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Sound Grammar helps students learn grammar by providing free animated conversations that focus on various key grammar points.

Level 1 (A1) True Beginner

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  • Lesson 01 Be Verb - Simple Present
  • Lesson 02 Likes and Favorites
  • Lesson 03 Basic Verbs
  • Lesson 04 Verb Agreement (is/are)
  • Lesson 05 Adjectives
  • Lesson 06 Days of the Week
  • Lesson 07 Nationalities
  • Lesson 08 Basic Sentence Patterns
  • Lesson 09 Subject Pronouns
  • Lesson 10 Object Pronouns
  • Lesson 11 Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Lesson 12 Adjectives
  • Lesson 13 Months
  • Lesson 14 Ordinals
  • Lesson 15 Telling Time

Level 2 (A1) False Beginner

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  • Lesson 01 Be - Simple Present
  • Lesson 02 Simple Present
  • Lesson 03 Imperatives
  • Lesson 04 Articles
  • Lesson 05 Adverbs of Frequency
  • Lesson 06 Can - Abilities
  • Lesson 07 Past Tense - Be (Was, Were)
  • Lesson 08 Transitive Verbs
  • Lesson 09 Stative Verbs
  • Lesson 10 There is / There are Lesson 11 Past Tense
  • Lesson 12 Third Person Singular
  • Lesson 13 Any / Some / No
  • Lesson 14 Can Requests
  • Lesson 15 Adverbs of Frequency

Level 3 (A2) High Beginner

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  • Lesson 01 Present Simple
  • Lesson 02 Third Person Singular
  • Lesson 03 Present Continuous
  • Lesson 04 Future Tense
  • Lesson 05 Going To - Future Tense
  • Lesson 06 Simple Past Tense
  • Lesson 07 Past Tense - Irregular Verbs
  • Lesson 08 Adverbs + Adjectives
  • Lesson 09 Comparatives
  • Lesson 10 Superlatives
  • Lesson 11 Contractions
  • Lesson 12 Can Permission
  • Lesson 13 Connectors
  • Lesson 14 Present Continuous - Future
  • Lesson 15 Indefinite Pronouns

Level 4 (B1) Low Intermediate

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  • Lesson 01 Do for Emphasis
  • Lesson 02 Causative Verbs
  • Lesson 03 Used to - Past Tense
  • Lesson 04 Would - Past Tense
  • Lesson 05 Should - Suggestions
  • Lesson 06 Would like to / Want to
  • Lesson 07 Present Perfect (Experiences)
  • Lesson 08 Have to / Must - Obligation
  • Lesson 09 Zero Conditional
  • Lesson 10 First Conditional

Level 5 (B2) Intermediate

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  • Lesson 01 Coordinating Conjunctions
  • Lesson 02 Sub Conjunctions - Time
  • Lesson 03 Sub Conjunctions - Reasons
  • Lesson 04 Sub Conjunctions - Conditions
  • Lesson 05 Second Conditional
  • Lesson 06 Adjective Clause
  • Lesson 07 Noun Clause
  • Lesson 08 That Clause / Projected Speech
  • Lesson 09 Present Perfect - Time Lesson 10 Past Conditional

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  • LC032 - Measuring Global Sea Level Rise
  • LC030 - A Nigerian-American Thanksgiving
  • LC027 - PlayStation - Xbox Rivalry
  • LC024 - Fukushima- Ten Years Later
  • LC021 - Inviting the World to Dinner
  • LC016 - High-End Fashion and the Recession
  • LC014 - High Tech Elevators
  • LC011 - Teenagers Who Argue
  • LC010 - Mark Waid - Comics Crusader
  • LC009 - Power Woman Aliann Pompey
  • LC008 - Single and Middle Class
  • LC007 - Snowboard Pants
  • LC006 - Diet Books
  • LC005 - Tour Through Guantanamo Detention Centre
  • LC004 - ABBAWorld
  • LC002-Titanic Letter Sells for 110 000 £
  • LC001-Rubbish in Rio

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  • LC028 - Margaret Thatcher
  • LC026 - Children Go Hungry During Pandemic
  • LC025 - Berliners Say Goodbye To Tegel Airport
  • LC022 - The Influence of Logos on the Brain
  • LC019 - An Extraordinary Accomplishment
  • LC018 - Rockanomics
  • LC017 - Fascinated With Lego
  • LC015 - Comeback For Philadelphia's Mounted Police Force
  • LC012 - Guinness Store House Tour

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  • LC029 - The History of Ice Skating
  • LC023 - Brazil's Changing Population
  • LC020 - Raising Water Buffalo in Iraq
  • LC013 - Shanghai Tower
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  • Adjective - Adverb
  • Modal Verbs
  • Passive Voice
  • Reported Speech
  • Definite and Indefinite Articles
  • Prepositions
  • Connectives and Linking Words
  • Quantifiers
  • Question and Negations
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Phrasal Verbs
  • Common Mistakes
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  • Multiple Choice Cloze
  • Prefixes and Suffixes
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  • Editing - One Word Too Many
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  • Adjectives - Adverbs
  • Gerund and Infinitive
  • Conjunctions and Linking Words
  • Question and Negation
  • Error Analysis
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I love sports

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Bank accounts

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Can you understand?

