Introduction

This well known game requires a participant to act out an activity which the others have to guess. Working with movements, the students get to associate specific words to a clear action. 

Target group and Time

Charades can be played from the first year of learning onwards. The better the language skills, the complexes the game becomes. It can be single words, activities, or even cultural references (which would require quite sufficient language and social skills). The game can take up 10 to 15 mins.

Learning objectives

The object is to help students memorise words via visual cues. Instead of having an abstract association, charades helps students work with all senses. 

Instructions to set up the activity

- The students and the teacher sit in a circle.

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2. If there are no question, the game may beginn.

Letting it run

With students in the 5th or 6th grade, one could start the game with (single word) activities such as tennis, football, singing, cooking, reading, writing, etc.. Here, the students have to guess the activities in English, using the present progressive.

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