Name: Let's Talk About Sports – ESL Speaking Board Game
SKU: 63e1ab3e22084f557e3ce778
Price: 39.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Product description

From the author

Get English learners talking about sports with a 26-question board game. Students roll a die, move a marker and answer the question they reach. Prompts include personal experience, sports vocabulary and broader opinions about safety, spending and school sport.

The four-page PDF includes color and black-and-white board versions. Supply dice and counters. Select or scaffold questions to match students’ language experience; some prompts need more extended discussion than others.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Ask and answer personal-opinion questions about sports in spoken or written English.
Practice conversational English through short-answer and open discussion prompts.
Use sport-related vocabulary such as stadium, medal, sports club, and racket in context.

Teaching tips

Supply a die and small game pieces or counters, since only the printable board itself is included.
Choose the color or black-and-white board and print a copy for each group.
Save the opinion-based squares (fairness in sport, spending on sport, voluntary school sport) for higher-level speakers, and the simple experience questions for beginners.

Skills covered

Spontaneous spoken response — students answer a new sports question on the spot each time they land on a board square.
Opinion and reasoning practice — prompts about fairness in sport, spending, and school policy push students past simple factual answers.
Sports vocabulary in context — terms like stadium, medal, sports club, and racket appear throughout the discussion prompts.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What do students need besides the printed board to play?

Just a die and a marker for each player — every discussion prompt is already printed on the board squares.

Does the game work for lower-level English speakers?

Yes — alongside open-ended opinion prompts, the board includes simple experience questions like “Have you ever played tennis?” and “Do you go skiing?” that beginners can answer with short responses.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

CCSS.SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. c. Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. d. Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.