When the word is heard the pupil needs to tear off the word from that list. The teacher reads out the list of animals in the target language while each pupil concentrates on two words at a time the first animal on her/his list and the final one. To take animals as an example, each pupil chooses eight different animals from the list s/he has been taught, writing the English equivalent in the boxes. Each strip is then folded three times to provide eight boxes. Give each pupil a piece of A4 paper which is then divided lengthways so that each pupil has a long strip of paper.
I hope some of you out there discover something new here or at least enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that you have far better ideas! Strip bingo I have not included the blindingly obvious, such as regular bingo, “effacez” and hiding flashcards. Here is a list of some games which I have found to work well over the years. They should almost always be used when there is a specific point to be practised. That said, games bring variety and a bit of fun to lessons. I believe classes appreciate teachers who make them work and with whom they get on, not teachers who play games. Inexperienced teachers should be wary of using games if class control is still shaky or if you have an unusually difficult class. I don’t think that you have to use games to teach classes successfully.
