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Offline Mrs.Baia

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A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« on: September 18, 2014, 11:49:04 PM »
Really fun, really easy - listening, writing, spelling, reading, comprehension - and FUN.
a spin on the classic chinese whispers/ telephone game!! Use for older students too!
http://mrsbaiasclassroom.blogspot.kr/2014/08/an-esl-spin-on-classic-chinese-whispers.html 8)
Happy Teaching
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Offline shimshimhayo

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Re: A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2014, 12:51:50 PM »
Great idea! It looked fun and had the students practice the target language well.

Just a thought, though, the name "Chinese Whispers" is kind of offensive. I realize this is part of your teacher's portfolio, so, it might be a good idea to change that.
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Re: A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2014, 03:03:59 PM »
Do you teach in an after-school?

I would love to try some of the things you post but having 30 kids can cause chaos!
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Re: A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2014, 04:33:38 PM »
Quote from: dandred on September 19, 2014, 03:03:59 PM
Do you teach in an after-school?

I would love to try some of the things you post but having 30 kids can cause chaos!

I agree. I read your blog a lot and really love your ideas. You seem to go out of your way to make fun, interesting activities. But I would have a hard time playing some of these games with bigger classes.

How would you suggest we mitigate that?
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Offline Renderella

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Re: A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2014, 05:15:07 PM »
Yeah I have done several whisper games with my 30 students and it just takes too much time.

At first I did only two lines, then 4, then 5 for the activity.
I tried slips of papers, a dialogue, then I also did where the person in front had the dry erase board. That was the one with 5 lines and worked the best.
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Offline Mrs.Baia

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Re: A game to practice ANY dialogue from your textbook!
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2014, 04:00:33 PM »
HI, i have played this with 25+ kids and not had an issue, although I have a co-teacher to help. But You could break it into 4 -5 groups if need be. I've not had any issues with this game before as they have to concentrate on listening and I tell them if they are too noisy I take away points.

Good luck tho!
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