ESL games for adults

I've just started a teachers' class at my elementary school. I have 6 teachers (all women 30s-60s) with low to intermediate levels of English.

In the first class I played an ESL Kings card game to break the ice. They loved it. The second lesson I began from the textbook I was given to use and they hated it and said that they want to play games for the majority of the class. I completely understand them and am now trying to find some age appropriate games. They really got into the card game, but I don't want to flog that idea.

Any suggestions on games that work well with adult learners? Thanks.

Quiz maybe? I'm trying to think of what people that age do back home? Also maybe some acting (Like make a script for a play).

do a search on here for English battleships. that should be fun for them. also have a look at the World Trade game by Wintermute. think he did the battleship template too 

My co-workers love charades and taboo. They were laughing the whole time lol. I made my own words/phrases for charades and made my word cards for taboo because their English level is low-intermediate but some of the words were a bit challenging for them but they liked that. Good luck! :)

I found someone else's Tabboo cards and altered them for my teacher's workshops. Here ya go.

Fortunately / Unfortunately
Create a story by starting each sentence with fortunately/unfortunately. I play this with my teachers class and we were in tears laughing by the end. Luckily their level is fairly high so this works for me. Here's an example.

Player 1: “When the man crossed the street he stepped on a banana peel.”
Player 2: Fortunately, he didn’t fall when he stepped on the peel.
Player 3: Unfortunately, the man skated on the banana peel all the way across the street…”
Player 4: Fortunately, there were no cars driving on the street at that time…”
Player 5: Unfortunately, the man crashed into an ice cream cart parked along the curb…”
Player 6: Fortunately, the man crashed into an ice cream cone and got to taste the best vanilla ice cream he ever had….”

examples of beginning sentences.
•   My girlfriend left me yesterday...
•   It rained all day on Saturday...
•   My doctor told me to stop smoking...
•   Someone stole my car this morning...

I hope I don't get into trouble for plugging my own site, but eslgames.com specifically caters for adult learners.

Teach-this has good activities

Backs to the board
Celebrity heads
Running dictation
Taboo / split crosswords

^a few activities I have had success with, with all ages and nationalities