Shadow+Game-

=The Shadow Game=

This is a game I have created to get students to practice vocabulary and use their gestures. I was inspired at first by the large number of students in my class with Learning Disabilities or lower-than-average grades. I wanted a way for the students to practice the vocab with a parter so that they can hear the word in the Target Language, practice gesturing the words themselves, but also see a classmate gesture the words as well. The game is simple:

Each student in the class is assigned a partner, and each group stands so that the two students are face to face. The teacher calls out a vocab word in the Target Language. The partners then race to gesture the word first. The player to correctly gesture the word gets a point, and the students keep count on their own. The teacher continues to call words at random, and the game can be played for a few mintues (3-5) or as long as 10 minutes, depending on the excitement of the class and the number of words being used. Words can be repeated, too! There are very few restrictions, just practice hearing and seeing the words and their meanings through gestures.