American hitchhiking

Objectives

• The learner can appoint another learner by name.
  
• The learner can name images of the treated topic.

Material

• Cards with images of the treated topic.

Instructions

• Sit in a circle.
• Practice these four movements with the learners, at the same pace:

1. 1. Slap both thighs with your hands at the same time.
   2. Clap your hands.
   3. Raise your right thumb over your right shoulder.
   4. Raise your left thumb over your left shoulder.

• Start by giving the example. Mention your own name in step 3 and the name of a learner in step 4.
• The learner whose name was mentioned, now says his/her own name in step 3 and calls another one, and so on.
• Anyone who waits too long is out.
• Indicate the approaching end of the exercise by shouting Three more times.

Variant

• Consolidate the vocabulary of a treated topic by giving each learner an image card.
  
• Instead of using the first names, the learners name the image on their card and the one on the card of a learner.
• If the topic is, for example ‘food’:

1. 1. Slap both thighs with your hands at the same time.
   2. Clap your hands.
   3. Raise your right thumb over your right shoulder and say ‘carrot’.
   4. Raise your left thumb over your left shoulder and say ‘apple’ (if that is the image on the card of the learner you pass the activity on to).