Language Game (Good for big classes, any level, any age, requires minimal prep)

[asabranca]

I teach all levels from K thru adults.  My classes are generally between 25-30 students and many of my classes are high beginners to low intermediates.  This game works well with active classes as well as quieter ones.  It requires almost no prep or materials.  I have attached all of the information in the word doc.  For those of you who might already know this game, it's called Body language and is essentially a relay-style charades game.  It's great for teaching new vocabulary as well as livening up a lesson!

Enjoy!

[Morticae]

Thank you. I decided to just use your images for a regular game of charades. Due to my big class and limited space, I was concerned about having the students line up adn whatnot. But I figure one student for each group can come up to the class at the same time.

I added the English & Korean words to the pictures as well.

Thanks!

[#basedcowboyshirt]

Thank you. I decided to just use your images for a regular game of charades. Due to my big class and limited space, I was concerned about having the students line up adn whatnot. But I figure one student for each group can come up to the class at the same time.

I added the English & Korean words to the pictures as well.

Thanks!

Heya~ Would you mind posting your version that has the words added? That'd be a fantastic help!

Thanks to both of you!

[Morticae]

Heya~ Would you mind posting your version that has the words added? That'd be a fantastic help!

Thanks to both of you!

Here it is. I had help translating some of the words, so the Korean should be mostly good. Probably not perfect, but the students will understand.

I added the words in both English & Korean because:
1) In some cases, the answer could be ambiguous.
2) I want the student doing the gesture to feel empowered, confident. Have full understanding of what they are trying to convey.

[Morticae]

My first class really enjoyed the game of charades. I cut my previously posted papers in half and folded them up, put them in a plastic bag. The students choose that way.

Combined it with http://www.barryfunenglish.com/tools.php "Scoreboard with Spinning Wheel"

They spin if they get it correct. Always better than just giving a single point for a win.

Also used http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown/ which I like the best for keeping time. Makes a lot of noise so everybody knows time is up. I gave my students 30 seconds, but the enxt class might just get 20.

[creeper1]

Thanks Morticae and the OP for this wonderful resource.

[kissdisap]

Great game!  My class of higher level 9th graders enjoyed it and it was funny watching the body language evolve from person to person!

One question though - do you allow the students to pass if they can't guess it?  Or do you have them keep trying to guess the word by acting out the actions starting from the back until they get it? 

Thanks again for the resource!!

[ESmith4]

The Body Language doc downloads just fine. But the one with the words posted by Morticae doesn't download. I keep getting this message: Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

Morticae/someone, could you post the doc again please? Thanks!

[bw]

The original body language doc is not working anymore.  Could somebody re-post it if they have it?

[scottab123]

For some strange reason, the server is renaming the files to "index.php".  The files are still valid, however.  Go ahead and download them.

Then, just change the file type extension to "***.doc" and it should work fine.

Some computers are set to hide file type extensions.  If your computer is set this way, you can change the settings.  The procedure is a little different for every operating system iteration, but you can look it up online by searching "show file type extention" and your operating system.

Alternatively, in Windows iterations you can right click the file and select "Properties."  Inside the window that pops up, you can see the name of the file and the extension.  It look like this "file_name.abc".  The first part is the name, and the part after the period is the extension.  In this case, change it from "index.php" to "whatever.doc".  The important part is the ".doc".

Thanks for these files!

[Bester]

He can you please post the body-language file in a normal doc please?

Thx

Bester

[scottab123]

After doing some more reading, it appears this is an error that happens between certain browsers and the server.  The error is most often reported with Firefox and Chrome users.  So, you could simply try another browser.

Another work around is to rename the file before downloading it.  When you click on the link to download the file and a new window appears asking if you want to save or open the file, choose save.  Then chose your destination and rename the file.  Give it any name you want, just put "AnyFileName.doc".  Make sure you put the .doc, or the file won't open correctly.

[scottab123]

Oh, sorry.  I should have answered your request.

No, I'm not going to repost the file.  You would have the exact same problem with the file I had uploaded.

I'm not trying to be mean about it.  You'd just have the exact same problem because it's an issue between your browser and the server, not an issue with the file itself.  The original file is just fine.