Tonight’s #Langchat topic is using games to support instruction. I have no idea how to describe a game in 140 characters so I thought I’d post it here.
This is a game good for low levels. It works great to reinforce describing people. It’s useful for students to have the verbs ‘have’ ‘wear’ and ‘is.’ The game is called “¿Quién tiene la moneda?” (In Spanish, “who has the coin?”)
One student leaves the room and the teacher gives a coin to someone in the room. All students should know who has the coin. The excluded student comes in and can ask anyone a yes or no question. Everyone except the student who actually has the coin must tell the truth. The student who has the coin can lie–this throws a twist of strategy into it.
So the student who is asking should ask questions like
–is it a boy?
–is he wearing blue?
–does he have blue eyes?
–is he blond?
–is he wearing glasses?
You can make things interesting like limiting the number of questions, and then forcing a guess. If the student guesses correctly, he chooses someone to go out next. If not, the student with the coin goes out next.
You can also substitute items for the coin — pencil and other early vocab, for example.
Have fun!
