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Cultural dominoes

Overview

Purpose

Acquisition of cultural knowledge

Learning outcome

Students demonstrate their knowledge of aspects of German language and culture.

Skills used
Type

Class activity

Related units in Ja! kit

Instructions

To carry out this activity successfully, you need to ensure that most, if not all, of the cultural knowledge has been discussed beforehand (in some form or other) by the class. One opportunity is in the introductory unit of Ja!, where students research and present projects on German culture.

Materials

To download the template for the 30 cultural domino cards, select from the following Word or PDF formats:

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You need enough domino cards to give the students one each from the set. If you have fewer than 30 in your class, you can give some students more than one card. If you have more than 30 students, alter the final card and make up additional ones. Some students may like to take responsibility for this task.

Steps
  1. A student shuffles the cards and gives one to each student in the class.
  2. One student starts the game by going to the front of the room and reading the information on the bottom half of their card.
  3. The student with the answer to that question on the top of their card responds by reading aloud the answer and going to stand beside the first student at the front of the room.
  4. The person who has just joined the line then reads aloud the clue or question on the bottom half of their card, and so on.
  5. The activity continues until all of the cards have been used and all the students are standing in a circle. The student who had the first card should have the answer to the final question.

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