Korean Job Discussion Forums

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Can you find these here in Ilsan? I guess the Crazy Cards are still in Seoul and I bought Monopoly (Korean and English) in Suwon before. Got a few classes they could go over well with.

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

Are there different versions of crazy cards? When we had that game at hag#1 there were some categories I thought were pretty useless (eg. flowers - when I'm using this game with young kids with little English ability, as I invariably am, I fail to see the need to teach them the difference between petunia and begonia - I don't think this benefits them really - There were some other useless categories that I can't recall now). I made my own version at hag#2 with specific categories of vocabulary I wanted to reinforce such as furniture and actions.
The biggest problem I find with this game is that the kids love it and it's difficult for me to begin any lesson now with them all screaming and whining at me about it for the first 10 minutes.

Holyjoe · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: Away for a cuppa

Ah Crazy Cards, my kids love this game too but I'm damned if I'll ever get them to pronounce "petunias", "grasshopper", "praying mantis" or "violets" properly Crying or Very sad

You can pick up the Crazy Cards in the English section of most big bookshops in Seoul (but I guess you knew that already Wink

)

endofthewor1d · Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: the end of the wor1d.

does anyone know where i can find scrabble? not just the regular one... but the one with the fancy board that swivels around and holds the pieces in place.

RedRob · Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: Narnia

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

I have seen that fancy scrabble board in Seoul before, but forget which store exactly, sorry, not so useful I guess. It was expensive though, about 60,000 I believe.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

today at Suwon, books libro, I bought a scrabble offshoot. In this one, you can pile letters. It's way better than scrabble, less limited, and only 28,000 won

kimcheeking · Guest

kimcheeking · Guest

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Yeah, Upwords is good too. Love those word games. Some students like 'em too. Ah so it was at COEX? Yeah probably 60,000 won for the deluxe scrabble.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Back to the Crazy cards game, I had to make my own as I was totally sick of the store-bought version. So far, I've made 3 versions:
one using Up and Away in phonics level 2 for the categories.
one with simple verbs, adjectives, weather, feelings, and time as the categories.
one that is the same game (without the crazy cards) using the small pictures from the back of American English today level 1 workbook. In this game the kids have to match the first letter of the word
ex: horse - hand etc.

I've also converted the decks of Let's go cards into similar category games, but the kid's don't like these as much because there are no crazy cards.

I'll probably make a couple more sets before my time is finished here.

Anyway, good luck

The Den · Joined: 26 Jan 2003

Hello, I bought Monopoly at Moonjin Media in Nampodong in Pusan. I am pretty sure it is also availabel at Young Kwan bookstore in Somyon. I paid 43 000 won.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Den,

Yeah you can buy it in Seoul at the same price. The one I bought at a "Home Plus" in Suwon was Korean and English, locally made at just 20,000 or so. Easier for the kids not having to rely on the teacher for meaning, though you might say, hey it's English class! Well try to make them speak English with the game. "That costs $200 (dollars not won)." etc... I was surprised when grade six students didn't understand the Korean word for "mortgage." The concept of trading seemed strange to them too. I figure it's just a good game to play once in a while for fun. If the academy isn't too strict fun may even be allowed!