Bingo is famously played by old people in large halls in Britain. It is also a great game for teaching pronunciation and particularly minimal pairs.
Aim
To develop students' confidence in using the target language.
You need
A set of four cards for each student like the one below. Each card should have six empty spaces.
Procedure
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Decide which sounds you want the students to be able to recognise and make a list of around 30 words that use one of those sounds. Some words should be similar e.g. bird, beard. |
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Make cards like the one below and write in words from that list. Make sure that you write the words in randomly to make each card different. |
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Give each student, or pair of students, one of the cards with six words on it.
| Card 1 |
sink |
well |
rain |
| pair |
tear |
see |
| Card 2 |
think |
bell |
lane |
| bear |
chair |
she |
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bad |
ship |
tree |
| wait |
'v' |
ran |
| Card 4 |
bed |
sheep |
three |
| rate |
we |
van |
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Read out words from your list at random but keep a note of the words you read out. If a student has one of the words you read out, they should cover it with a small piece of paper (so that you can use the cards again). |
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The winner is the one whose words have all been read out. |
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You can re-play the game as often as you like, getting the students to take it in turns to be 'teacher' and read out the words. |
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Minimal pair bingo