The Hot Seat

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Hey this was a great

Hey this was a great idea...my MS1 and MS2 classes really seemed to enjoy it. It was difficult explaining the rules to them but once they got the hang of it they began to enjoy it. I found out that for next time, and yes there will definitely be a next time, that I will need top prepare harder words for the students.

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I am going to use this for

I am going to use this for my class tomorrow. I teach University students and I played "pictionary" several weeks ago. I found out that 1/4 of the words I selected the students did not know. For this game, I am just going to spend 5 minutes at the beginning of the class and have the students write down 10 nouns. That way, the students will not only know the words, but it will also save me time in preparation! Just an idea

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I tried it just this afternoon

It's great, the kids have fun.
I used this game for Senior High School EFL Students, Grade 12. They enjoyed it. I did some modifications though. I use d categories for each group. I gave them time to choose their leader for the hot seat, and gave them time to discuss what would the words be for their part of the category. The rest, they were having fun and learning!

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What i've noticed with most

What i've noticed with most esl games on the internet is that, the rules to play them are never well explained and this may really hinder the use of an otherwise very nice game. Let's take a case in point "The Hot Seat" as explained by the person who submitted the game, instructions 1-9 are well explained and can be effectively practised. But what is the meaning of instructions 10 and 11?

10 Team members can say 'pass' if their word is too difficult

11 Each team has 1 minute to get as many words as possible

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Hi teacher,

Thank you for your comment.

10. When it is your turn to try and communicate a word on the board to your team leader, you are allowed to say "pass" and skip turns to the next person in line if your word is too difficult for you to express without saying it.

11. There is a time limit of 1 minute for each team. It is common that not all teams will be able to go at one time, so each team is allowed 1 minute to try and get as many words correct as possible.

Hope this helps!

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I tried it today, backwards,

I tried it today, backwards, and it worked well. The "hot seat" student was the only one who could see the board (explaining the words), and all the other students were guessing. The class was divided into 2 groups, and the group that said the answer first got the point. We rotated who was in the hot seat until all the students had a chance. I have a small class-6 students. (The hot seat student had to stay seated in the chair, limiting the amount of acting and increasing the necessity to rely on spoken words.)

Anonymous's picture

Noiiicccceeeeee~

I hope this works!
This is going to be the first game to play with these middle schoolers who don't speak up.
It's speaking class........ )=
It was terrible for the last 3 classes with them,
but now that there's something that will get their attention! Hehe thanks~!

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great idea!

I'm going to use this for my first meeting tomorrow. This game will give me ideas on my students vocabularies. Thank you!

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Great questions for this

Great questions for this game.

The first thing that comes to mind is to forfeit their team's turn. If this doesn't work, you may want to try deducting points.

I'm not sure where you're teaching, but social pressure is pretty big in a lot of Asian countries and this may help if you're in Korea, Japan, etc.

Another idea could be to create something funny that they have to do, such as sing a line from an English (or native language) song, say a tongue twister in front of the class, rub their tummy while they pat their head, count out loud from 20 to 1 backwards etc. This could help keep it fun even if some kids try to sabotage the game.

What are your ideas?

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EXCITED !!!!

It's very very excited....I had never play this game....but I will try as soon as.....I think it's very gets excited for my students coz they will have a new challenge......Thank You so much ......

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Hi! I'd like to use this game

Hi! I'd like to use this game in my class today, but I don't understand instruction 9: Team members take turns communicating their word to the leader without
saying the word with no spelling, writing, or drawing allowed. If they can't say the word, spell, write or draw, how will they communicate the word???

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Gestures and acting, just

Gestures and acting, just like the game called Charades if you know that. You can make sounds and speak if you allow it, but people are not allowed to actually say the word.

For example, if the word is strawberry, someone could say something like:

"It's a fruit. It's red and has many seeds. It has a green top. Some people dip it in chocolate."

Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!

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Nice game steve. Try lookign

Nice game steve. Try lookign for a game called taboo. It uses the same basic concept. One person has a bunch of cards which have one word that they need to make the rest guess and a couple of taboo words that he cant say. Makes the game more interesting!

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Great game...

I am going to use this activity for my students this evening. I hope that my students won't be shy when they take part in this activity. To do that, I think I should change some details. For example, I will devide my class into 4 groups of 5 students, and 2 students will explain with their gestures (this detail helps them to avoid the shame) and the rest ones will say the word. My today's grammar point is adjective. I think it is difficult for my students to explain, but I hope that it will work well. I will give the feedback as soon as possible.

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Surpirsed

Very surpried, I thought that my students would be shy when they describes the words in this game. However, students only wanted to describe, they did not want to sit at the HOT SEAT (they were afraid of remembering and saying the word). Very surprised, and we had a great time to work together. There is a situation making me smile a lot. When I gave the word "ugly", the students did not know how to describe and they used their hands to pull the hair, mouth, nose and ear of their partner to describe. And the student sitting at HOT SEAT could not understand and she said "lovely". In general, we laughed a lots. Thanks for sharing this great activity.

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