This is great practice for circumlocution.ģrd round (one-word clues): This round is the same as the second, except that the students must only use one word. If the slip says va a la casa , for example, the students could say cuatro palabras, es como camina, corre o advanca, donde vivo, etc. This will be very difficult for beginners, so you may want to let students make word webs for the phrases before playing, to brainstorm and think of related words and synonyms. Count the slips and give those points to their teams.Ģnd round (verbal clues): This round is the same as the first, except that the students must use clues in Spanish. The timer is set again for the other team, and turns continue until all the slips are gone. When the team guesses correctly, the next player on Team 1 draws another slip and the play continues until the time is up. For each team’s turn, set a time (1-2 minutes).ġst round (actions): Team 1 begins as a player draws a slip. Divide the class into 2 or more teams by counting 1-2. The student who is “it” guesses while his/her entire team mimes or draws the term. You can also get everyone more involved by playing reverse charades, by giving the class whiteboards. For each term, whoever is up front has the option to act it out or draw it on the board. Play charades and pictionary combined, to give the students more choice. “It” calls out a word from the board, and the corresponding corner is out. To take this up a notch, make each corner a category (food, things to do, etc.). (Write the terms in Spanish on the board.) Student who is it counts to 10, then calls out one of the terms on the board. To review vocabulary, tape a sketch of four vocabulary words onto each corner of the room. “It” calls out a corner (without looking), and everyone in that space is out. “It” counts to ten while everyone else quietly chooses a corner of the room to stand in.
If you’re looking for more ideas, check out my Spanish learning games page, or try these: Whenever possible, give the language for these games in chunks, rather than just isolated words. Just make sure that these vocabulary games for Spanish class are supplementing LOTS of Spanish in context. They are great for brain breaks, team building, getting everyone moving, and motivating our students.
Our students really need to see whole language, in context, in stories, songs or texts. I realized my students were memorizing the words to pass a quiz, and then forgetting them. I use to give long lists of isolated words, until I switched to proficiency-based teaching and threw out my textbook. The best way to “learn vocabulary” is in context. Inside: Spanish vocabulary games for the language classroom.
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