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Attention Numbers
incl. materials
oral
15 min.
Objectives
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The learner can use non-verbal communication.
Materials
Blackboard and chalk or flipchart and pens
Instructions
- Divide the group into two teams.
- Let the learners queue behind the starting line.
- Give the last learner of each team a number.
- S/he has to pass it to the learner in front of him/her without speaking, e.g. by forming the number on the back of the person.
- The learners pass the number on, up to the first learner in line.
- S/he runs to the blackboard to write down the number. S/he also says the number aloud.
- The first team to write and say the correct number, gets a point.
- Make sure every learner gets to run.
- Before starting the exercise, give the teams time to discuss how they will pass the information without speaking.
Variant
- For large groups you can play with more than two teams.
- Let the learners pass short words instead of numbers.
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