CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

FACULITY OF EDUCATION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH THE GAME

HACER USLU

20080314 April 2012, Nicosia

THE BOARDGAME LEVEL : Elementary (A1), Pre-intermediate (A2), Intermediate (B1) STUDENT TYPE : elementary school, high school SKILLS : SPEAKING, READING. AIM OF THE GAME : It aims to get students speak freely and answer the questions written on the each cards and reach the finish line as fast as possible by answering the questions right.
MATERIALS : Game board, 45 cards ,dice and indicators for each player such as little objects. Cut each card and put them in the appropriate boxes. PROCEDURES: Throw the dice and follow the instructions. If a student doesnt want or cant answer, s/he should go back 5 squares. If a student lands on one of the squares such as jail, an island, hospital , ghost house s/he has to wait until throw 1, 2, 3 to leave prison, 4, 5, 6 to leave the island, 2, 4,or 5 to leave the hospital and 1, 2,or 6 to leave ghost house.

START
FINISH
Go back 5

You

have

Pick a card

Pick a card

to go prison

Pick a card

Pick a card

Go back to start

Pick a card

Pick a card
Youre stranded on an island

You have to throw 1, 2 or 3 to leave prison

You have to throw 4, 5 or 6 to leave the island

Pick a card Rules:

Throw the dice and follow the instructions. If you dont want or cant answer, you should go back 5 squares. Talk as much as you can!. Make sure you answer the possible follow-up questions by the other players.

Pick a card
Move forward 2

CARDS

Pick a card
Go back

!!!!!BRING IT ON!!!!!
You have to throw 1, 3 or 6 to leave this ghost house

Pick a card
Go to the hospital

You have to throw 2, 4, or 5 to leave the hospital

Pick a card
You have to wait in a ghost house
Move

Go back

Lose one

Pick a card

Pick a card

Pick a card

Pick a card

turn

Pick a card

Pick a card

forward 3

Verb TO BE Am Is Are I _____ very happy because you ______ not going to win this game. He _____ also not going to win. You ______ making a big chance BUT, I _______ going to win!!

Choose one of the players and introduce her/him to rest of the players.

Name the opposites of the following words: Happy Generous Deep Sick

Tell the rest of the players something you LIKE and DONT like to do and why.

Tell the rest of the players what you are doing when you have some free time.

Name 5 adjectives. Choose one of them and make a sentence.

Choose one of the players and ask him/her to introduce him/herself to the rest.

What do you like about the city youre living in and why?

When do we have to add ING at the end of the verb?. Make a sentence with more than 6 words.

Which country would you like to visit and why?

How many languages can you speak?. Say one sentence in that language.

How would you describe yourself?

Why do you think English is an important language to study?

Have you ever traveled abroad?. If yes, which country have you been to?

What kind of music do you like and why?

Do you think its important to have friends?

Where do you think youll be in 20 years from now?

Can you cook?. How often and what do you like to cook?

Do you like to watch T.V?. If yes, which programs do you like to watch and why?

Have you ever told a lie because you didnt want to go to school? What did you tell your teacher?

Do you want to be famous? If yes, who and why?

Order the sentence below: What kind of sport do you play/do? Whats so interesting about it? Which tense do we use when we talk about something that happened in the past but does not happen anymore? Starting/game/this/like win/feel/because/Im/to/I m/that/to/going

What would you tell or ask the president if you have the chance to meet him?

Do you want to be an English teacher?. Why or why not?

What is the most important thing in live for you?

Do you think its good to donate money to a country like Africa?

When do we use the past perfect tense?

Have you ever had an accident and had to go to hospital for treatment?

Do you like to be on your own?

If you could change yourself into somebody you like just for one day, who would that be and why?

What do you know about Holland?

Do you think the government should make healthcare insurances much cheaper? why or why not?

Do you think grammar is a must when you study English?. Why or why not?

Are you for or against the death sentence?. Why?

What does the following expression mean? Should smoking be totally banned? Why or why not? What do you think about religion? You can choose your friends but you cant choose you family.

Do you like watching movies?. What genre do you like the best?

Say a sentence in the perfect present tense.

Do you think its good that many kids play video games in their free time?

Would you like to be a police officer? Why or why not?

Say a sentence in the past continues tense.

Do you think using drugs is a serious crime and one should be punished for using any?