Trainer’s Document

Game Title:

Telephone Line

Game Type:

Listening and speaking

Language Skills:

a)       Macro – listening and speaking skills

b)      Micro-pronunciation, intonation

Level:

Elementary to advance (can be adjust to suit with learners’ level)

Duration:

15-20 minutes

Preparation:

Teacher has to provide the sentences for the students.

Procedure:

1)      Teacher introduces the name of the game and explains the objectives, steps, and rules of the game.

2)      Teacher demonstrates the game.

3)      Teacher divides students in several groups with same number of students per group and make them line up in a row.

4)      Teacher gives out the paper strip containing the sentences.

5)      The first person will come out and read the sentence from teacher and transmit it along the telephone line until the last person in the row.

6)      The last person come out and writes the sentences on the board and gets a new sentence from the teacher.

7)      The students then need to transmit the new sentence along the telephone line and step 6 were repeated until all students had their chance to come out in front.

8)      The game ends.

Rules:

1)      Players need to come out with the nearest sentence with the sample sentences provided by the teacher to win the game.

2)      The first player that receives the sentence from the teacher should only say the sentences once to their friends without repeating the sentences.

3)      Players need to deliver the sentence along the telephone line until it reaches the last player.

4)      Players need to whisper only to the person behind them without letting other friends to hear it.

5)      The listener should not ask their friends to repeat the sentences.

6)      The last player in the lines comes out to write the sentences on the board.

7)      Marks will be given based on the most nearest sentence that the last players can come out with the original sentence. 

So, this is the game that we are going to play tomorrow. Do you guys have any idea or suggestion on how to make it more interesting?