In this video, I’m sharing three of my go-to online ESL games that make teaching from home feel interactive, structured, and fun—without adding a ton of extra prep. When students are behind a screen, I’ve found that speaking games are one of the fastest ways to boost participation and confidence, especially for beginners and language learners who need lots of low-pressure practice. The games I highlight here work beautifully as warm-ups, review, or even a quick speaking-focused lesson when you want students talking more than you. I walk you through What is Missing, Tic Tac Toe, and Mystery Word, and I explain why they work so well online: they’re simple, flexible, and easy to customize for different ages, content areas, and task complexity. You can adapt them for vocabulary, sentence frames, grammar targets, or conversation practice—whatever your objective is that day. If you’re looking for online teaching games that keep ELLs engaged and actually using English, these are tried-and-true options you can reuse all year.