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gregd75
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What's the PASSWORD game that you mention?
I'd like to know more, please? |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:05 am Post subject: |
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I once went to a talk by someone who used movie clips in his classes to create conversation. He made a good point by saying that when the teachers says 'today we're going to watch a movie', students think this is a way for them to switch off and passively watch the movie.
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That is a good idea! I think you could spend a lot of time doing lots of different activities with a movie. Stop it at some point and ask what the students think is going to happen next, ask them who their favorite character is and why, what they like and dislike, if they like the end of the movie, the list could go on forever. Another think I have done is to use old time radio shows. They tend to use straighforward vocabulary, speak slowly and the stories have to be good since there are no visuals to go with them. There are sound effects to provide clues. And they are in the public domain, so can easily be found online. I would love to have more ideas for my conversation club, thanks for the ones posted so far. |
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TeresaLopez
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What's the PASSWORD game that you mention?
I'd like to know more, please? |
Oops, I guess my age is showing. It used to be a TV game show, but there is a board game also, but the basics are this: you have a category, words that start with CH, foods, words that rhyme with dog, etc., then you list 8 or 10 words that go with that category. One student takes the card, tells the others the category, then describes each word and the other students guess what it is. The boxed board game is fairly advanced, so you can make up cards yourself. I basically just fold an index card in half, write the category on the outside and the words on the inside. I have some on my computer that I can email anyone who wants them, just PM me your email address. A variation of that that I have also used, is to have the name of a person, a place, a hobby, a thing, etc. and have students ask questions to try to figure out who is it. You can focus on past tense usage by using people who are dead, or other verb tenses depending on what categories you choose. |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:16 am Post subject: |
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COnsider too, that his first attempt at a thread on Conversation has converted into the differences betwen Mexicans and Indians, I think he has a fair point.
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Someone else pointed out in the other thread that responding to non-responses just keeps them going, so I am going to make an early new years resolution not to do that anymore, and maybe if we all did it, we could actually support and help each other and get ideas from each other. This is the best, most constructive thread in a looonnnnnggg time. |
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Professor
Joined: 22 May 2009
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:18 am Post subject: |
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COnsider too, that his first attempt at a thread on Conversation has converted into the differences betwen Mexicans and Indians, I think he has a fair point.
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Someone else pointed out in the other thread that responding to non-responses just keeps them going, so I am going to make an early new years resolution not to do that anymore, and maybe if we all did it, we could actually support and help each other and get ideas from each other. This is the best, most constructive thread in a looonnnnnggg time. |
OK, I'll stop posting.  That will be my new year resolution. |
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mejms
Joined: 04 Jan 2010
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| gregd75 wrote: |
What's the PASSWORD game that you mention?
I'd like to know more, please? |
Oops, I guess my age is showing. It used to be a TV game show, but there is a board game also, but the basics are this: you have a category, words that start with CH, foods, words that rhyme with dog, etc., then you list 8 or 10 words that go with that category. One student takes the card, tells the others the category, then describes each word and the other students guess what it is. The boxed board game is fairly advanced, so you can make up cards yourself. I basically just fold an index card in half, write the category on the outside and the words on the inside. I have some on my computer that I can email anyone who wants them, just PM me your email address. A variation of that that I have also used, is to have the name of a person, a place, a hobby, a thing, etc. and have students ask questions to try to figure out who is it. You can focus on past tense usage by using people who are dead, or other verb tenses depending on what categories you choose. |
Sounds pretty similar to the commercial board game "Taboo." There's another one called "Scattergories." Both of these are great and I highly encourage using them, either the actual board game or your custom made paper and pen one. |
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gregd75
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
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A game that I have used in conversation class is based on the UK game show 'CALL MY BLUFF'
So, you split into two teams. And the first part of the class involves research, the second part is the game where the winners take all!
You have one word and the team has to find out the correct definition of the word and then they must make up two fake definitions. The idea is to trick the opposite team into guessing the incorrect definition. If they choose the correct definition they get a point.
so the good thing is they work in a team, they have to research the words you give them, they have to discuss potential cunning tricks and then when they play they have to discuss what they think is correct and explain why they think its right. |
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