Practising vocabulary by using Touch the board (gently)

Touch the board (gently)

Procedure

1. Put the vocabulary items (choose either the words or pictures) on the board in any order.
2. Form two teams. Get them to stand in a line (from front to back of the room) facing you. Learners can name their team. Put the team names up on the board and record points.
3. Demonstrate the activity with a volunteer.
Option 1: To practise listening to a word: Say the English word. Take the learner to the board and ask him/her which picture shows the word.
(Optional: After a few turns, get other learners to call out the words to give them speaking and pronunciation practice.)
Option 2: To practise reading a word: Show a picture or mime an action. Take the learner to the board and ask him/her which word shows the picture or action. Touch that word or picture on the board and gesture for the learner to do that after you. Make sure they do not hit the board loudly (as this will disturb neighbouring classes).
4. Tell the first learners in each line to get ready to run to the board.
5. Show a picture or mime an action or say the English word.
6. The first learners run and touch the correct flashcard. Other team members can help but cannot run to the board.
7. The first team to touch the correct flashcard gets a point. Keep a record of points on the board.

If you want to get it in the TMTE Participant Book: Open at page-53

Variation

1. With very large classes
Divide the learners into teams of five to seven. Give out a set of word cards to each team. Ask teams to put them on the floor or a table the learners can sit around. When you show the picture or mime the action, one learner touches the word card.
2. Using L1
If you or a Bangla master trainer in the room speak Bangla, say the word in English and the learners can touch the word on the board/floor/desk written in Bangla. Or say the word in Bangla and the learners can touch the English word on the board/floor/desk.