peelieorion

2 games for you that work for large classes. mimic 6 animals ie an elephant, rabbit, monkey, chicken, frog and giraffe. When you say an animal they have to copy. easy until you mix up the mimes ie saying giraffe and miming a monkey sorts out those who are listening and understanding and those who are copying. thai are good sports when it comes to games and will sit down if they are wrong. you can adapt this to body part or directions to keep its interest.
Another game is called 'Bang' Students make a circle. you point a pretend gun at one student he has to duck and the other two either side have to shout bang and try to shoot each other. Mistakes and slow people sit down. when you have 2 left they play scissors, paper , stone to see who wins. winner becomes next to lead game. this is easily the most popular game i play and have done it with P3 up to M3. Kids are good sports and each game lasts only 5 minutes even with classes of 50. Also game develops skills of concentration and if they know its coming at the end, they'll apply themselves more. finally a novel way to get children to speak more. buy a cheap water pistol. ask each child 3 questions. they get them right they squirt you, get them wrong you skirt them. Even better when Thais ask each other as peer pressure makes them try. good luck and don't give up