Simple ESL Speaking Game: "Snakes and Ladders" 

Hi mister Val. I was watching your video "how to make a pizza". I don't know how I got this in my recommendations. This is your second video to watch. Please, don't be angry, but you need to change the title of this video. It is not "from nothing". 🙂 You have your key words and key sentences for this day, and you planned this lesson on that way. If you spend time to prepare flashcards and game, you can not say "from nothing". 🙂 So, you will teach (or repeat) words and sentences, your students will practice dialogue and they can play this game for all day. 🙂 If your students like this game you can use this game so often. You said one more example, but the die is useful for every content (one question and six answers) and we can use many games like as template. Of course, we can make and define the rules according us. For example, you were thinking how to finish the game. I said I was watching your video about pizza. I am working in the kindergarten in this moment, my the youngest group is terrible if we speak about discipline and I don't have any help from native teachers. Someone will say "they are the youngest", but we can not say this after 3 months. When I watched this video, I will decide to try "the point competition". I already worked in "this system" in my previous school - one star if you are good and no star (or even bye, bye star) if you are not good, but we used it for every kid personally. Now, I will try to do it between boys and girls. I will say some good and bad things about classroom rules, I will ask the techers to help about translation and explanation and I will try the daily and weekly competions. One point for winning team for each day and more points for winning team on the end of the week. This your lesson was excellent, especially your PP (I like it very much and I think if we have computers we need to use it🙂; if we don't have we can play Snakes and ladders 😀😀😀), but I noticed that small thing what I will try. Thanks for sharing your videos.

That’s fantastic. I really like whatever you implement in your classrooms. I’ve tried them too and my kids had a lot of fun. Thanks a million, Teacher Val👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Where are you from, teacher? You still use chalk and blackboard! Thanks for showing we don't need computers all the time 😊

Thank you! I am a physics teacher working in Nanjing. I have been studying TKT recently, and I feel that such classroom design is very fruitful.

We use for maths and evs like food habit

Teacher Val, thank you kindly for this game idea!

Thank you very much for your lessons and advices. Could you tell if your students get marks at the lessons.

Thank you for sharing. I will definitely try it with my Students this coming Monday).

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I would of loved to have been your student. Please, keep giving us MORE Amazing videos

Hi, Val. I'm a new teacher from China. I want to ask your opinion in using mother tongue in L2 teaching. For years teachers only speaking English in class has been politically right here. However, the majority of my students(Grade 3 and 4) just started learning English in Grade 3. My idea is that all-English teaching is beneficial when students have plenty of L2 access after class. If they don't, they will be under anxiety in class or won't learn much. What do you think?

I want ideas for teaching english to kids of 3 to 4 years old. What the first things we start with. I what we say to someone when finished eating if dreanking and what he respond And other expressions similar for daily conversation plz

Thank you🤍

So creative

Thank you for sharing a great activity. I will apply it with my students. They will be happy.

Thank you very much,as an English teacher would like to have you in my friends list and collaborate if possible

Wow, nice activity, I will try in my class tomorrow. Thank you, teacher Val.🙌

Just explain to me the idea of snake when the die in 13 so we put it in 12! And 10 to 4 or you mean we back just one step

That's great! Thank you 😊

Thanx for your ideas! They are great! I have always liked games at the lessons. Unfortunately, the good ideas don't come by as often as the lessons, so your advice always comes in handy.

Great teacher for all seasons

Спасибо!thank you for the idea. We had some board games in CUPress books, but didn’t have a 🎲 so I spin one person in front of the board. There numbers on it, he/she blindly point to one of them. And it goes for about 15 min like that. All the other ideas I will try

You are doing good. I also followed class rules for my students of which I got amazing result.

Thank you very much from Russia. We will use this game at home. It will be interesting for children to study English.

I just finally had a chance to try this one out and it worked wonders. Even my normally disinterested kids took part in it. Thanks!

Great video sir good job!!

Thnx sir your activities are amazing 👌👍

you are a wonderful teacher , love your videos.

I loooove this and will definitely try it in class. Thank you Teacher Val.

Absolutely USEFUL! Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot. Greetings from Russia)) Val, could you, please, load your video about class rules. I love it and do want to use it in my lessons. Thanks ahead))

Great activity. Thank you!

I used to play this game in my childhood it's great

I will try the flashcards duel today in my class . Thank you for sharing ❤

thank you so much. I really like how you explain and plan your lessons . Making it very clear

Super, exactly what was I looking for

Thank you very much!!

Thks alot 🥰 that more easier way to teach small kid 🥰

Thanks a lot for sharing! What a great idea!

THANK YOU for the lesson

Thanks a lot! Very simple and interesting at the same time!

Very helpful. Thank you

These are very useful and educational. Thank you

Please teachers if you have plays for 2 3 and 4th grade

Thank alot..It's a great activity, I will apply it with my students, I'm sure they will love it.🌹🌹

Superb sir.

Thank you! More games for kids please.

I am really happy to find your channel👍💕

Thank you teacher

Great effort! We hope more and more games.

Can u tell me how are u dealing with noisy class? i have problems with classroom management..maybe i shouldn't be a teacher:(

❤❤❤❤Thanks a lot. very useful

Thank you Teacher

Superb sir.

Thank you, Sir. Good game!

Hi😊 Vel I'm from Thailand. I really like your teaching English. I always watch very episodes of you. Thank you a lot for sharing 😁❤😊

It is an amazing practice exercise 😍😍

very useful, thank you so much

I love this activity! Thank you!

I’m a soon to be teacher and this helps a lot thanks!

Thank you

Hi, Val! I saw this video a long time ago and used this game a few times. It's a great idea and works well in so many ways, I've used it as a non PPT game and also alongside a PPT throughout a lesson. Students have to answer questions or complete dialogue on the PPT and then they can roll a dice to move on the snakes and ladder board. As well as numbering the squares so students know which way to go I put + and - points in different squares so they win and lose points depending on which square they land and then they win more points if they make it to the final square. It's great because its simple and fun and you can make so many variations. Thanks a lot for this idea 👍

Love your lessons! Thank you very much😍

Your speech is perfect

Thank u so much !! .. I have question how can I learning English Especially speaking and reading ... I used many ways but doesn't work !

It is cool idea for the lesson!👍👍👍

Thanks! I am about to watch it! Looking forward😍

Games! I love the subject. What about more games? Thanks, Val. You are a great teacher. Greetings from Mexico.

I love your lessons from nothing. They are a life line in the very rural area I teach in. God bless you.

Flawless as usual ! Genius!

Thank you so much

Amazing!!!!

Thank you teacher Val. I used this game for my class today. They are very excited! 😂

Thanks Val! I’m a kindergarten teacher who has accepted a job in a primary school. Your lessons are very helpful

Hi sir I started to teach English in primary school I don't know what to teach them could you help me please

This is inspiring! I'm your new subscriber, sir 😄

We need more plz ..thanks alot

great adaptation!!!! love the idea - I actually have mini version of the classical game but never thought about putting it on the whiteboard! Thanks!!!

Спасибо Teacher Vai.