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Communication Games: Creating opportunities for verbal interaction

Definition. Communication Games: Creating opportunities for verbal interaction.

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Communication Games: Creating opportunities for verbal interaction

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  1. Definition Communication Games:Creating opportunities for verbal interaction Communication games are activities set up in the classroom to create opportunities & purposes for verbal communication practice. Most of the time the purpose from these activities is to convey information. Some of the game provide practice in the use of a particular language function such as giving directions or asking questions. other games ask students to work together & communicate to solve a problem.

  2. Suggested Communication Games • Barrier games: Two students sit back-to-back. One of them is given a complete set of instructions that must be conveyed verbally to the second one. • Information sharing: Each student has a part of information to solve a problem , they must share their information to find the solution.

  3. Inquiry & elimination: a group of students work together. One student has a set of information that must be obtained by others through questioning. Then the group decide the solution. Rank ordering: a group of students work together to suggest a solution to a problem then reach consensus as to the rank of the usefulness of each solution.

  4. Modeling the game: model the way the game is played by involving volunteers to demonstrate the game . Review the rules & display them on the board. Identify a language need: By choosing a category of communication game. Organizing the pairs or groups: organize the students in pairs or small group make sure you have a fairly fluent English speakerin each. Give them their task & get them started . Step By Step

  5. Guiding the practice: move around the room providing support & encouragement. Talking about the experience: after the activity , ask the students to share their experiences & the solution they devised. Make a list of the vocabulary they found helpful & discuss how it was used.

  6. Conclusion • It can be used in many grade levels & subjects. • Give students the opportunities to practice English communication skills . • Students can practice vocabulary. • It reduces anxiety & the student are more likely to be successful because the situation are explained in advance.

  7. Thanks for listening I hop you will use this strategy in your classrooms in the future. Presenter: Rabia Al-Argan

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