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[Mashimaro]

I'm new to teaching adult classes, and I basically want to give them a chance to have a laugh whilst still doing useful exercises/games.

Today I did a simple thing where I taught the very basic, 'I like x, but I don't like y. Then we went around the room and they said things like "I like drinking, but I don't like my boss" class laughs, and I haven't even had to think of anything funny to say.

To more experienced teachers this may seem lame, admittedly it is simple. I just foresaw there possible answers and the possibility for some chuckles. It's probably better to take it further than I did and (as I read) turn it into a game about remembering who said what (getting a point for correct answer etc.)

I'd like some more simple ideas to show some humor whilst getting speaking practice in this way. Any ideas?

[FUBAR]

I bet Truth or Dare could get pretty interesting.

[jajdude]

Invent a class story. You provide the beginning and every student contributes something to make a story. You write it on the board. Whether or not it makes any sense or is coherent doesn't matter much. They might even show some imagination and talk about animals playing sports or something foolish like that. I found they like seeing things written on the board that they themselves have made up. Then after you read it aloud. Good for a laugh usually.

Example of a beginning: "Last night when I was walking home...."

[dzeisons]

there are heaps of stuff- too much for me to describe but of the top of my head i recommend activities from these books

grammar games
more grammar games both by m. rinvolucri

grammar activities 1 & 2 (penguin)

pre-elemtary communication games (and other levels) hadfield

happy reading!

[chronicpride]

For my advanced business classes, I throw in a challenging, but funny game, when reviewing key vocab. I have about 10 key business vocab written on the board, that we have previously studied and ask the first student to my right to create a sentence using a key word, plus a noun and verb of my choice. And the more unrelated the noun and verb is from the key vocab, the more challenging and funnier. For some of the lower level students, I'd choose combinations that are more relative to each other, as to not overwhelm them.

For example, a key word was 'contingency plan', and then I also chose 'chocolate', and 'running'. They would then have to take a few minutes to write down possible sentences, before saying what they came up with, like: 'The chocolate bar factory had a contingency plan in place, in the event that they started running out of time'. It's a great way to ensure that they have good comprehension and mastery of the new vocab. Before the student begins writing down ideas, they have to choose another key vocab word from the board and think of an accompanying noun and verb to give to the student to their right, and so on. They really get a kick out of stumping each other with obscure combinations, but feel very rewarded when they nail it down right. You can try it as a group collaborative effort or individually, and throw in an accompanying adjective or adverb to make it even more harder.

[shawner88]

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Enough said.