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English through Games
Luncau Diana
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BEAT THE TIME
Category: Speaking
Group size: From 2 players to large classesLevel: Any level
Materials: None or Flashcards
Age: 8 to 14Pace: Wake up
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To keep in mind
This game is better played once students are
familiar with the vocabulary
This particular type of game is used when
revising a certain vocabulary or practising
certain grammar tenses.
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How to play
1st Variant
The teacher draws five columns on the board
and assigns each column a letter from thealphabet and shouts GO!
The 1st student writes in all 5 columns with oneword that begins with the respective letter and
shots STOP! The teacher can go in the same manner through
the whole alphabet
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2nd Variant
The teacher may write down in the five columns instead of
one letter, two letters:
The game is played in the same manner as in the 1st
variant. This variant is perfect for spelling.
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3rd Variant
The teacher may use flashcards to keep
students alert.
Another tip would be to use flashcards not only
with pictures but also with words written
underneath with some missing letters or onlywith the last letter.
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4th Variant
Another variant would be to assign team leaders
to choose their own words for the other team.
In this way the game is more challenging.
To keep in mind! : is best recommended to assigna student to set the exact time. This way thegame is more interesting.
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Language Ideas
Vocabulary: the teacher may use instead of
letters general categories such
as: food, clothing, jobs, emotion,things in the house, etc.
To make it more interesting: Students have to fill eachcolumn with a vocabulary word that begins with that
letter and pertaining to the category
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Grammar: instead of letters the teacher
writes down the tenses
To make more interesting students may also write
down a sentence for each tense after he/she wrote
down the correct form of the given verb
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Listening: the teacher may use a cassette
recorder and play bits of the
lesson.
Therefore students have to write down: summary,
main idea, the name of the characters, the place
or the time, etc.
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FIND YOUR PARTNER
Category: SpeakingGroup size: two by two students
Level: intermediate-advancedMaterials: small sheets of papers or even
picturesAge: 10 to 14
Pace: Wake up
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To keep in mind
It is a great game for breaking the ice whenstudents do not know each other very well as
everyone has an excuse to approach the
other and start talking
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How to play
1st Variant
The teacher prepares some sheets of paper tostick on the backs of all the students in the class
Each label contains a real persons name or the
name of a character from fiction or TV cartoons
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Pay attention!
Each named person should have a natural partner, for
example if there is written a label with the name ROMEO,there should be also a label with one name JULIET stuck on
somebodys back;
If there is an odd number of students in the class, the
teacher should stick a label on his/her back as well and letstudents do the questioning
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Now, students start questioning the others to findhis/her partner; they have to ask only YES/NO
questions E.g. : Am I a man/ woman?
Am I dead or alive?Am I a character from a cartoon or a book?, etc.
Some examples of partners:
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2nd Variant
For a controlled game and with less students,the teacher could let just one student a time
to ask the questions
The student who ask the questions has to
face the blackboard and guess his/her
partner by voice
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3rd Variant
To make it more interesting, the teacher pins
a picture of ordinary people or objects as well
to their back
Therefore, students must describe it so that
the other one finds the right partner
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Language Ideas
Vocabulary: Instead of names of real persons
or cartoons, the teacher pins vocabulary
words on students backs:
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Grammar: This game is also good for revising
grammar; for example, the teacher pins the
verb to be at present perfect simple at the
back of the student; Questions: Am I a verb?
Am I an action verb?
Am I frequently used?
Am I to be?
Am I at present tense simple/ present tense
continuousam I have been?