VERB GAMES

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VERB GAMES

• Carolina García Rivas (Argentina)
• Wabash College
• Crawfordsville, IN

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Verb GamesPresentation Outline

• - Introduction. Why games?
• - Verb Games
• Chancho (Card Game)
• Verb Board Game
• Dominoes
• Oyes, Dices (You Hear, You Say)
• - Conclusion

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Why games?

• Learning verb conjugations requires a great deal
  of effort.
• Break from the usual routine of the language
  class.
• They are motivating.
• They create a meaningful context for language use.

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1) Chancho
SALGO
SALIR

• Purpose to make students aware of
• difficult or irregular verb forms.
• Objective to gather together cards to complete
• the conjugation of a given verb.
• Materials verb cards (cardboard, scissors,
  marker)
• Dynamic groups of 10 students or less
• Time 15 20 min

SALES
SALE
ES
SER
ERES
SOY
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2) Verb Board Game

• Purpose to practice verb conjugations
• Objective to get to LLEGADA (last box of the
  board).
• Materials board, 1 dice,
• counters.
• Dynamic groups of
• 5 students.
• Time 20 30 min

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3) Verb Dominoesadapted from Instituto Cervantes

• Objective to get rid of all your domino cards.
• Materials domino cards
• Dynamic groups of 3-4 students.
• Time 15 20 min

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4) Oyes, Dices (You hear, You say)

• Purpose to practice verb conjugations, as well
  as listening and speaking skills
• Objective to say all the verbs in your card
• Materials verb cards
• Dynamic 3 or more students
• Time 15 20 min

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