Skills: speaking.
Topic: grammar.
Materials: none.
Time: 5 to 10 minutes.
This game is aimed at children and teenagers, but I have worked with some adults who loved it. It's worth a try!
First, have the learners stand together in an open space. Tell them to follow your instructions, repeating the verb over and over as they do so. The first instruction – and every second instruction throughout the game – is one that makes the learners circulate: Jog!
Teacher: (starts jogging around the room) Jog! Jog! Jog! etc.
Learners: (jogging) Jog! Jog! Jog! etc.
Teacher: (stops jogging) Pat your neighbour’s head! (turns to the closest person and starts patting their head) Pat! Pat! Pat! etc.
Learners: (patting their neighbour’s head) Pat! Pat! Pat! etc.
Teacher: (stops patting and starts jogging around the room): Jog! Jog! Jog! etc.
Learners: (jogging) Jog! Jog! Jog! etc.
Other instructions: touch, tap, stroke, tickle, slap, scratch.
Observation:
It's fully appreciated that making bodily contact is not considered appropriate in some cultures and with some individuals. As with all games in this blog I suppose that the teacher knows what is and what isn't acceptable.
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