Games for Teaching Vocabulary-People and Objects
A vocabulary games is one in which the learners' attention is focused mainly on words. We sincerely hope these Games for Teaching Vocabulary-People and Objects can help you reach your goals in your classes.
Name of the Game: What's this/that? Who's this/that?
Level of the Class: Elementary-children
Group size: Whole class or groups
Aim: To practice naming people and objects
Procedure
Learners in turn hold up or touch or point to objects or people (or to pictures of them), naming a pupil in another team to answer. Those who answer correctly ask a similar question in return. If an answer is incorrect, the questioner (or perhaps someone else from the same team) ask another question. A point may be scored for every correct question answered.
Replies take the form It’s a… It’s the… It’s my / your/ his/ her… It’s X. They’re… and …Yes, it is. No, I’m…, etc.
At a slightly less elementary stage a game can be made out of the following kind of naming sequence: A (to B) : What’s this?, B: It’s a …A (to class or group): Is it a…..? Reply: Yes /No.
‘Choice’ questions also lend themselves to this game: Is this a lemon or an orange?
Source: Language Teaching Games and Contests (Second Revised Edition) by W. R. Lee.
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