Here is a simple Iun game Ior you to use with your young

beginners. The kids love it and it gets rid oI inhibitions.

Thanks to teacher Joanna Simm Ior this game, which I think is
Iantastic Ior beginners. The game gives the students a Iun way to
practise saying vocabulary repeatedly. It's ideal to practise new
vocab and Ior revision.

It works best Ior up to about 20 students. II you have a bigger
class you can do a demonstration Iirst so everyone knows how
to play and then split the class into two or three groups.

Originally this game is a name game warmer. The class sit in a
circle game where someone is in the middle. The person in the
middle calls out someone's name three times as Iast as possible
and the person whose name it is has to try to say their own name
once beIore the three repetitions are Iinished.

You do not need to sit in a circle - this is nice because all
students can see each other's Iaces, but it can also be played
while sitting at desks.

You may practise vocabulary by giving the person in the middle
a vocabulary picture to name three times. Students listen and
must try and jump in to say the word beIore the three repetitions
are up. The student saying the word Iirst takes the place oI the
pupil who said the three repetitions.

II you want your students to practise speciIic words you can
give pictures out Ior the words to be named, or you can write a
theme on the board and tell students to think up a word in that
theme. Students can only come into the middle iI they have
thought oI a word that has not yet been said. This avoids
everyone sitting waiting while someone tries desperately to
think oI a word.

II the same students jump in time and again then put them in a
group together and let them work together as a "Iast" group in
Iuture. Or simply tell them that they cannot win every time and
must play one turn and take one turn out. Or make them judges
and in charge oI a group.