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Hitch!
no materials
oral
15 min.
Objectives
- The learner can give and ask information.
- The learner can understand simple instructions.
Instructions
- Form a circle, everyone standing at arm’s length from each other, facing each other.
- Ask the learners to hold their arms in front of them and to close their eyes.
- Ask them to put their left hand out, and take another hand at random.
- Ask them to do the same with their right hand.
- The learners are not allowed to hold both hands of the same person or the hand of their neighbour.
- Ask the learners to open their eyes.
- Ask the learners to untie the hitch as quickly as possible. They are not allowed to let go of the hands they are holding.
- Record the time.
Variant
- Repeat the exercise with the challenge to improve the time.
- Discuss afterwards the most efficient way to untie.
Tips for the instructor
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Divide bigger groups into two or three teams.
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