Telephone (zara)

COMMENT

This is a game about tongue twister . Tongue twisters ,it is a phrase or sentence  which is hard to speak fast ,because of  similar sounds of the words .It helps develop speech skills .All levels and ages enjoy tongue twisters ,they work well as a warm up to get student speaking ,and help them to practice pronouncing diffcult sounds in English . In this game ,we need prepared the tongue twisters depending on the different difficulties for students .

 GAME PLAN

Language : tongue twisters in English
Skills :       listening , speaking , vocabulary
Control :    Free
Level :       Any levels
Time :       20-30 minutes
Materials : pieces of paper
Variation :None ,it needs to be played in group


Preparation

The teacher needs prepare some pieces of paper to write tongue twisters ,and a watch for set the time limit .The students are divided into 5 groups .So the Tongue twisters need be prepared for 4 levels  ,because there are 4 rounds in the game in order to pick a winner group . Each level 's tongue twisters have a same word count .For instance , the tongue twisters of the first round have 6 words ,the second round has 8 words and so on .

Procedure

In the game , five groups should come into lines . when the game starts , each group member has no more than 30 seconds . If there are 5 persons in a group ,every round needs keep within 150 seconds then .In the game ,there are 4 rounds and after every round  , one group will be eliminate .The difficulty degree increases as the groups shrink . In the first round , teacher prepares 5 notes of tongue twisters on the table . When  teacher declares time start , the first one of each line  takes one note on the table and put it back after read it and keep it in mind . Then they back to their lines repeat the tongue twister that they remembered to the next group member .According to this , the second student need repeat it to the third one ,until it to the last one , the last student needs write the tongue twister as he or she heard on the whiteboard and read it loudly . The group that use the shortest time and most highest accuracy would be a winner .The important rule in the game is when the tongue twister is being repeat to the next one ,it cannot be with any hints but just in oral and speaking .


Example

1.A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail .
2.A bloke's back bike brake block broke .
3.I scream ,you scream , we all scream for ice cream  .
4. Betty beat a bit of butter to make a better butter .
5 .Few free fruit flies fly from flames .
6.Fifty- five flags freely flutter from the floating frigate.