Can you identify what is really being said in this listening activity?

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Listening to dialogues

Listen to people talking and answer questions about their conversation

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Can you understand the general idea in these voicemail messages?

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Word stress

Identify the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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US or UK pronunciation

Can you tell the difference between UK and US English?

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Travel programme

Listen to an interview and answer some questions

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How do you feel?

Answer some questions about how people are feeling

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Amir's adventure

Listen to Amir talking about his trip and answer some questions

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What do they look like?

Listen to descriptions of people and choose the right picture

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Sit or seat?

Listen out for the different vowel sounds

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Learn about word stress in short words

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More word stress

Try some more activities about word stress in short words

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Word Stress in long words

Try some activities about word stress in three-syllable words

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What's the product?

Listen to some descriptions of products and identify them using context clues

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A restaurant review

Listen to someone talking about dining at a restaurant and answer some questions

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Word stress four syllable words

Identify the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in these long words

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Test whether you can hear unstressed words in the middle of a sentence

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You have one voicemail message

Listen to a voicemail and answer some questions

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Windsor college adult courses

Listen to a voicemail and pick out the main ideas and details

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Do you hear the difference?

This exercise will help you with similar but different sounds

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Stars or stores?

Can you hear the difference between these sounds?

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Quit, quite and quiet

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Theatre review

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Discussing a band

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Syllable stress

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Discussing new houses in a town

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Long and short 'i'

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Going to the movies

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Agreeing and disagreeing

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Understanding implied meaning

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Studying at college

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Consonant sounds

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A phone message

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Short dialogues

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Cancelling meetings

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  • The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

Are you searching for effective and enjoyable ESL listening games to enhance your language classroom? L ook no further! In this comprehensive guide, we explore 17 engaging listening activities tailored for ESL learners.

From the classic ‘Telephone Game’ to the innovative ‘Find the Mistake’, these games are designed to improve listening skills, boost comprehension, and make language learning an adventure.

Ideal for teachers and language enthusiasts alike, our selection covers a range of skills and group sizes , ensuring that every student gets the most out of their ESL journey.

Just before we jump into these 17 ESL Listening Games and Activities we have the four skills covered on the site. Speaking, Reading, Writing and Listening.

You can access the pages from the links below or click on the image to download them all in one PDF file for $2.99 or the price of a coffee ( a good one we admit! )

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  • The Best ESL Speaking Games and Activities.
  • The Best ESL Writing Games and Activities.
  • The Best ESL Reading Games and Activities.

So, let’s dive into these exciting games and transform the way your students engage with language learning!

The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

17 of the Best ESL Listening Games.

We have given full breakdown for these games in the table provided, and its in the download above as well, to help you speed up and make sure if these games suit your class and students.

1. Telephone Game

Overview : The Telephone Game is a classic and engaging activity that tests students’ listening and memory skills. It’s particularly effective in highlighting how easily information can be misunderstood or changed in communication.

  • Setup : Arrange students in a circle, either sitting or standing.
  • Time to Play : Typically 10-15 minutes, but can vary depending on group size.
  • Number of Players : Ideal for 5 or more players. Larger groups increase the fun and the challenge.
  • Resources Needed : No physical resources are needed, making this an easy game to set up in any setting.
  • Enhances listening accuracy and memory.
  • Encourages focus and attention to detail.
  • Illustrates the nature of verbal communication and how easily messages can be altered or misinterpreted.

Description of the Telephone ESL Listening game:

The game begins with one student thinking of a sentence and whispering it to the student next to them. This sentence is then passed along through whispers from one student to another around the circle.

The key is for each student to whisper what they heard to the next person, without repeating or clarifying.

Once the sentence reaches the last student in the circle, they say it out loud.

The fun and educational part comes in comparing the final sentence to the original. It’s often humorous and surprising how much the message can change, demonstrating the importance of clear communication and attentive listening.

Telephone Game Table

2. lyrics gap fill.

Overview : Lyrics Gap Fill is an engaging activity that combines music with language learning. It challenges students to listen closely to the lyrics of a song and fill in missing words, enhancing their listening comprehension and vocabulary skills.

  • Setup : Choose a popular song that’s suitable for the classroom and prepare a handout with the lyrics, leaving some words blank.
  • T ime to Play : 15-20 minutes.
  • Number of Players : Can be done individually or in small groups , accommodating any class size.
  • Resources Needed : An audio player (like a smartphone, computer, or CD player) and printed lyrics with gaps.
  • Improves listening comprehension and attention to detail.
  • Expands vocabulary and idiomatic language understanding.
  • Engages students in a fun and culturally relevant activity.

Description of the Lyrics Gap Fill ESL Listening Game :

Distribute the gap-filled lyrics to the students.

Play the song, and students listen and fill in the missing words.

This can be done as a collective activity with pauses for discussion, or as a more competitive game where the first to fill in all the gaps correctly wins.

It’s an excellent way to introduce new vocabulary and idiomatic expressions found in songs, making learning more memorable and enjoyable.

Lyrics Gap Fill Table

3. movie clip challenge.

