Practising vocabulary by using Back to the board.

Back to the board

Procedure

1. Ask learners to form groups of three or five.
2. For each group, one learner should sit with their back towards the board, so that they cannot see the board and they are looking at their group. The other learners can sit or stand around him/her.
3. The teacher writes up a word on the board.
4. Tell the other learners in the groups to explain the word without using the actual word. The first learner with their back to the board who shouts out the word wins a point for his/her team.
5. Change the person with their back to the board and repeat several times so that most/all team members get a turn.
6. When all the learners in the group have had a turn, the teacher totals the points.

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Variation

The teacher puts up a picture or writes up a word on the board that learners can mime, explain in simple English or say in Bangla. The teacher needs to make the rule clear which option to choose.
Tell the other learners in the groups, who can see the words or picture, to explain the word without using the actual word, to mime or to say it in Bangla. The first learner who has their back to the board who shouts out the word wins a point for his/her team.