Touch Game

Description

The teacher puts up flashcards on the board, where all the students can see them. The students make groups and put an ohajiki (or eraser, etc.) between them. The teacher calls out the target English and the students repeat. When the teacher touches one of the cards, all the students try to grab their ohajiki. The first student to grab the it wins one point.

Notes

  • It’s best to always gesture towards each card as you call it regardless of if you intend to touch it or not, so the students can associate what you’re saying with the flashcard.
  • Make sure to stand to the side of the flashcards when gesturing towards/touching the cards so all of the students can see clearly!
  • Students who grab the ohajiki at the same time should play janken to decide who gets it.

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Posted byPaul on May 1, 2023

2 comments on “Touch Game”

  1. Paul says:
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    This game was Russell's idea! Apologies if any of the details are wrong.
  2. Anneliese says:
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    We played this at Fujioka with two variations: - Students are in pairs and each student gets 1 dice. When the flashcard is touched, students roll their dice. The student who rolls the highest number gets 1 point (merging touch game with dice battle) - Students each get 1 dice and the teacher has a dice. When the flashcard is touched, each students rolls their dice as does the teacher. If a student rolls higher than the teacher, they get 1 point. If they roll the same or lower, 0 points. These variations can be played for as long or as short as needed

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