Activities

Business English Board Game

Written by Keith Taylor
Last updated on 28 January, 2022

This is a downloadable ESL board game for communicative practice of business English topics and vocabulary.

Here’s some more info about the activity:

Aim	To develop fluency in a business English context.
Activity	Students ask and answer questions about their job in order to move along the board and reach the end.
Organisation	Group work
Preparation	Make a copy of the board game for each group of three or four students. Each player needs a counter and each group needs a dice.
What do I do?	Divide students into groups of 3 or 4. Give each player a counter and each group a dice. Students place their counters on START and throw the dice to decide who starts. Student A throws the dice and moves forward that number of squares. Student B asks Student A the question on that square. Student A must answer the question and talk about the subject for at least 30 seconds. If Student A succeeds, his/her counter remains where it is. If not, the counter returns to its original square. Students take it in turns, repeating step 5 and moving around the board until one student reaches FINISH. This student is the winner.

Keith is the co-founder of Eslbase. He has been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 20 years, in Indonesia, Australia, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Poland, France and now in the UK.

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