Vocabulary game!
Last year I created a game in order for my students to revise vocabulary and I have to say that they really loved it! So, find below a funny way to revise with your students vocabulary. The game is called "Vocabulary Marathon" and you can adjust it on every level!
Vocabulary Marathon
Aim:
To revise vocabulary
Materials:
None
Preparation:
1. Choose 10 words that you have already taught the learners.
2. You change the letter sequence of each word and you give your students either an English synonym or an English translation.
For example:
school: lsocho
an institution of learning
How to play:
- Put the learners into pairs. In that way you also promote collaboration and cooperation. Otherwise, you can allow the learners to work individually.
- Write at the board the word and the English synonym : e.g. lsocho
an institution of learning
- Give students 3 minutes to find the solution. For extra help you can give them the first letter after the first minute.
- Each round ends in 3 minutes unless a student finds the solution earlier. In that case the student says "Stop".
- The student who finds the correct answer gets 10 points.
You can start the Vocabulary Marathon at the beginning of the school year and you can end it either before the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. In any case, you could prepare a gift for the student who has collected the most points, for example you can give him/her a "You are the winner" praise card.
Personally, we played with my students 3 Vocabulary Marathons throughout the year, one for each semester's vocabulary. We had a game every two weeks and we calculated each student's points at the end of each semester. Each winner got both a "You are the winner of the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd Vocabulary Marathon" praise card and a small gift. The rest of the students got a "Congratulations for your Participation in the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd Vocabulary Marathon" praise card and candies!
