Language games

Assalamualaikum…hi!

For this time, I would like to ask you a question. Do you like to play language game?

If you like it, then this is the right place, right time.

Actually, for this week, we were required to create a language game on word formation for examples: compound words, stems and affixes.

After brainstorming, my group’s members and I comes out with a few games.

During the games were conducted, it seems everyone was excited as we all know, there is nobody who don't like games in this world. 

What can I learned from creating all of these games and during conducting it?

Well, from all of these games, I learned to be more creative as a creative idea of course will attract students' attention to learn in the class. 

By conducting all of these language games, students get to learn on word formation in a creative and interesting way. 

These were the language games which we had conducted in the class.

The first game: 

Memory and Imagination

¡You are asked to look at the picture shown for 10 seconds.

¡When the instructor says “start”, you are given one minute to write down as many words that you can think of based on what you see in the picture.

¡The words written must be according to the word class stated by the instructor either nouns, adverbs, verbs or adjectives.

 ¡The player who has the longest list of correct words is the winner.  

The second game:

Imagination and Write

¡You are given a situation by the instructor.

¡Then, write down the words that you can think of to describe the situation given, based on one of the word classes - either nouns, adverbs, verbs or adjectives as stated by the instructor.

¡The longest list of correct words is the winner. 

The third game:

Listen and Write 

¡The instructor will play a record of sound effects for 5 seconds.

¡You are required to listen and guess the sounds.

¡After the record of sound effects has stopped, immediately you have to write down the words that you can think of to describe the sound.

¡The words written must be based on one of the word classes given by the instructor either nouns, adverbs, verbs or adjectives.

¡The time given is one minute and the player who get the longest list of correct words will be the winner.

The fourth game:

Roll and Action 

¡Each group will send a group representative to choose one of the four envelopes given by the instructor.

¡Then,  he or she needs to read silently the instruction given in the envelopes and act it out.

¡The other group members will be given one minute to guess the words based on the word classes of either nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives.

¡The group who gets the highest number of correct guesses will be the winner.

The fifth game:

Guess and Check 

¡Two groups of four, group A and B will play this game.

¡Group A will choose one of the four envelopes. Each envelope contains a theme.

¡Each member of group A will write down a list of the words based on the word classes of either nouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives.

¡The words written MUST related to the selected theme.

¡The time given is 2 minutes.

¡After the time given is finished, group B will have to guess the words that have been written by group A.

¡Group A will give clues for group B to guess.

¡For example, if group A has the word “refrigerator”, then they can give clues in the form of adjectives such as “cold” to describe the word.

¡The time given for guessing is 2minutes and each correct guess will be given 10 marks.

¡After the time given is finished, then group B will write and group A will guess. 

You can try all of these games on your own and I bet you will get excited of it!

Enjoy the games!

Assalamualaikum...

With love, 

Liza Tiong~