Games and Role-plays in the Classroom:

Judge to be The Jury

Kazi Abu Bakar SiddiqueFulbright Bengali Language Instructor,

Dhar India Studies Program

Level: Intermediate or Upper Intermediate

Materials: Sets of Dialogs (Prepared in advance)

Type of Activity: This is usually a group activity but can be done in pairs, too.

Goals: By the end of this lesson, learners learn new idiomatic expressions.

Overview:

This activity is basically a Listening activity

that involves Speaking in dialogs.

First of all, two learners are put in a pair and given a set of dialog to act out. Their statements reflect certain behavior, which can be described in idioms.

A list of idioms is shown on the board.

The Activity

While they act out, another pair chooses

idioms from the board to describe them. The other pair works here as the Jury.

The learners are familiar with these expressions because they learnt them in the past few lessons.

This activity reinforces their learning by giving them more examples, where these idioms can be used.

While the activity goes on, the teacher as well

as the other learners check if ‘the Jury’ could judge the people correctly or not.

There is both positive and negative points. So, after everyone gets their chances to judge, the pair with maximum points wins.

Armchair critic: a person who only criticizes without helping to

solve a problem Cheapskate: a person who hates to spend much money A fuddy-duddy: an old-fashioned person Go-getter: an active, energetic person Smart Alec: a person who thinks they know everything Mover and shaker: an active person who helps make progress Slime ball: a disgusting, horrible person, deserves to be hated Social butterfly: an extroverted person who loves to socialize Wet blanket: a person who discourages fun or enjoyment for

other people Worrywart: a person who worries constantly and excessively

The Idioms to be used

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