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I started with a story: "I have a cousin in the U.S. who doesn't speak German. When I was talking to her, I suddenly forgot the translation for a word, what . What can I do in such a situation?" Students will come up with various ideas, two of them being: to explain / or describe a word or "just do it" meaning to act it out.

There will be two rounds, one of describing the word and one of acting it out.

Afterwards How to explain the rules:

1.) Describing a word is similar to "Taboo". Students get cards with words on them and have one minute to think about how they could describe it. One possibility to make it the game easier for weaker students is to give them the word in a sentence so that you they have context and maybe a base better understanding for the description.

Examples (The bold words are the ones they should describe): Math is my favorite subject in school. ; During the holidays I will travel to Spain. ; It's so hot, I hope we can go swimming later.

2.) Acting it out is like "Charade" charades or a pantomime. You aren't allowed to say anything, just use your body and the others have to guess what you are portraying.

Examples: eating ice-cream,  dancing ballet, playing football, umbrella umbrella...

Letting it run

This game can be adapted in various ways for different stages of English learners: more . More advanced learners could get more complicated words to describe or make up their own words; , whereas when working with beginners the focus could shift to only acting out the words.

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