Social English rotating revision board game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Fun review of all necessary language for English for social purposes, with students progressing around a board by how well they interact.
Lesson Plan Content:
Social English rotating revision board game
Good things to say
when you are
dining together.
Directions to
different
places that
your partner
understands.
Different
interesting
things in/
about/ near
this building.
Interesting
facts about
your firm/
section/
department.
START
Good things to
say the first time
you meet
someone.
Good things to say
related to names.
Write your name in or put a counter on the first
square.
Do the challenge of the square you are on.
Your partner will respond to what you say (e.g.
answer the small talk question), then discuss if
it is a good choice or not. Continue doing that
challenge until your partner thinks it was a bad
choice or you do it correctly 6 times. Move
clockwise the number of squares of your good
attempts, e.g. 4 squares if the 5
th
thing that you
said was wrong. The winner is the person who
has moved most around the board when your
teacher stops you.
Other rules:
- You must stop your turn the 1
st
time that
you make a mistake (staying on the same
square if the 1
st
attempt is bad)
- You can’t move more than six squares
- If you land on a square that someone has
already done, you can copy what was said
before if you like (although some things
may get different reactions).
Useful language for playing the game
“That sounds right.”/ “I think that’s okay.”
“I don’t think that is a good thing to say (in this
situation) because…”
“How many points (did I get)?”
“You can move zero/ one/ two/ … square(s).”
“It’s my turn.”/ “It’s your turn.”
Good meeting for
the 1
st
time small
talk questions.
Good things to
say about
business cards.
Good small talk
questions with
someone who
you know well.
Invitations your
partner would
really react
positively to.
“How” questions
that get different
answers from
your partner.
Recommendation
s your partner
accepts.
Good small talk
questions at the
start of meetings.
Good ways to end
a conversation.
Smoothly ending
chatting phrases.
Good small talk
questions for
Wednesdays.
Good small talk
questions at the
end of meetings.
Good small talk
questions for
Monday morning.
Different ways of
responding to
good news.
Good small talk
questions for
Friday evening.
Different ways of
responding to
bad news.
Good things to
say if you meet
someone at the
airport.
Good things to
say when you
meet again after
a long time.
Good small talk
questions starting
with “How”.
Good things to
say the 2
nd
time
you meet.
Good small talk
questions about
the future.
Things to say
when you
meet
accidentally.
Good small
talk questions
with
colleagues.
(Light) small
talk
questions
about work.
Good small talk
questions about
travel/ journeys.
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