The Language Game

Topic
- Language
- Citizenship & human rights
- Culture & religion
Learning skills
- Self-awareness
- Empathy & social awareness
- Language, reading & writing
Activity type
- Energiser & ice breaker
- Quiz & challenge game
Materials
- Basic
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
5 - 15 minutes
+5 players
Easy
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

Contributors

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Everything you need to play this game

Paper for each player
Pens or chalk for each player

A step-by-step guide to play the game

Explain that everyone has the right to use their own language, culture and religion - even if these are not shared by most people in the country where they live. In this game, different languages are a big bonus. It can give you a chance to write down a unique word that someone else may not have heard of.

Distribute papers and pens among the players or chalk if they can write on the ground.

Ask the players to make six columns. Each column represents a particular category, e.g. place, animal, thing, food, sport and song.

Choose any letter from the alphabet and share the letter with the players.

Players are given one minute to write down a word starting with that letter. They can choose in which language they write it down.

If a player has a unique word (= no one has the same words) he gets 10 points. If there is only one player with the same word, he gets 5 points. If there are several players with the same word, they each get 2 points and if you couldn't come up with a word, you get 0 points.

Repeat several times.

The player with the highest score at the end is the winner.

Extra game information

This game is part of the 'All Children, All Right(s)!' toolkit, which focuses on promoting the right to development.

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