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How many mice? Chinese Zodiac I Spy
Practice asking "How many ?" by counting the animals of the zodiac. Each number from 1 to 12 features once. Note that this uses the Japanese zodiac which features slightly different animals.
In particular, mouse instead of rat, cow instead of ox, sheep instead of goat, chicken instead of rooster, and wild boar instead of pig
Level: elementary
Age: 3-6
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Map for asking directions
An example map for Japanese students working on asking and giving directions.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
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Downloads: 9
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Battleships Grammar Game
Students play Battleships and speak a lot of English at the same time! In order to choose a square to fire at, students must make a complete sentence by saying a horizontal and a vertical part. For example A1 would be "It is fun for me to play Fortnite." It is hard for them to cheat and use their native language, and this activity can be adapted to...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 9
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English Tower Game Japan 3rd Year JHS
A review game for end of year 3rd Junior High School students in Japan.
Can also be used for intermediate students.
The concept is quite sound, so you could change the questions to anything or any level.
Students walk around asking their friends questions.
Students start from question one. They have to get to the goal.
If their friend answ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-16
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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Find Someone who Pets
A game for conversation classes. Students walk around the class and try to find other students who can anwser the questions with a yes.
They then get that student to sign their paper. For example,
A "Do you have a cat"
B "Yes I do!"
Hopefully students will learn about each other and start conversations. Takes about 15 minutes.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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12 Days of Christmas
The famous song, written in 1780, with a Japanese translation and phonetic translation into katakana. Be warned that "Pipers Piping" sounds a lot like "Brazil wax" in Japanese. Much hilarity!
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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I like bingo!
Students choose which foods they like and dislike and make a mark in each box. They then go around and talk to their friends.
Easy version: they can circle an item if they have the same opinion.
Hard version: they can only circle an item if their friend likes that item.
Even harder: students can only ask if they win a game of rock paper scissor...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 7
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Months of the year Karuta card game Japan and the UK
A card game to practice the months of the year, featuring pictures of monthly events in Japan and the UK. Give each student a sheet, have them cut out all the months. Then say a month at random, the students have to touch the card as quickly as possible. Works as a single player or multiplayer game. Good for non-contact classes during COVID. The ev...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
Downloads: 7
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Do you like Animals and Insects Snakes and Ladders
Students take turns moving around the board asking the question "Do you like X ?"
When a player lands on a space, the others must ask them if they like the animal or insect on that space.
I have played this successfully with 5 year old students over ZOOM, so I think it can work well with any age level.
The game takes at least 20 minutes wi...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
Downloads: 7
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What X do you like? Snakes and Ladders
Students take turns moving around the board asking the question "What X do you like?"
When a player lands on a space, the others must ask them, for example, "What food do you like?"
I have played this successfully with 5 year old students over ZOOM, so I think it can work well with any age level.
The game takes at least 20 minutes with two...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
Downloads: 7
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