Лінгвістичні ігри на уроках англійської мови.

Автор: вчитель англійської мови Кошарна Оксана Олександрівна

Лінгвістичні ігри можна використовувати на уроці для активізації пізнавальної активності учнів та підвищення мотивації до вивчення англійської мови. Матеріал містить добірку таких ігор: Bingo, word search, create your own country, quiz, miming game, taboo- game, cross the river, word jumble тощо.

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Language games

1. Language game “Guess the country”

           Guess the country from the  letters:

          Kyetru                                                            nerelandth

          Naiukre                                                         aliasraut

          Laopdn                                                          panja

          Nyregam                                                       nachi

          Abrzli                                                            gearnaitn

           Rafecn                                                          adcaan

Answers: Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Brazil, Netherland, Japan, China, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Argentina

2. Game “Bingo “

Method:

1. Print out different BINGO cards and put the squares with words into a hat or bowl.
2. Hand out one Bingo card to each student (each card should be different).
3. The caller should pull out one word , show and say it to the children.
4. The children will cross out the words
5. All words must be marked to get a BINGO and the student with that card calls out BINGO

Words for “Bingo” : Ukraine, France, Poland, the UK, the USA, Netherland, Canada, Scotland, Greece, Brazil, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Australia, China, Portugal, Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Egypt, Japan.

Cards for Bingo

France	Poland	The UK
Netherlands	Canada	Scotland
Ukraine	Greece	Brazil

 

Italy	Turkey	The USA
Australia	Germany	Portugal
Mexico	Argentina	China

 

Japan	Egypt	South Africa
Italy	Turkey	The USA
Australia	Germany	Portugal

 

Mexico	Argentina	China
Ukraine	Greece	Brazil
France	Poland	The UK

 

Japan	Egypt	South Africa
Netherlands	Canada	Scotland
Ukraine	Greece	Brazil

 

Ukraine	Greece	Brazil
Italy	Turkey	The USA
Australia	Germany	Portugal

 

Australia	Germany	Portugal
Italy	Turkey	The USA
Mexico	Argentina	China

 

Mexico	Argentina	China
Australia	Germany	Portugal
Ukraine	Greece	Brazil

 

Netherlands	Canada	Scotland
Japan	Egypt	South Africa
France	Poland	The UK

 

Italy	Turkey	The USA
Japan	Egypt	South Africa
France	Poland	The UK

3. 
   Word search – nationalities

4.Create your own country- team work

Divide students into two teams. Give them a blank paper, colour paper, markers, scissors and glue. Students should discuss and then present their own imaginable country  and say  the name of the country, the president, language,  the national symbols, currency etc and make a poster about their country.

5.Quiz about the countries:

• What country has a maple leaf on the national flag?
• What country was the first to land a man on the Moon?
• What country has the Great Barrier Reef?
• In what country was Nelson Mandela born?
• Adidas and Volkswagen are companies from this country.
• You can see the Great Pyramid of Giza in this country.
• The team from this country won football championship EURO 2012.
• What country has the largest population in the world?
• You can visit the cities Edinburgh and Glasgow in this country.
• The largest country in South America.

Answers: Canada, the USA, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Egypt, Spain, China, Scotland, Brazil

6.Game “ Cross the river”

Students should say the name of the country and nationality with each step. There are 17 rocks / steps on their way.

7.Miming game. Students have to show the animal without any words. One student shows, the rest should guess the word.

8.Taboo- game

A list of professions with the most typical words used to describe them which students are not allowed to use; a guessing game focused on speaking fluency in particular.

Cut out the cards and play a game with your students. You can play it in groups or pairs.
Place the cards in a pile face down. One student at a time picks a card, and describes the job given. He/ She can’t use any of the words from the card.
The student who guesses correctly is awarded points.

                http://busyteacher.org/1772-jobs-taboo.html

9.Word jumble activity

In the task the letters of the words are all mixed up. Students must figure out what the words are and write them on the blank lines provided under each picture

http://busyteacher.org/5344-jobs-occupations-word-jumble-activity.html

10.Word- search “ Jobs”

11.Language game” I spy with my little eye”.

Teacher gives students pictures with different objects and says,” I spy with my little eye something beginning with c” , and students have to find something with  the first letter c , show the picture and say the word.

Game continues till the last letter of the alphabet.

12.Ball game

Student throws the ball and says the letter, other student  catches the ball and answers the word which begins with this letter.

13.Snowball game- fruit and vegetables

Students repeat the previous words and add own words. The student who doesn’t remember all the words leaves the game.

14.Matching the parts of the sayings and proverbs.

The teacher gives the students parts of the sayings and proverbs which are  cut into two pieces. Students should complete the whole sentences.

An apple a day……………………………………. keeps the doctor away.

An apple never ……………………………………..falls far from the tree.

Coffee should…………… be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.

A tree is …………………………………………….known by its fruit.

Forbidden fruit…………………………………….. is sweet.

Like grape,…………………………………like bud. Like father, like son.

When life throws…………………………… you lemons, make lemonade

Every vegetable……………………………………. has its time.