Monday, March 19, 2012

Guess Who- Faces














Here's a fun little game that can be used in several different ways.  I've listed them in order based on Chinese skill level with the easiest being first and the hardest one listed last.

You could adapt this game to practice just about any adjectives/description-words in combination with any appropriate objects/nouns.  In the pre-made board below, I focused on the following vocabulary:
  • Body Parts
    • 眼睛 (yăn jīng, eyes)
    • 鼻子 (bí zi, nose)
    • 嘴吧 (zuĭ ba, mouth)
    • 耳朵 (ěr duo, ears)
    • 頭髮 (tóu fa, hair)
  • Descriptive Words (Adjectives)
    • Colors
      • (hóng sè, red)
      • 黃色 (huáng sè, yellow)
      • 綠色 (lǜ , green)
      • 藍色 (lán sè, blue)
      • 黑色 (hēi sè, black)
    • Short/Long  
      • (duǎn, short (for hair))
      • (cháng, long(for hair))  
    • Big/Little

      • (dà, big)
      • (xiǎo, little)
    • Shapes
      • 彎彎的 (wān wān de, bent/curvy)
      • 圓圓的 (yuán yuán de, circle/round)
      • 方方的 (fāng fāng de, square)
      • 尖尖的 (jiān jiān de, pointed)
  • Grammar
    • I also created some faces with missing body parts in order to provide an opportunity for my kids to practice the 有沒 (yŏu méi yŏu, have/don't have) grammar structure that they have already practiced.

After you have learned several adjectives and body parts you are ready to play this game of Guess Who.  The board I created practices body parts, shapes, short/long, small/big, and have/doesn't have.

1.  The teacher describes a body part and the student points to a face that matches the description.  Use the pre-made board from below.  This level allows the student to hear the Chinese vocabulary and associate it with the correct picture.  Use this level if your student is too young to draw accurately.
2.  The teacher describes a body part and the student draws that body part.  Use the blank board from below.  This level allows the student to hear the Chinese vocabulary and associate it with the correct picture.
3.  The student describes a body part (blue eyes) and the teacher draws that body part.  Use the blank board from below.  This level allows the student to practice basic vocabulary without any focus on grammar.
4.  Like "Guess Who," the student secretly chooses a face from the pre-made board.  The teacher asks questions to try to determine which face the student picked.  This level allows the student to hear how to formulate questions in Chinese and models the vocabulary.
5.  Like "Guess Who," the the teacher secretly chooses a face from the pre-made board.  The student asks questions to try to determine which face the teacher picked.  This is the hardest level because the student must ask the question using Chinese.  (The teacher might choose to focus just on the target vocabulary and not worry about the student getting the Chinese grammar correct.  Instead, the teacher can model the correct model back to the student before answering the question.)

Guess Who- Faces, Blank Board
Guess Who- Faces, Pre-made Board

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