Overview : The Movie Clip Challenge is a dynamic activity that utilizes engaging movie or TV show clips to hone students’ listening skills. It’s especially effective in teaching listening for specific details, intonation, and colloquial language.

  • Setup : Select a short, appropriate clip from a movie or TV show.
  • Time to Play : 10-20 minutes, depending on the clip length and discussion time.
  • Number of Players : Flexible; can be done individually, in pairs, or in groups.
  • Resources Needed : A device for playing the clip (like a computer or TV) and a set of questions related to the clip.
  • Enhances the ability to listen for specific information.
  • Improves understanding of different accents and speaking styles.
  • Engages students with real-world language usage.

Description of the Movie Clip Challenge ESL Listening Game :

Before playing the clip, provide students with a list of questions or key points to listen for.

Play the clip, then have students discuss or write answers to the questions.

This activity can also involve predicting what happens next in the clip or discussing characters’ actions and motivations, further enhancing listening comprehension and critical thinking.

Movie Clip Challenge Table

The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

4. Sound Effects Guessing Game

Overview : The Sound Effects Guessing Game is an entertaining and imaginative activity. It involves playing various sound effects and having students guess what they represent, enhancing their listening skills and creativity.

  • Setup : Prepare a playlist of different sound effects.
  • Time to Play : 10-15 minutes.
  • Number of Players : Flexible; suitable for individuals, small groups, or the entire class.
  • Resources Needed : An audio player and a collection of sound effects.
  • Enhances auditory discrimination and attention to detail.
  • Encourages imaginative thinking and vocabulary development.
  • Provides a fun break from more traditional language lessons.

Description of the Sound Effects Guessing Game ESL Listening Game :

Play a sound effect and ask students to write down or shout out what they think it is.

The game can be made more challenging by using less common or more abstract sounds.

Discuss the sounds afterward, perhaps linking them to vocabulary or themes you are studying in class.

Sound Effects Guessing Game Table

5. dictation relay.

Overview : Dictation Relay is an active and collaborative game that combines listening, writing, and physical activity. It involves students relaying a sentence from the teacher to their team and dictating it accurately.

  • Setup : Divide the class into teams and designate a space for the relay.
  • Time to Play : 15-20 minutes.
  • Number of Players : Best played with groups of 4-6 students.
  • Resources Needed : Paper and pens for each team.
  • Improves listening for specific details and memory recall.
  • Encourages teamwork and effective communication.
  • Adds a physical element to the listening task, catering to kinesthetic learners.

Description of the Dictation Relay ESL Listening Game :

One student from each team listens to a sentence from the teacher.

They then run back to their team and dictate the sentence for a teammate to write down.

The next team member runs to the teacher for the next sentence, and so on.

The game can be tailored to different levels by adjusting the complexity of the sentences.

Dictation Relay Table

6. story sequencing.

Overview : Story Sequencing is an interactive game that enhances students’ listening comprehension and their ability to organize information logically. Students listen to a story and then work to sequence the events correctly.

  • Setup : Prepare a short story with distinct events or use a well-known tale.
  • Number of Players : Suitable for individual students or small groups.
  • Resources Needed : A written story and, optionally, printed cards or pictures representing different events from the story.
  • Enhances comprehension and recall of spoken information.
  • Encourages logical thinking and sequencing skills.
  • Engages students in narrative structure and storytelling.

Description of the Story Sequencing ESL Listening Game :

Read a story aloud to the class or play a recorded version.

After listening, students work to put the events of the story in the correct order. This can be done verbally, in writing, or by arranging picture cards.

Discuss the correct sequence with the class afterward and explore different interpretations of the story.

Story Sequencing Table

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7. News Report Analysis

Overview : News Report Analysis is a practical game that helps students develop their ability to comprehend and analyze spoken information. It involves listening to a short news report and then discussing or answering questions about it.

  • Setup : Select a short, age-appropriate news report – audio or video.
  • Time to Play : 20-25 minutes.
  • Number of Players : Works well with individual students, pairs, or small groups.
  • Resources Needed : A device to play the news report and a set of questions related to the report.
  • Improves comprehension of formal, real-world spoken language.
  • Enhances critical thinking and analytical skills.
  • Encourages discussion and opinion formation based on listening.

Description of the News Report Analysis ESL Listening Game :

Play the news report for the class.

Students listen and then answer questions about the report, which can include facts, opinions, and inferences.

This activity can be expanded into a discussion, allowing students to express their views on the topic, practicing their speaking skills alongside listening .

News Report Analysis Table

8. directions game.

Overview : The Directions Game is an interactive and practical activity where one student gives directions to a specific location, and the others draw the route on a map as they listen. This game enhances listening comprehension, particularly for understanding instructions and spatial language.

  • Setup : Prepare a simple map of the classroom, school, or a fictional place.
  • Number of Players : Can be played individually or in small groups.
  • Resources Needed : Maps for each student or group and writing utensils.
  • Enhances understanding of directional and spatial language.
  • Encourages careful listening and interpretation of instructions.
  • Develops skills useful for real-life situations, like navigating a new place.

Description of the Directions Game ESL Listening Game :

  • One student gives directions from one point on the map to another. These directions should include specific spatial terms and landmarks.
  • The other students listen and draw the route on their maps based on the instructions given.
  • After the activity, compare the drawn routes to see how well the instructions were understood and followed.

