Telephone

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Activity
Whisper down the line. Also known as Chinese whispers
Target levelJHS
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This is a good, light hearted activity to develop students listening abilities. Students must whisper a sentence to each other and compare the final sentence with the original sentence.

Preparation

  1. Prepare a list of sentences that are appropriate to the level of your students.
  2. Give a copy of the sentences to the JTE.

Description

  1. The students should already be in lines, use these as groups.
  2. Have ALT and JTE whisper different sentences to the students at the front of the row.
  3. When all students have heard their sentence the game begins.
  4. The students whisper the sentence to the person directly behind them.
  5. And that student whispers it to the person behind them.
  6. When the sentence reaches the last student, he/she stands up.
  7. Have the JTE write his/her name on the board, until all students are finished.
  8. Ask the student who was finished first to say the sentence.
  9. Ask the first student of that group to verify the sentence if they can.
  10. If you choose to play again, have students rotate 1 position. So that a different person is in first and last position.

Example

These sentences were used with 3rd grade students.

  • 25 medals were won by Japan at the Olympics.
  • Have you ever eaten jellyfish?
  • Was the shamisen invented by a Frenchman?
  • Have you ever heard of Superman?
  • There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
  • I have been hungry since I got up.
  • Have you ever been to China?
  • Gorillas are more interesting than elephants.
  • Have you seen my new pet rabbit.
  • My girlfriend is as cute as a teddy-bear.
  • Kitajima swims as fast as a fish.
  • Have you ever seen a ghost?
  • Braille is used by blind people.

Please change above sentences to more interesting/humorous versions!

Variations

  • Give students descriptive sentences; i.e., He had a beard., He wore a hat., etc. Have the students draw the picture on the board instead of write out the sentence. Good for younger students and low level students too!

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