This is the
idea I referred to in the previous post.
The basic
ideas is after the Japanese game Karuta (W) in which you have a
series of cards laid out, and as the teacher reads out the words, the students
compete to try and grab the appropriate word before the others in their group.
To this
basic idea, I have added simply the idea of using it after an intensive
reading.
I did this
first with the young learners (adolescent classes), but I also found that in
some of my adult classes this works quite well, because some of them can get a
little tired after an intensive reading and enjoy diverting their brain with
something more active.
First,
prepare and cut out 25 cards with words on it from the reading.
Then, put
the students into groups of 3 or 4. The
basic idea is that you call out the words, and whichever student grabs the card
first gets one point.
Using words
from an intensive reading, I found I could use this in several stages.
Stage 1: Have the students close their books, while I read
through the reading slowly. After I read
one of the words on the cards, I pause, and wait until someone in each group
has grabbed a card. (It helps to use a
highlighter in my text to help me remind me where the words are.)
Stage 2: Same idea as stage 1, but I read through the text
much more rapidly without stopping.
Stage 3: Read the same text again, but this time stopping
right before any of the key words.
Students have to remember or deduce from context what the word will be,
and grab that card.
Stage 4: Don’t read the text. Instead describe the various words, and
students have to grab a word that fits the definition.
Stage 5: Students shuffle the cards and place them face
down. They pick up a card and describe
it to the other members of their group.
The first person in their group to guess the card will get one point,
and then another student takes a turn to pick up a card and describe it.
Obviously
you wouldn’t want to use all 5 stages in one class. With the younger students I used stage 1,2,
and 3. With the adults I did stages 2,
4, and 5..
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