Directions Game Table

9. Mystery Sound Story

Overview : Mystery Sound Story is a creative and imaginative listening game. It involves playing a series of sounds that collectively tell a story, with students listening and then narrating the story based on what they heard.

  • Setup : Prepare a sequence of sound effects that, when put together, suggest a narrative.
  • Number of Players : Suitable for individuals or small groups.
  • Resources Needed : A playlist of sound effects that form a narrative.
  • Encourages creative thinking and storytelling based on auditory cues.
  • Enhances listening skills and the ability to connect sounds to a coherent narrative.
  • Engages students in a unique and imaginative listening experience.

Description of the Mystery Sound Story ESL Listening Game :

Play the series of sounds for the students without giving them any context.

Students listen to the sounds and then work individually or in groups to create a story that connects all the sounds.

Afterward, have students share their stories and discuss the different interpretations and narratives they created.

Mystery Sound Story Table

The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

10. Simon Says’ with a Twist

Overview : ‘Simon Says’ with a Twist is a classic game with an added layer to enhance listening skills. It involves following instructions only when a specific phrase is used, sharpening students’ attention to verbal cues and directives.

  • Setup : No special setup required, just enough space for students to move around safely.
  • Number of Players : Any number, works well with both small and large groups.
  • Resources Needed : None.
  • Improves listening for specific instructions and details.
  • Enhances concentration and focus.
  • Provides a fun, physical way to practice language comprehension.

Description of the ‘Simon Says’ with a Twist ESL Listening Game :

The teacher (or a student) gives various instructions to the class, like “touch your nose” or “jump in place.”

Students should only follow the instruction if it starts with the phrase “Simon says.”

Introduce more complex instructions or faster pacing to increase the challenge.

The game can be made more educational by using vocabulary or grammar structures you are currently teaching.

‘Simon Says’ with a Twist Table

11. audio book club.

Overview : The Audio Book Club is a listening activity that combines literature with auditory learning. It involves listening to a section of an audiobook and then discussing it, enhancing comprehension and critical thinking skills.

  • Setup : Choose an audiobook that is suitable for your students’ language level.
  • Time to Play : 20-30 minutes, including discussion.
  • Number of Players : Can be done individually or in small discussion groups.
  • Resources Needed : An audio player and access to an audiobook.
  • Improves listening comprehension and retention of detailed information.
  • Encourages analytical thinking and discussion skills.
  • Exposes students to different accents and styles of spoken language.

Description of the Audio Book Club ESL Listening Game :

Play a section of the audiobook for the class.

After listening, facilitate a discussion about the content. This can include character analysis, plot predictions, and vocabulary review.

The discussion can be guided by specific questions or be more open-ended, depending on the students’ level and the learning objectives.

Audio Book Club Table

12. guess the speaker.

Overview : Guess the Speaker is an intriguing listening game that sharpens students’ ability to identify different voices or accents. It’s a fun way to improve listening discrimination and to introduce students to a variety of speaking styles.

  • Setup : Prepare recordings of different people speaking. These can include various accents, ages, and speaking speeds.
  • Number of Players : Flexible, suitable for individuals, pairs, or groups.
  • Resources Needed : An audio player and a collection of voice recordings.
  • Enhances the ability to distinguish between different accents and tones.
  • Improves attentive listening and auditory processing.
  • Introduces students to a range of vocal characteristics and speech patterns.

Description of the Guess the Speaker ESL Listening Game :

Play a series of voice recordings for the students.

After each recording, students try to guess who the speaker might be, focusing on their accent, age, gender, or any other characteristic.

Discuss the guesses as a class and reveal the correct answers, providing insights into the different characteristics of each voice.

Guess the Speaker Table

The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

13. Weather Forecast Fun

Overview : Weather Forecast Fun is an educational listening game that combines language learning with real-world knowledge. Students listen to a weather forecast and then create a visual representation of it, such as a mini weather chart.

  • Setup : Find a recording of a weather forecast or use an online video.
  • Resources Needed : A device to play the weather forecast, paper, and art supplies for creating the weather chart.
  • Enhances listening for specific information and details.
  • Encourages understanding and use of weather-related vocabulary.
  • Promotes creativity in visually representing information.

Description of the Weather Forecast Fun ESL Listening Game :

Play the weather forecast for the students.

As they listen, students create a weather chart or drawing that represents the forecasted weather.

Afterward, have students present their charts and discuss the accuracy of their representations based on the forecast they heard.

Weather Forecast Fun Table

14. classroom instructions challenge.

Overview : Classroom Instructions Challenge is an interactive game where students follow a series of spoken instructions. It’s designed to improve their ability to listen and respond to directives, a key skill in language learning.

  • Setup : No special setup required. The teacher prepares a list of instructions beforehand.
  • Number of Players : Flexible; can be played with the entire class.
  • Resources Needed : None, just a list of instructions.
  • Enhances the ability to follow spoken instructions.
  • Improves listening comprehension and immediate response.
  • Encourages attentiveness and quick thinking.

Description of the Classroom Instructions Challenge ESL Listening Game :

The teacher gives a series of instructions to the class, such as “Stand up,” “Find something blue,” or “Draw a circle on your paper.”

