When we want to have young learners
speak and practice their English, we have to be very creative. The reason is
that young learners are not fluent; in fact, many of them have a hard time
saying more than one or two words at a time. Therefore, I have realized that as
teachers, we should focus on one structure every time. Whether it be a question
and an answer or a statement. If we leave gaps such as: verbs or nouns, we can
create endless amount of sentences for them to practice.
Today I will start with one game. I
will upload a different one each time.
Find someone who
Find someone who is an activity where students walk around the room,
trying to find a person who has certain characteristic. When students find that
person they move on to the next person hoping he or she will meet one of the
other characteristics on the list.
How can we adapt this activity for the beginner level?
One way to do this is to make sure all the characteristics fit into one
sentence structure.
Example 1: "Favorite color"
-Is your favorite color ______?
- Yes, It is. / No, it isn't.
1. Go over the
chunk, explain it and demonstrate the conversation with a student.
2. Give out a sheet
that looks like this:
______________
student name: |
______________
student name:
|
___________________
student name:
|
_______________
student name: |
______________
student name: |
_________________
student name:
|
_________________
student name: |
________________
student name: |
________________
student name: |
Students are not allowed to show their page to anyone. They need to go
around the classroom and ask other students questions until they fill in all
the names under the colors.
Students get to speak a lot. In fact they may end up asking nine
questions to nine students.
Students A: Is your favorite color green?
Students B: No, it isn't.
Students A: Is you favorite color black?
Students B: Yes, it is.
At this point student A writes down the name of student B under the black
color in the chart.
A shorter version would be to have students just ask an open question:
What is your favorite color?
Black/green/pink…
Example 2: "Do you like"..?
Do you like ___________?
Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
In this case, you may have this type of a chart:
hamburgers
|
broccoli
|
tigers
|
mice
|
chips
|
television
|
running
|
playing chess
|
school
|
Have/ has
Do you have a ______________?
Yes, I do. No, I don't.
a sister
|
3 brothers or sisters
|
a dog
|
your own room
|
a big kitchen at home
|
two grandmas
|
a red dress
|
a smart phone
|
a bicycle
|
Rules to give to students:
1. You can only
write someone's name once.
2. You are not
allowed to yell out questions such as: whose favorite color is black?!
3. You are not
allowed to show your page to anyone.
(This rule is important. Sometimes students show their page instead of
asking the question).
1. Always start by
demonstrating the game yourself. Act as a student, walking around, asking the
question, and writing down the name.
2. Praise everyone
who participate and ask the questions properly and seriously and not just the
ones who finish first. We do not want them to fill in names just to finish
quickly and to be praised.
3. When done, have
students share something new they learned about a classmate.
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