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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------‘Simon says’ game), can be shared in advance of
the call. The game can be practised in both
classrooms so that the children are familiar with the
vocabulary. They can then get the full benefit of
listening to the accurate pronunciation from the
children in the other class. Playing this game
during a video-call works very well, with both
classes playing simultaneously, in an extended
classroom.
A successful way of getting the children to use their
greetings and personal information language
learning is to use a ‘Who am I?’ game. Pupils
prepare in advance and exchange information (a
spreadsheet works well) with their first name, town,
number of pets, number of brothers and sisters,
eye colour, hobby. For the call, the pupils can ask
the various questions they have learned: where do
you live, what colour are your eyes, do you have
any pets, and so on. The class have to guess which
child in the other school is speaking by looking at
the spreadsheet and listening to the answers.
A particularly successful idea is to describe a
monster during the call. Exchange an agreed list of
vocabulary in advance (for example, parts of the
body, shapes and colours). The children then can
take it in turn to describe a monster, one
description at a time, using either language. All the
children in both class \