Questions
Similar to the original game of the same name, this specially-adapted Twenty Questions is for ESL learners. Before starting this game, either print out topic cards online or make some, spanning different subject matter. Suggested topics include animals, countries, food, sports, actors, singers, movies and TV shows. Unlike the traditional game, in which players have to guess the subject,start with the person who has volunteered to be first question-master announcing the subject to the class. Stack all index cards with topics on them on a table and hand out a piece of paper to all classmates so they can keep their individual scores. As players ask questions, one at a time, they must phrase them in a grammatically correct manner to score points. The person with the most points when all questions have been played, wins.

Mingle
Suitable for grades one to six, Mingle is a game that enables and encourages students to meet their peers and learn positive social interaction. Before starting this game, clear a large area of all tables and chairs so the players can stand comfortably in a circle together. To begin, agree on a short song about friendship, that the entire class will sing while playing. Next, the group asks the teacher a question that she can choose to answer honestly or not. For example, "How old are you? I'm four years old." And then the class has to split up into groups of four as quickly as possible and mingle amongst themselves. For the following question, instruct all players to add on another physical activity while they mingle. For example, they ask you, "How many pets do you have? I have nine cats." And all students must not only group in collectives of nine but also hop on one foot while mingling. Play until you've exhausted a number of activities, or the troops grow bored.