Introduction
The idea of the game is similar to pantomime games like "Tabu". Students will receive vocabulary cards corresponding to places (e.g. bakery, garden, beach,...) and then have to act out a scene for their classmates to guess where they are. They are not allowed to use language, however, they should be encouraged to use soundeffects. After each act the performing student will ask "Where am I?" and is then allowed to choose a classmate who can answer in a full sentence. The students will take turns until everyone had the chance to perform. The game can be easily be adapted to different fields of vocabulary.
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- Make sure that each student has enough time to think about their act before the round starts. You want them to be excited for their turn and engaged in guessing when others have their perfomance. If they still stress about how to present their word it is impossible for them to concentrate on anything else. Suggestion: It might be a good idea to let them walk around the room (if the space allows for it) while they think about their perfomance. In that way they can move their bodies and try out some gestures without paying attention to the other group members. Ask them to return to the "stage" when they are ready and you will have a silent signal for when to begin the actual game.
- Once the game has started you only help or aid students in using full sentences or keeping up the structure of the exercise. The students themselves are allowed to pick each other and it is very well possible for the teacher to participate in the game as well. However, should you students be shy or very quick to stop with their presentations, you can introduce another twist. After they have already played through at least one round of the game, instruct them to not ask the question "Where am I?" or stop acting before at least two fellow students (or whatever number you think will work best) decided to quietly join the activity and create a bigger picture of the scene. This way you get more students involved at the same time as well as challenge students to participate independently.
- Should the students be very fast or you just want to switch it up, it is a fun to integrate a freestyle round. Here the students can choose whatever place/activity they want to if they believe that their classmates are able to name it in English.
