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ACTIVITY WORKSHEET FOR “B2 SUPPORT” PROJECT
Gymnázium Děčín web: https://www.gymnaziumdc.cz/
project Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b2supportgymnaziumdc/
6. ACTIVITY NAME: BEEN THERE TOGETHER – challenge game
MAIN GOAL(S):
CHALENGE - getting to know each other / getting out of a comfort zone / to
perceive one’s surroundings and people around
 The game can be played also individually outside the classroom to get
out of one’s comfort zone / when one is bored, e.g. at the airport. It
can help to start communication with a stranger.
KEY
GRAMMAR/
VOCABULARY
LEVEL:
intermediate/upper-intermediate (can be lower levels too)
TIME:
25 minutes
PREPARATION:
Link to the online source: http://game.beentheretogether.cards/game.html
You can play the game from a computer, with an app or print out the cards.
We got them at the conference party - printed.
There are cards in four colour – four categories, divided by intensity or
participation.
Yellow – RESEARCH, Green – INTERACTION, Blue – DIALOGUE, Red -
COLLABORATION
PROCEDURE:
! Be ready for bit a a chaos and noise.
Make students stand around the classroom.
1. INSTRUCTION WITH AN EXAMPLE
Inform students that you are going to play a game full of challenges. Everyone
will get after the instruction stage a packet of little cards to choose from.
Green / Yellow / Blue / Red.
Show an example to students.
You take a red card and should fulfil the task written on the card.
e.g. Exchange something with somebody. It means you should go to another
student and start speaking to him in order to exchange something. (Show it to
your students – choose a student to exchange a pencil with.)
2. Each student has a packet of little cards to choose from. Green / Yellow /
Blue / Red. They start to play.
3. Stop the activity and discuss what students have learned through the
interaction. What challenge was the easiest/hardest/funniest?
4. Evaluate the activity with an online vote or simply with thumbs.
MATERIALS/
EQUIPMENT
NEEDED:
POSSIBLE
VARIATION:
set of cards for each student printed
You can create your own cards or make students create them for the next
round.
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