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XELIN · Post by **XELIN** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:30 pm

I'd like to know if anybody knows some games to practice speaking, I think it's better competitive games in order to motivate the students.
Thank you in advance

sita · Post by **sita** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:26 pm

It depends on their ages I guess.
The younger my students are the more competitive they are!

Siân

Glenski · Post by **Glenski** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 8:47 pm

BINGO
Pictionary
Charades
Talkopoly (from the book Talk A Lot)
versions of Snakes and Ladders

claire73 · Post by **claire73** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 3:06 pm

Hi, the best game I've used for getting students to speak is Distractor, it works for all levels except complete beginners and especially good with children/young learners. Choose a fairly strong student, get them to do a simple 5 minute task such as looking up a list of words in the dictionary and copying out the definitions, or even a simple gap-fill from a text book. Give him/her a time limit and meanwhile the other students have to "distract" him by asking as many questions as possible, "what's your name, do you like cheese, No? why not? etc. etc. " and the student has to reply. The idea is to prevent him from finishing the task and normally he doesn't. Can be repeated, using other students as volunteers.

Will. · Post by **Will.** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:14 am

I have just seen talking dice demonstrated. They are dice with different pictures on each face and related to a particular theme.
I bought a set.
Try www.talkingdice.co.uk

italianstallion39 · Post by **italianstallion39** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:50 am

For small classes, carnival-type games are awesome. For example, take a large denomination coin and have the students stand at the other end of a table and try to toss it on a plate after asking a question. Someone has to answer the question before the student can toss the coin. If the coin lands on the plate, the student gets to keep it. Don't worry, I never lost any money. Other ideas could be bean-bag toss, ring toss, pin-the-tail (or place the teacher's head on a written body) following the same Question, Answer, Action format. Dice are also very useful, with certain numbers corresponding to specific commands and one number being a "free" spot so that person doesn't speak. Hope this helps!