This is another game which will feature prominently in my upcoming article in EtP magazine on getting students to use more complex language. Students are given a pack of cards with key words for one or more functions on them, e.g. cards which say “interrupt”, “where”, “finish” etc for turn taking. Perhaps after brainstorming suitable phrases using those words, students try to use as many of them as they can during a speaking activity. The person who uses the most cards is the winner.
After playing, students can brainstorm phrases (if they didn’t do that before), try to remember the phrases, or, in the top variation below, put them together to form collocations which could make such phrases. Alternatively, there’s the variation in the bottom two examples below, where brainstorming is the whole activity.
IELTS Speaking Part Two key words list dictation (in this bargain e-book) – NEW
Key words for IELTS Speaking Part Two (in this well priced e-book) – NEW
Key words for ending emails activities (in this penny a page e-book)
Key words for polite emails activities (in this three pound e-book)
Key words for starting and ending emails list dictation (in this 300-page e-book)
Key words for starting emails activities (in this low priced e-book)
Key words for the body of an email activities (in this cheap e-book)
Key words for ending presentations (in this super cheap e-book)
Key words for starting presentations (in this cheap as chips e-book)
Key words for the body of a presentation (in this dirt cheap e-book)
Key words in Q&A sessions (in this surprisingly good value e-book)
Key words for ending phone calls brainstorming and card game (in this bargain e-book)
Key words for starting calls brainstorming and card game (in this cheap e-book)
Key words for the body of a phone call brainstorming and card game (in this good value e-book)
Meeting people/ Starting and ending conversations key words card game (in this unbeatable bargain e-book)
Recommendations and invitations key words card game (in this cheap as hell e-book)
Small talk key words card game (in this good value e-book)
Socialising key words card game (in this well priced e-book)
Apologising and giving bad news key words speaking games
Generalising/ hedging key words and collocations game
FCE Speaking Part Three key words game
Sharing experiences key words brainstorming and speaking games
Interrupting key words speaking game
Checking and clarifying key words
Supporting your arguments key words brainstorming and speaking
Key words in business writing Tense review games
Key words in business writing Word formation games
21 classic TEFL cards games including this one here, and more TEFLtastic classics of various kinds here.
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