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Mehta, S. J. – Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Gray, Jenny – Instructor, 1970
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

Moorwood, Helen – Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
Describes a game that can be used in advanced English (FL) classes, and offers suggestions for successful play. The game is a more complex form of "Twenty Question". (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, English (Second Language)
Monson, Jay A. – Elementary English, 1975
Some ideas for enlivening spelling instruction. (JH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Language Instruction
Cooper, Thomas – American Foreign Language Teacher, 1974
Describes in detail a board game developed for German students with a view to encouraging freer speech in a structured language learning environment. A bibliography is included. (PM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, German, Language Instruction
Saunders, Helen V., Comp. – 1974
Eleven West Virginia teachers contributed the games included in this publication. All of the games have been classroom tested for their educational results as well as for their promotion of student interest and are intended for use in a foreign language class. The following games are described in detail: (1) Advanced Verbs, (2) Artists, (3)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, French, German
Agee, Hugh – Elementary English, 1972
Article focuses on neologisms, one illustration of teaching basic language concepts without textbooks and utilizing materials found all about us. (MB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Figurative Language, Induction

Kaiser, Linda – Unterrichtspraxis, 1977
The following easy games for the German classroom are described: around Germany, map identifications, fast response, bingo, memory training, geography college bowl, find the object, descriptions, pronunciation perfection, acrostics, simple board games, art lesson, treasure hunt, and miscellaneous games. (SW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, German, Language Instruction

Gordon, W. Terrence – French Review, 1977
Describes the use of the pieces and movements of chess to teach French vocabulary of direction and motion. (CHK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, French, Language Instruction
Wolfe, David E. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Grammar, Illustrations
Apelt, Walter; Bunselmeyer, Richard – Fremdsprachenunterricht, 1975
Rules are presented for the planning and acting out of "speaking games." Further, the methodical designing and the functioning of "speaking games" are discussed, using five actual examples as models. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
"False Friends" und ihre unterrichtliche Behandlung (The Instructional Treatment of "False Friends")
Breitkreuz, Hartmut – Neueren Sprachen, 1973
Language teaching contests as a technique for teaching students to avoid mistakes in using false cognates. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, English (Second Language), German

Vizmuller, Jana – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Discusses the use of humor in the language classroom, and provides some sample activities in Italian. (AM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Humor, Italian
McMillan, Nancy; Madaras, Susan W. – 1974
Two marketing games are described, "Le Marche Francais" and "El Mercado: The Mexican Market Comes to Life in the Spanish Classroom." Both are patterned after a published game entitled "Market: A Simulation Game." The adaptation in each instance relied on simplifying the original game and presenting it in a form understandable to middle school…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Educational Games, Language Instruction
Bliemel, Willibald – Englisch, 1978
Finds that, while games are useful as a motivating device in foreign language teaching, many games decribed in the literature are not introduced because they seem to the teacher to be too complicated. Simplifications and variations of some well-known games are suggested. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Class Activities, Educational Games, English (Second Language)