Let's play! Learn Spanish playing with ¡Anchoa es Castilla!
If you know me from class or else, you already know this, if not, I'm telling you:
I absolutely love games!
Despite of having been taken to complex heights and depths (like The Game, which I just lost, by the way, sorry), play is embedded in our genes and can be somewhat necessary for our survival, or at least our thriving. Just watch most young animals: when they feel safe enough, they play.
Specifically to language, I find the act of playing particularly useful because many are social , taking pressure off, so you can socialise without knowing a big deal of the language, whilst improving your knowledge of it. To take it even further I would say that even if you "cheated"... you would be actually studying.
Even if you lose, you win.
And what better way to spend the dark, cold almost winter evenings than playing games with other people?
That is why it brings me joy to finally be able to tell you that I will be hosting a free game meetup via Zoom soon.
Here are the details:
When: Wednesday, 7th of December at 17:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) until 19:00.
Cost: free!
Host: Cristina from ¡Anchoa es Castilla!
Target language: Spanish
Languages spoken: Spanish and English.
NOTE: in order to register, an email will be required for logistic purposes, and you'll receive automated communications from Zoom regarding this event. There is not an option to remove my access to this info, which I have no intention to know, nor use. Whilst I like the idea of making myself known through events, and there is a "public relation" element to hosting them, I don't collect emails, nor pursue promotion through that channels, so you shouldn't be receiving anything into your email from me directly, if you haven't contacted me directly before.
Some extra information, including some accesibility elements, can be found here.
Some games we will be exploring:
Not the hangman. Maybe, as a warmup probably, whilst waiting for participants to arrive. Find the instructions here.
Memory games: think Simon says style. In Spain we had this "In my suitcase I carry...", each turn, each person repeats the list of elements mentioned previously (if any) and adds one more. In class we play this with a relevant expression related to vocabulary previously seen, like "Me duele..." which means "...is hurting" and we list body parts. This type of game is great to learn and memorise vocabulary.
Alto el lápiz/ Categories: also commercialised as Scategories. Another fantastic game to look up vocabulary, by category and starting letter.
For this game it would be useful to have a pencil or pen and a paper nearby.
Find how to play, as well as some recommendations here.
20 Questions*: an adapted version where participants will be asking yes or no questions to me, in order to find out what I am thinking about. Yes or no questions are great, as they are basically statements with a different intonation, perfect for grammar practice.
*if we have extra time, and everyone is able to participate or willing to just witness if not.
See you soon!
Question: if you play board or spoken games online, does it remain so? Becomes a videogame? Or becomes a video board/ spoken game?
Kommentare