1. Divide class into groups of 6 or more, and arrange each group in a straight line or row.
2. Ask for a volunteer listener from each group. Take them outside of the classroom and give them a message (one sentence or more, depending on student level).
3. Open the door, and let the students run to the first member of their group to whisper the message.
4. Each member passes the message, by whispering, to their neighbor.
5. When the message reaches the end, the last person should run to the board and write the message that they heard.
The winner could be determined in various ways: first team to pass a legible, complete message (even if it's wrong), first team to finish, first team with a message closest to the original.
Telephone English Game
Thanks for adding your game finityjm...you are the first user to add one manually and share with the community!
Telephone game
Here's another variation - for slightly more advanced students, you can have them alternate whispering the message to the next person in English and in their native language, so that each student is translating back and forth between their native language and English. It usually makes for some pretty amusing results!
Telephone Game Variation
Great idea Michael...I'm sure it adds some funny twists!