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Our camps and programs promote the enrichment of the French vocabulary, the confidence to use it, and the willingness to take the risk to converse in French.  \nIn this 3-part information sheet series, we share with you some of our most trusted methods and activities that have proven their success over the last 15 years to tens of thousands of campers.  \nWe hope that this series will provide some non-traditional tools you can incorporate into your FSL (or any other second-language classroom) to get the kids speaking!  \nEnjoy!  \nAmanda Cloutier  \nProgram Director amanda@campt.ca  \nCONTACT US  \n1-888-892-1889 info@campt.ca campt.ca  \nBoard Games  \nBoard games are coming back as a trend for after-school amusment, following the online gaming surge amongst all ages of students. Just as teachers look to incorporate videogames into their classroom, why not add some board games to your your routine?  \nReasoning  \nThere are so many reasons why board games are perfect for your classroom:  \n1 Valuable student-teacher interaction is gained. Instead of supervising, when teachers participate in the board games, they’re able to strengthen their relationship with all participants. The dynamic changes from “student” and “teacher” to “players”where everyone is on the same level. Students and teachers can connect as they participate together.  \n2 The children’s primary focus is the game and therefore they’re not necessarily  \nworried about how they sound. As children age, they develop the ability to selfreflect, which also turns into shyness in the second language classroom. But once children begin playing a board game, particularly one they love (Uno is a huge hit, for example) they become so invested in the game itself that their self-consciousness falls to the background.  \n3 Teachers can introduce situational vocabulary and expressions. Playing board games comes with it’s own set of situational vocabulary, including terms such as “your turn”,“pass the dice”,“move 3 spaces”,“spades” and so forth. In order for students to succeed in playing any essential board game, teachers need to ensure that this vocabulary is taught first, so that the kids aren’t switching to their mother tongue whenever they get stuck. Board games can then also be adapted to fit whatever curriculum strand you’re working on, to give unique practice to the knowledge and skills they’ve learned in the classroom.  \n4 Spontaneous, authentic oral engagement. As the new Ontario French curriculum states, students need to be engaging in spontaneous and authentic speaking situations in order to gain real-life practice of their second language. Board games do just that; despite how much practice you may give to learning concepts and vocabulary prior to playing the game, board games are innately unpredictable, and so students are placed in a situation where they are forced to use the language tools they have learned to communicate. There is no way to practice such conversation, so teachers and students alike are authentically engaging in oral conversation.  \nCONTACT US  \n1-888-892-1889 info@campt.ca campt.ca  \nBoard Games That Work  \nBelow are the 7 games I find that work to engage students’ interests all while speaking in their second language.  \n\n| Twister (for all ages)\u003Cbr>Twister is a family favourite, and many of our campers already know how to play. One at a time, the Game Master instructs participants to place one of their hands or their feet on a coloured circle, and participants have to keep their balance! The last player standing wins. This game reinforces right and left directions that are often confused with one\u003Cbr>another, as well as body parts (hands, feet, etc.) and colours all ","cbCaijWki4qz7m8Y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijWki4qz7m8Y","pdf",928404,"English","# Board Games\n## Reasoning\n## Board Games That Work\n## Where to buy it?","[{\"question\":\"Why are board games effective for a French-speaking classroom?\",\"answer\":\"Board games create valuable student-teacher interaction, shift roles so everyone participates as players, and keep children focused on the game rather than how they sound. 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