Let's Talk About Sports – ESL Speaking Board Game
- Year groups
- Years 4–7 (Key Stages 2–3)
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ESL, Language Development, English
- Topic
- Sports, Literacy Station
- Resource types
- Games
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
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 colour 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.
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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.
Print the second copy of the board so a second small group can play at the same time.
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.
Encourage full-sentence spoken answers rather than one-word responses to build speaking fluency.
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.
Turn-taking conversation — students roll, move, and respond in turn as part of group play.
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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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