Polish language games

[John Langran]

I'm taking this game from Ruslan Russian 1, but I guess you can adapt it to 
Polish.
I guess there are about 20 in the class.
Teach them how to ask people's names and how to answer, use their real 
(English?) names for this.
Then teach them 6 Polish names, 3 for boys and 3 for girls (I assume it is a 
mixed group)
Maybe more if a larger group, probably not less.
I don't know Polish, but if some names could be boys or girls (Sasha in 
Russian) then use them.
Practice the pronunciation of the new names.
Then ask them to choose a Polish name for themselves from the 6 you gave 
them, but not to tell anyone.
Then ask them to find all the other people in the group with the same name 
as them, just in Polish.
Maybe you could teach a few other words to help, like "yes", "no", "excuse 
me".

NB before you start check in case there are any Polish childern in the 
group. A simple point, but could be missed!

Then they could write their Polish name on a blank sticky label, put it on, 
and go round introducing themselves to other students again, eg asking each 
boy to introduce himself to 3 girls with different names.

There's a Russian version of this game using professions at 
www.ruslan.co.uk/demos.htm then download the first lesson of Ruslan 1 and go 
to page 24.

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pepijn Hendriks" <Pepijn.Hendriks at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 7:44 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Polish language games


> Szanowni Państwo!
>
> On the occasion of the European Day of Languages this Friday (26 
> September), I have been invited to entertain a group of 10/11/12-year-olds 
> with a class on Polish (with the emphasis on the pupils using it 
> themselves).
>
> I've been looking for some classroom language games to see me and the 
> pupils through this 45-minute class. Topics that could be coverd could 
> improve introducing yourself in Polish, using numerals (for example in 
> simple sums), or singing a song ('Sto lat'?).
>
> Still, I haven't been able to come up with a game or some sort of exercise 
> of which I'm confident that the children would find it fun. Some kind of 
> group activity? A memory-card game?
>
> I would be very grateful for any suggestions or pointers that this 
> community may come up with!
>
> -Pepijn
>
> -- 
> Pepijn Hendriks, MA
> Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
> Department of Slavic Languages and Cultures
> http://website.leidenuniv.nl/~hendriksp1
>
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