Students must listen carefully and follow the instructions as quickly and accurately as possible.

Mix simple instructions with more complex ones to cater to different language levels and to keep students engaged.

Classroom Instructions Challenge Table

The Best ESL Listening Games and Activities.

15. Listening Bingo

Overview : Listening Bingo combines the fun of the traditional bingo game with listening comprehension. Students listen to words or phrases and mark them on their bingo cards.

  • Setup : Create bingo cards with a selection of words or phrases you want the students to learn.
  • Number of Players : Suitable for any class size.
  • Resources Needed : Bingo cards for each student and markers or pens.
  • Enhances listening for specific words or phrases.
  • Encourages focus and concentration.
  • Provides a fun, game-based approach to vocabulary learning.

Description of the Listening Bingo ESL Listening Game :

Distribute bingo cards to the students.

Read out words or phrases from your list , and students mark them on their cards as they hear them.

The first student to complete a row (or pattern, depending on your rules) and shout “Bingo!” wins.

This game can be tailored to different themes or vocabulary sets, making it a versatile tool for language learning.

Listening Bingo Table

16. guess the object.

Overview : Guess the Object is a listening and imagination game. Students listen to a description of an object and try to guess what it is. This game sharpens listening comprehension and encourages creative thinking.

  • Setup : Prepare descriptions of various objects, focusing on their features, uses, or context.
  • Number of Players : Can be played with any number of students.
  • Resources Needed : List of object descriptions.
  • Enhances listening comprehension and attention to detail.
  • Encourages imagination and inference-making.
  • Useful for vocabulary expansion and context understanding.

Description of the Guess the Object ESL Listening Game :

The teacher reads out a description of an object without naming it.

Students listen to the clues and try to guess the object being described.

This can be turned into a competitive game by awarding points for correct guesses or having students race to be the first to guess.

Guess the Object Table

17. find the mistake.

Overview : Find the Mistake is a listening game that challenges students to identify errors in spoken sentences. It’s great for developing attention to grammatical details and listening comprehension.

  • Setup : Prepare a list of sentences that contain deliberate grammatical or vocabulary mistakes.
  • Resources Needed : List of sentences with mistakes.
  • Improves focus and attention to linguistic details.
  • Enhances grammatical and vocabulary knowledge.
  • Encourages active and critical listening.

Description of the Find the Mistake ESL Listening Game :

Read sentences aloud to the students, one at a time.

Students listen and try to identify and correct the mistakes in each sentence.

This game can be adapted to suit various language levels by varying the complexity of the mistakes.

Find the Mistake Table

20 Questions Game: Examples Questions and Printables

These 17 ESL listening games offer a dynamic and effective way to enhance listening skills in the language classroom.

Whether it’s through the playful challenge of ‘Simon Says’ with a Twist or the imaginative exploration of ‘Mystery Sound Story’, each game brings a unique blend of fun and learning.

By incorporating these activities into your teaching repertoire, you’ll not only improve your students’ listening abilities but also foster a more engaging and interactive learning environment.

Remember, mastering a new language is not just about memorizing grammar and vocabulary; it’s about immersing oneself in a world of exciting sounds and meanings.

So, embrace these listening games and watch your students’ language skills flourish!

Further Games and Activities for ESL Listening

  • https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-listening-activities/
  • https://www.latinhire.com/7-fun-activities-to-improve-your-esl-students-listening-skills/
  • https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/esl-listening-activity/

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By gianfranco conti, phd. co-author of 'the language teacher toolkit', 'breaking the sound barrier: teaching learners how to listen', 'memory: what every teacher should know' and of the 'sentence builders' book series. winner of the 2015 tes best resource contributor award, founder and ceo of www.language-gym.com, co-founder of www.sentencebuilders.com and creator of the e.p.i. approach., teaching grammar through listening (english-as-a-foreign-language version).

1. Introduction

In all of my posts on grammar instruction I have made the very important point that for grammar to be fully acquired it must be practised extensively through all four skills. However, this is not what usually happens, grammar practice occurring in most language classrooms predominantly through the written medium. Hence grammar is mostly read and written, but rarely processed aurally and orally.

Of the four language skills, the one that is always neglected in grammar instruction is definitely Listening. In the typical grammar lesson, the target grammar structure is hardly ever practised through the aural medium.This may not only negatively impact acquisition of that structure, but also listening proficiency development at large. Why? The answer refers to the so-called parsing phase of listening comprehension.

The parsing phase is the stage in the comprehension of aural input in which the listener recognizes a grammar pattern in a string of words and fits it to the surrounding linguistic context . This important stage is paramount not simply to listening comprehension but also to acquisition, because pattern recognition facilitates the chunking of new L2 items and their assimilation in the learner’s existing L2-system.

In this post I intend to show how grammar can be modelled and practised aurally through highly impactful L.A.M. (Listening As Modelling) activities requiring relatively little preparation which I use regularly in my lessons.

