Barter

Barter

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Input: buying, selling and bargaining vocabulary.

Scene: you are in the desert and have these items – 1 slip for each person - 10 PERSIAN CARPETS, 5 LITRES OF WATER, 2 CAMELS, 8 TEAPOTS WITH PACKETS OF TEA, 20 LITRES OF OIL, 10 RIFLES WITH AMMUNITION, 4 DESERT TENTS, 12 PACKETS OF HASHISH, 2 DESERT GUIDES, 5 COPIES OF THE KORAN, 6 LAND ROVERS, 3 WATER SUBSTITUTE TABLETS, 6 PACKETS OF DRIED FOOD

 

Aim: to be the richest person in the desert? (Teacher acts as linguistic policeman – not speaking in English – sit out for 1 minute.) (Teacher decides points allotted to the different items. At the end students calculate their points to find the winner.)

 

(- Do game in another scenario: jungle, mountains, desert island…)