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    English through Games

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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?