2006-11-27 11:31:52 · 4 answers · asked by Rachael 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
DEFINITELY -- and I used the game "CLUE" to help my own Asperger's Syndrome (High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder) Child to recognize faces, features, and things .. and it worked!
2006-11-27 11:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by sglmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clue offers many opportunities to use the past simple in a very structured way. "It was Mr. Black in the library with the knife." It doesn't offer a lot of chances to incorporate different verb tenses or extended vocabulary. Besides using it to drill students who are weak on the past simple, I don't see how it would be more useful than any other board game. Have you considered using Scrabble? Even Life contains a lot of useful real-world vocab. Alternately, have the students design a game around one the vocab or grammar concepts you've been working on lately! If they work in small groups, they can later play one another's games to practice different linguistic skills.
2006-11-27 20:52:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jetgirly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how new they are and what structures you are working with. You could easily change the supposition and accusation sentences. (I think that...It could be that...I accuse X of killing..., It was X who...) This will also work for higher level thinking skills.
Guess who is a GREAT game for practicing adjectives and question formation. (Does your person have grey hair?)
I've used both these games with beginning language students (not ESL) with great sucess--the problem with Guess who is that it is a two-person or two-team game, and it's rather expensive to get enough sets for 30 students...
2006-11-28 10:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by frauholzer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I'm sure it would. It would help with many skills; problems solving, deduction and reasoning.
2006-11-27 19:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