Tip of the Month
Devote some time to activities related to Serbia. Here is one game in which students should use their knowledge of Serbian geography, history and culture.
Ask the right question about Serbia
Level: Elementary / Pre-Intermediate +
Time: 20 minutes
Type of activity: Group activity, where the students have to ask questions to enable the person listening to answer with the exact word(s) on their card.
Aim: to practise questions and to review what students have learnt about Serbia
Preparation: Copy and cut up the cards – one set per group.
Procedure
- Do a quick demonstration of the activity with the whole class. Tell them you are thinking of a word and that you are going to ask them questions to see if they can guess what the word is. Here are two words you can demonstrate with: Fruška Gora –an actor. And here are some possible questions that will give you the above answers: What is (the name of) the mountain near Novi Sad? (Answer: Fruška Gora.) – What is Ivan Bosiljčić ?(Answer: An actor.)
- Divide the class into groups of 4-6. Give each group a set of cards. These are placed face down.
- Students have to take it in turns to pick up a card and then to ask one or more questions so that someone in the group will be able to guess what the word is. But the student has only 1 minute to form appropriate questions. The person who guesses correctly gains the card. If the word is not guessed it is placed face up on the table. The next student now picks up a card. Play continues in a clockwise manner.
- Set a definite time-limit (e.g. 20 minutes.) and stop the students at the end of it, whether they have finished or not.
- As a follow-up, ask students to tell you which words they were unable to guess. Ask for suggestions as to which question could have been asked to guess these words.
Nikola Tesla |
Niš |
the Danube |
a composer |
Stefan Nemanja |
Karadjordje Petrović |
ski resort |
the Republic of Serbia |
1389 |
the Ottomans |
Vojvodina |
1804 |
1815 |
in April 1941 |
ćevapčići |
plum brandy |
Macedonia |
1999 |
Saint Sava |
Ivo Andrić |
football |
on Christmas Eve |
raspberries |
red, blue and white |
Danilo Kiš |
Marija Šerifović |
fortress |
tennis |
dinar |
Belgrade |
Lake Palić |
trumpet |
EXIT |
reality show |
frescoes |
an ancient Roman settlement |
spa |
Welcome to Serbia! |
Zlatibor |
a poet |