BINGO

Bingo, if used well, can be a great tool to teach your students new target language, review and reinforce previously learned language and sharpen the students' listening skills.

DECIDING THE TARGET LANGUAGE

1. Only the Topic names:  Read a book! etc.

2. Use only one pattern: Are you ____ing __?

3. Mixing it up (advanced):  Are you ____ing __?   Can you  ____?  Did you ___ yesterday?

SET UP  

1. Put all the blue cards in a stack. This is the Game Stack.

2. Give each player one Bingo card and nine rubber bands. (3X4 Basic needs 12)

HOW TO PLAY  

1. The teacher shows the top-card from the Game Stack and calls out the TL.

2. The players check for a match on their Bingo card and answer Yes or No.

3. The player who has covered all boxes first, wins the game.  BUT, as with all LMQ games.... early finishers still have to continue answering No until the game is over....

＊️ Laminating the Bingo sheets will make them more durable, but if you can't, using A5 clear files from a 100 yen shop, is a cheap and fast alternative.

🧐 THE BINGO CARDS

3 X 3 Junior

Use these Bingo cards for younger players. (study math, write English, speak Japanese and take a picture are not included)

3 X 3 Free

These cards use all sixteen topics. The "Free" spot in the center is there to speed up the game.

3 X 3 Basic

These cards also use all sixteen topics but there is no "Free" spot in the center.

3 X 4 Basic

These cards also use all sixteen topics but there are twelve boxes instead of nine. Students can only get horizontal (BIG) Bingos and vertical (small) Bingos.

😊 USING ONLY LMQ CARDS

Instead of using the Bingo sheets, you can give everybody nine cards, face up.

Whenever they have one or more matching cards, they flip them over...

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