2.L.A.M. grammar activities

2.1 Sentence puzzles

Sentence puzzles like the one in Figure 1 below are a very effective way to teach grammar and syntax through listening. The students are provided a set of jumbled-up sentences  to unscramble whilst the teacher utters them in the correct order. The task is for the students to re-write them correctly in the table/grid provided, placing each element of the sentence under the right heading. After completing the transcribing task, the students are charged with inductively working out the rule. The example in Figure 1 focuses on the use of key negatives in English.

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Whilst writing the words under each heading in the table the students build an awareness of how word order works, at the same time learning what word class each item belongs in, and all this through the aural medium, thereby combining three skills (listening, reading and writing) together. When the meaning of each word is provided in brackets, new vocabulary is also learnt.

2.2 Sentence builders

Sentence builders take a bit more time to make, but they can be exploited in so many ways that their surrender value is more than worth the effort. The teacher makes and utters sentences using the various chunks of language in the table to demonstrate how the target structure works. Whilst the teacher models the sentences, the students write down their meaning on mini whiteboards. As a follow-up, the students are tasked with working out the rule inductively. Since you are modelling, not testing comprehension, the sentences should be uttered at moderate speed. The example below focuses on the use of negatives and can be used as a follow-up or as a precursor to the sentence puzzle in Figure 1.

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2.3 Sorting tasks

The teacher utters a number of sentences each containing a specific structure that s/he wants to draw the students’ attention to. As they listen, the students are tasked with categorizing the structure using a grid or table. In the first example provided in Figure 3, below, the task requires the students to categorize the different verb forms employed in ten sentences uttered by the teacher to reinforce phonological and grammar awareness. Students enjoy sorting tasks; I do them in every single lesson of mine, often exploiting songs.

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2.4 Listening hunts

In listening hunts the teacher reads a short narrative and the students are asked to spot and write down as many instances as possible of the target structure(s) contained in the text. I usually tell the students in advance the number of occurrences of the target items in order to enhance their focus.

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2.5 Interlingual comparisons

This technique is particularly effective when the word order in which the target structure is deployed in the L2 is markedly different from the L1. As the example in Figure 5 below shows, erroneous versions of target structure use are provided resulting from word-for-word translation from L1 to L2. The teacher will dictate the correct version of each sentence which will be written right under the flawed version. The students are then charged with figuring out the differences between L1 and L2 usage and inductively work out the rule.

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2.6. Find your match

This activity serves two purposes. Firstly, to practise decoding skills and pronunciation; secondly, aural processing of the target structure. The students are provided with cards containing simple sentences featuring the target structure(s). Each card contains four pieces of information about a person; each piece information on the cards has a match in four of the other cards. The task is to go around the classroom interviewing people in order to find the four persons whose cards match one’s own. This tasks is useful in that it elicits a lot of production and receptive processing of the target structure.

Fig 7 – Find your match (French negatives)

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2.7 ‘Find someone who’ with cards

Each students is given a card with fictitious details and a grid with the details to look for. The task is to find the people with those details on their cards by asking questions in the target language. Although it may appear as a speaking task, this activity is actually mainly a listening one as the students read out aloud details in response to questions.

Fig.8 – Find someone who with cards (grid to fill in by students as they go around interviewing)

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2.8 Partial dictations

Partial dictations are extremely easy to prepare and are very effective in focusing learners on the target structure. All one has to do is (1) create texts packed with instances of target structure use: (2)  gap the texts  where the target structure has been deployed; (3) read out the text whilst the students fill the gaps. Easy and highly effective. Tip: do not use one long text, use several short ones; it keeps the students more focused.

2.9 Songs with gapped lyrics to fill in

Songs with gapped lyrics to fill in as you play them are a great way to model and practise target language use in authentic contexts. Think about the song ‘Once I was seven years old’ by Lukas Graham; how useful for any teachers wanting to hammer in the past tense in English. The only issue, of course, is finding a song which contains a sufficient number of occurrences of the target structure. Once found one, all one has to do is to gap the song (do put the gapped words on display for less able students).

2.10 Interactive oral tasks

Any interactive oral task designed to elicit use of the target structure will obviously provide the students with plenty of aural processing as well as production practice. It is not the scope of this post, but I reserve to deal with ways to provide oral production practice in target structure use in a future post

2.11 Concluding remarks

Grammar must be heard, read, spoken and written by our learners if we want them to fully acquire it. This multi-sensorial approach to grammar instruction is rarely implemented in language lessons. The skill that is most neglected in grammar instruction is undoubtedly Listening, regardless of the fact that the brain is naturally wired to acquire grammar acoustically. More effort must be put by teachers in this area of grammar teaching by integrating traditional activities with skill-based approaches to instruction which provide extensive receptive oral practice through Listening-As-Modelling activities (LAM) and oral interaction.

For more on my ideas on listening, get hold of the book co-authored with Steve Smith ‘The language teacher toolkit’ available on www.amazon.co.uk

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18 thoughts on “ teaching grammar through listening (english-as-a-foreign-language version) ”.

Great article.

I am surprised to read that explicitly teaching grammar rules is an affect method of teaching english, especially as a foreign language when there are so many scholars saying otherwise. on the other hand, practice is indeed different than theory!

I am currently a graduate student studying an MSEd in TESOL at UPENN. You mention integrating mustc in your teaching curriculum. Did you form this technique yourself? If not, could you send me the source? I would be very interested in reading more about this.

