Description: Students role-play and practice what to say in social interactions and engage in short conversations with this language-based game for social skills. Adolescents love the strategy, fast pace, and competitive play in this game! Peer evaluation is integral to game-play—students use the thumbs up/thumbs down gesture to indicate how a player did with his response. Lots of discussion is sparked as students learn to identify appropriate responses in situations relevant to them. Target these social language skills: -Basic Nonverbal Communication—body language, voice, language style -Problem-Solving and Decision Making—identify problems, choose the best alternative, evaluate decisions -Conversation Skills—initiate conversations, turn-taking, topic maintenance, avoid interrupting, phone skills -Emotions and Self-Esteem—saying how you feel, responding to others' emotions, respecting yourself -Peer Relationships—giving compliments, asking for favors, disagreeing, joining groups, apologizing, responding to being left out -Working With Others—getting along with adults, classroom survival skills, accepting differences in others, dealing with embarrassing situations Social skill training is structured in three ways: -That's Life! cards—the player expresses what he would say or do in a specific social situation: You think your friends tease your little brother too much. What could you say to them? -Express yourself! cards—the player chooses a role-play partner for a brief interaction: I gave you a gift you don't like. Thank me for the gift. -What's up? cards—the player chooses a conversation partner and conducts a brief social conversation: Choose a partner. Share your opinions about violence and safety issues at your school. Students draw one of the cards and follow instructions with each move on the game board. Three hundred cards/social situations give students a wide variety of social language experiences for practice and discussion.

Author: LoGIUDICE, Carolyn / McCONNELL, Nancy

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: Age 12-16

Format: GAME