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[Stalin84]

Well, I told my high school about four months ago to buy some English board games because they're educational (moreso than movies other teachers insist on buying).

They did. We have four sets of Scrabble, four sets of Monopoly, four sets of Life and about a dozen other board games I'm not really familiar with (Scattergories too).

Since its Friday I was planning on playing Monopoly with them, mainly because I really like Monopoly (I play the "slum lord" and put hotels on Baltic and Mediterrianian before the other players can afford houses) and also because I think there is some valuable learnin' in there.

Anyway,

On their own, English board games aren't really much of a learning experience. I'm going to review some vocabulary before teaching the game but I can't think of what else I should do.

Does anyone have any ideas for making Monopoly or other board games more of a language learning experience?

Cheers.

[smee18]

I think you'd be surprised how much English is needed just to play monopoly, if you banned Korean during play. Your student would need to have pretty good English to begin with though. Otherwise, you would need to get them to use some standardised sentences during play, "how much," "you owe me" etc. Never done it myself, but have thought of using board games. My kids are low level though (elementary school).

[Stalin84]

[loyfriend]

I was thinking of playing this game. I would need 7 copies. The only hard part about Monolpy is the game would pretty much go no where.

A 50 minute class 10-15 minutes are lost in setting up and explaining. So for the rest of class you get very little done. You need to do this over 2-3 classes to be effective.

[warmachinenkorea]

Played with my boys(5 of them) this past week and they loved it. I played the Here and Now version that I brought from The States. They get familiar real fast with the numbers and how to play. I also played UNO. Not much English but they turned down watching a movie to play UNO.

[Amethyst]

I play the Here and Now version of Monopoly as well and my Ss love it! I have two 90 min classes with 4 Ss each though..so there is ample time to play.
They really get a kick out of these board games..lol..they would rather play the games instead of watch movies as well..which is good for me too..I love playing the games with them..I think I will try Uno soon too..That sounds mad fun..

[Colorado]

I fine the students in monopoly money for speaking Korean during the game.

[Harpeau]

I fine them $50 if they speak Korean. They put it in the middle and whoever lands on Free Parking gets it. I write on the board: You owe me $28. I want to buy houses for ____, etc. To make the game go a little faster~ deal out half or all of the cards at the beginning. Then they can trade for sets. Get one or two of them to be the banker. One tip: go for the Orange set. You'll win all the time!! Lots of fun, very addictive!!

[dragon777]

Stalin84, which version of Monopoly, did your school buy? The reason I ask is that the very basic version is the best. The more complicated version rules, may have to be simplified The kids will love you for this. I have played this game with them and it eventually worked out really well. However, you must explain the rules a few times to them before they will understand. I found the best way was do some basic vocabulary as you have already suggested and then just play the game. I had to explain everything at least three times then they eventually got the hang of it. Obviously, you must partake in the game and enforce the rules but they will soon understand the fundamentals. Goodluck.

[lifeinkorea]

On a regular monopoly board, you have 2 squares for chance and community chest. These cards could have questions on anything. Each place they land on could also have questions pertaining to that square.

[xCustomx]

Here is what I've been doing when I play Monopoly with students. I made a powerpoint which covers vocabulary such as money, token, dice, hotel, house, community chest, chance, income tax, refund, railroad, electricity, etc. I included pictures of everything so they can associate the pictures with the vocabulary they will use. I go over the rules of the game, explain how to buy houses, pay rent, collect $200 for passing GO, etc. It helps to use the animation feature in powerpoint to show the piece move around the game board.

Here are all the expressions that I want them to use while they play:

Roll the dice � 주사위를 던지세요
It�s your turn � 당신 차례 입니다
Whose turn is it? � 누구 차례 일까요?
Take a card � 카드를 집으세요
Collect $200 - $200 받으세요
You owe me $____ - 당신은 나에게 $___을 빚졌습니다
The rent is $____ - 빌리는 건 $___입니다
I want to buy 1 house / hotel � 나는 집/호텔 ___채 가 사고싶습니다.