Diego Zelaya

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Created it myself I am afraid 🙂

This is a great piece of article. I have attended to English school for a year and they focus so much in grammar. Filing-the-blanks/gaps like excercises were the most kind of activities I have found there. I have good knowledge on grammar and vocabulary, well, I believe I have, but I do not have the skill that links gammar/vocabulary to listening/speaking. I don’t know anyone who is prone or willing to practice English with me. I trying to find a way to solve this issue. Well anyway, bye!

Thank you Leonardo

Thank you Gianfranco Conti for example 2.5 https://gianfrancoconti.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/teaching-grammar-through-listening-english-as-a-foreign-language-version/#comments , it gave me an idea for an easy-level translation exercise for the detection of interferences.

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Cool l. Thank you!!!

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12 Great ESL Listening Activities & Games

Do you struggle with finding interesting ways to teach ESL listening skills?

Maybe you have an activity or two already but you want to be able to mix it up and keep things interesting.

By the end of this article, you will have 12 interesting English listening activities that you can use with ESL students of various ages and skill levels.

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Listening makes up one of the four core areas of language: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

If our students’ listening isn’t good enough then they are missing out on a quarter of their language ability!

Listening is needed in order to do things such as watching movies, listening to music and having conversations .

The problem is that this skill can easily become underdeveloped. Visual tasks such as reading and writing may seem more comfortable and so students may prefer to give these more time.

While this may be easier in the short run it means that those skills become a lot stronger but their listening gets left in the dirt.

We need to make a conscious effort to give listening skills the attention they deserve!

This article has a list of plenty of listening exercises that you can begin using today and let your student’s listening skills play catch up!

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Here is the list of activities, exercises, and games that you can start using with your students to improve their listening skills.

Everything has been arranged into different groups to make finding the right activity for the right student even easier. Let’s begin!

Gap Fill (Cloze Testing)

Start by writing out a sentence but omit some of the words. Each student needs a copy of this sentence.

Next, you simply read the sentence (including the missing word) and the students fill in the missing word.

Difficulty can be increased by omitting more words, speaking quicker or changing which words you leave out.

For example, if you have a sentence such as “I like to … cake” it is fairly easy to guess a word like “eat”, there are only so many words that would make sense here.

However, if we instead have a sentence like “I like to eat …” then all of a sudden there are so many more words that could fit there which makes it harder.

Always review the students’ results and use them as feedback for creating the next set of exercises.

Resource tip: Here is a selection of sample gap-fill texts .

Odd Word Out

With this activity, you need to first take a piece of a chosen text. 

You then need to create another version of this text for the students and in this version, you will need to change some of the words.

You then read out loud the text from your copy and the students have to circle which words are different.

This is a great activity as it trains the students to really focus on the sounds and how they match the words.

You can increase the difficulty by either using more difficult text, using a longer piece of text or by increasing the number of incorrect words.

Bonus points if the students can tell you what the correct word should be that you said!

Resource tip: Here you can find some easy stories to use for this exercise.

Choose the Right Picture

This activity is great for building listening skills with simple vocabulary . It’s very easy to set up too!

You first need a selection of pictures, one for each piece of target vocabulary. Each picture needs a corresponding letter. For example, if we have 26 pictures then we can use ‘A’ for the first picture and ‘B’ for the next picture etc.

If this is done with more than one student then put all of these pictures on one or two sheets of paper and make copies for everyone.

You then simply need to say one of the words from your selection and your students need to write the letter for that picture down.

For complete beginners, it’s better to say the target words in isolation but you can increase the difficulty by giving them phrases or sentences with the target word “hidden in them”. After a while, you could even include more than one target word to really ramp up the challenge.

Download vocabulary flashcards on classroom objects , body parts and shape names here.

For this exercise, you will first need to have a piece of text with plenty of information. News articles are great for this.

You then either need a recording of the text being spoken or a script so that you can read it yourself.

Students will have to listen to what is being said, understand it and then write down a summary of the most important parts.

This can be quite a difficult task as there are a number of different skills students need to employ but it is extremely useful for comprehension.

In fact, this activity makes up part of the PTE exam so is especially great if you prepare any students for that.

Resource tip: My favourite site for news stories is BBC news .

First, you will need a movie clip with just two characters speaking (around 1-2 minutes).

Next pair two of your students and assign one of the characters to each student.

Your students will get a chance to watch the clip now and they will have to make notes on the dialogue.

Once they have made their notes they will then have to perform the scene themselves.

Now obviously it is unlikely they are going to get it word for word. Instead, you need to focus on them conveying the important parts of the scene. Make sure to tell them this in advance so that they don’t feel too stressed about trying to memorise every single word.

If you want to increase the difficulty then try this without any visual, just allow the students to listen to the scene. This makes it much harder as there is no visual context for what’s happening.

Also, you can choose a film that is less likely to be known by the students to make things even trickier.

Resource tip: You can either curate your movie collection to find some good scenes or even easier just search for them on youtube !

Take a Message

This is an activity which is extremely practical as it’s something that will need to be done in a workplace for example.

Your student will play the part of a secretary. The boss isn’t in right now and so they will need to take a message for later.

