ESL logic activities are excellent activities to practice target language. You can find all the logic problems at esllogic.com.
The logic activities help students practice target language while having fun and using their critical thinking skills. The activities are broken into categories like grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Each activity can be completed online or printed out to use in class.
Here's a list of the activities:
Grammar Logic Puzzles
Vocabulary Logic Puzzles
Pronunciation Logic Puzzles
Holiday Logic Puzzles
Here is a logic problem you can use to practice listening comprehension. This is best for a beginner class.
Write the introduction on the board including the names of the animals and their types. Then, read the clues to the students who must try and determine the names of each animal.
Here is the logic problem:
The Toronto zoo has 6 new animals: zebra, elephant, lion, giraffe, hippopotamus, and a monkey. Their names are: Petey, Patricia, Danny, Daisy, Lucy and Larry but not necessarily in that order
1. The monkey’s name does not start with D.
2. Daisy is not a lion.
3. The giraffe’s name starts with “L”.
4. The zebra’s name does not start with P.
5. Danny is not a hippo.
6. The elephant’s name starts with a P.
7. The hippo’s name does not start with an L.
8. The Lion’s name starts with a P.
9. Larry is not a monkey.
10. The elephant’s name is Petey.
Here are more ESL Logic Problems
This logic problem is good for beginners because it reviews family members. It helps them distinguish between female and male family members as well as English names.
These types of logic problems can be used for a listening exercise. Write the family members and their names on the board, but read the clues out loud. The students will only be able to solve the puzzle if they can accurately understand the clues you read.
Here is the logic problem:
Danny is having a birthday party with 6 of his family members. They are his grandmother, mother, aunt, brother, father, and uncle. Their names in random order are Ben, Lily, Jeff, Betty, Jane, and Luke.
Listen to the clues to discover the names of Danny's family members.
Clues:
1. Ben is not Danny’s uncle.
2. Danny’s grandmother’s name starts with B.
3. Luke is not Danny’s brother.
4. Lily is not his aunt.
5. Danny’s father’s name is Jeff.
Answers:
Grandmother: Betty
Aunt: Jane
Mother: Lily
Father: Jeff
Uncle: Luke
Brother: Ben
This logic problem seems easy, but beginners will have difficulty understanding all the clues. Remember, they need to be able to understand what you say before they can even think about solving the puzzle.
Here are more ESL Logic Problems.
I have been looking on the Internet for the last hour trying to find some good adjective games. I have been working with a beginner class, and they are just starting to learn about adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives.
I am looking for some conversation-based activities that will get them practicing adjectives and speaking as well. Sadly, I have not found anything too interesting yet.
I have ideas and activities that I normally use, but I was looking for something new and fresh. Something that students will really enjoy. These students are in high school, around 17-18 years old.
So, I am wondering if anyone out there has a good link, or a good game they want to explain. Leave a comment with your idea. I originally wanted to make a link page for adjective games, but I am having too much trouble. So hopefully the comments with give us all some good ideas.
I am not normally a big fan of using books for pronunciation, but this one is an exception. Pronunciation Plus
is a great companion for any ESL pronunciation lesson.
What I like most about it is the exercises, which keep the students engaged and gives them something they can work on in groups or partners. Often with pronunciation lessons it is difficult to give enough attention to everyone. However, with the exercises in this book, students can work together and still make progress.
The book covers all the major pronunciation categories including:
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Consonant Clusters
- Stress and Rhythm
- Intonation
Each chapter covers a different lesson, and gives plenty of example words, listening activities, and practice exercises. The lists of words with similar sounds are always helpful. There are also conversations or sentences that are good to read aloud as a class.
After reading the word lists and sentences aloud, you can then put the students into groups and have them work on the exercises. These are activities such as underline the words with the same sound, or write down the number of long A sounds in this sentence.
I really like using this book, and I think it is useful for any ESL class. It is effective for beginners all the way to advanced, and can be used with many age levels.