For the telephone message, you can ring the student from another room. If this isn’t possible then ring from at least the other side of the room and facing away from each other so that they don’t get any visual clues.

This is similar to the “Summarise” activity but this time the quality of the call will be degraded as it’s coming from a telephone. This is also a conversation so the student will also have a chance to ask you to repeat details or confirm certain things.

This activity is a great chance to teach your students some stock phrases such as “I’m sorry, could you repeat that?” as well as teaching them how to spell things using the NATO phonetic alphabet (alfa, bravo, charlie).

Memory Race / Running Dictation

Start by printing out some short pieces of text. You need to stick these around the classroom.

Next, split your students into pairs. Student A is the “fetcher” and student B is the “writer”.

Student B has to stay at their desk with their pen and paper. They are in charge of writing down the information they hear from student A.

Student A has to walk (or run if it’ safe!) to where the paper is. They then have to read and remember as much of it as possible before telling student B the information to write down.

They will need repeated trips to get it all, so it is motivating for them to remember as much as possible.

The first team to get their paper written down (with relatively few mistakes) is the winner!

This game is great for waking your students up and getting them moving about.

Remember to switch over so that everyone gets a turn.

Resource tip: Try using some short stories for this exercise.

Here’s a more detailed instruction on running dictations.

If you haven’t played Simon says before then let me break down the rules to this classic children’s game.

First, the teacher will say “Simon says” followed by a verb phrase, e.g. “Simon says jump”. The students then have to do the actions. 

You can make this competitive by having a student lose a point if they do it wrong, or if they’re the last.

However, if you’d prefer to keep a more relaxed environment (possibly better with younger students) then even just having them copy you will be fun enough as it gets them moving around.

Resource tip: The wikipedia page has a list of the names of this game in other languages so that your students can recognize it immediately!

Treasure Hunt

Another active game to wake up your younger students.

The idea for this game is for the teacher to say a word, e.g. “clock”, the students then have to get to that item as quickly as possible.

In order to make this a little more difficult, you could just say a letter and the students have to run to something that has the same first letter. E.g. if you say “b” then the students could run to the board or to a ball. 

Resource tip: If there aren’t enough things in the classroom then you can print out some vocabulary cards and hide them around the room.

Call & Response

This one is good for training listening memory and can be a lot of fun for kids to be loud!

Simply take a word or short phrase, say it out loud and get them to shout it back to you as loud as they can!

This is very high energy so is great if you catch them falling asleep.

This works even better if you use a song or a chant to bring the energy levels up and make it even more fun!

Again, the length of the phrase can influence the difficulty. You could warm up with single words before making longer phrases later on.

“hello” … “hello”

“I’m happy” … “I’m happy”

“I’m happy to meet you” … “I’m happy to meet you”

Resource tip: Here’s a long list of great call and response ideas .

“Drinking” Game

This is based on the classic drinking game where every time someone says a designated word you have to drink.

Now we can’t exactly do the same here (unless you have a very particular kind of student!) so we will have to replace the drinking alcohol with some other kind of activity.

You could take a sip of water or coffee instead or you could act out some kind of activity, e.g. every time somebody says the word “fall” you have to clap your hands.

Once you have the rules set out you then need the audio. For this, you can either find your own audio material on youtube etc or you can simply read it yourself.

Bear in mind that if you do read it yourself then your attention will be split between reading and focussing on the student’s ability.

Resource tip: Here is a list of useful podcasts you can use for this exercise.

Transcription

This one is a little less fun but ideal for more serious students.

Simply take a piece of text, and read parts at a time with the student writing or typing what you are saying.

For this, I start slow by saying one word at a time with a gap in between each. After a while move up to doing two words with a gap in between and keep increasing the number of words.

The idea is to eventually get to a point where the student can transcribe entire sentences.

Once you have finished with a sentence then go through and mark it.

This is a good time to talk about logic in sentences.

For example, if they wrote down “Yesterday, I went to the peck and had a picnic.” then we could talk about why “peck” is not such a good choice here. We are expecting a noun and specifically a place.

Once we have gone through the type of word that should go there then they are more likely to end up with the right word “park”.

Resource tip: The Guardian is constantly updated with relevant news articles.

Meeting Minutes

In this exercise, you are roleplaying a meeting. 

The teacher’s role is to speak on a particular topic for 5 minutes or so and the students have to listen and create minutes of the “meeting”.

The purpose of this exercise is for students to scan for the most important information and make a note of it.

The minutes they create can be basic bullet points as long as they have correct and relevant information. You can also give them a few minutes to tidy up their notes at the end.

This exercise is great because it is very relevant to utilizing listening skills in a real-world environment so the students will benefit greatly from this.

To mix things up you could also get one of the other students to speak in the meeting and have everyone else create minutes from them.

Resource tip: This page has plenty of roleplays and activities for meetings .

As I’ve said before, this is an area that can be easily neglected especially if your students aren’t doing much in the way of self-study.

Make sure to revisit their listening skills often to keep everything even.

Find great ESL speaking activities for your students here.

Also, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with as many of these as possible so that you are able to mix things up and keep your classes interesting and fun for your students.

Head over to our list of ESL listening worksheets.

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