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 * Hot seat **

This is a game, which I encountered while searching for an original activity, to improve the students’ listening and speaking skills. It is intended for all levels; therefore I think that it could be applied to teenagers’ classes. The game goes like this: There are many possible variations on this game. The teacher can write the names of famous people instead of recently-learned words, or movie titles, song titles, countries, famous places, etc. I believe that not only young learners but also teenagers/adults need to have fun in the classrooms so I like this activity. It develops many of the skills of students such as speaking, listening, vocabulary and collaboration. It also helps to build a positive classroom atmosphere. Nonetheless, there might be a chaos while playing this game if the classroom is crowded, thus it may be more appropriate to play this game in small classrooms. It is also applicable in Turkey and in all levels. Betül İLHAN Reference: [] []
 * 1) The teacher asks his/her students to form two teams and have them move their chairs forward to form two groups facing the board. After explaining the game and modeling the roles if necessary, s/he asks for one player from each team to move his or her chair forward again and turn it to face his or her group. These players then sit in their chairs (now 'hot seats') with their backs to the board.
 * 2) S/he writes the first word on the board, making sure the players in the 'hot seats' can't see it. After s/he says ‘go!’ the members of each team try to elicit this word from their team-member in the 'hot seat' without saying the word or giving any clues as to its spelling (such as the first letter). For example, if the word is 'vitamins', players could make statements such as 'We need lots of these in our food' or ask leading questions such as 'What does fruit have a lot of?'. The team whose 'hot seat' player first says the target word wins a point.
 * 3) The two players in the 'hot seats' then swap seats with another member of their respective teams. After writing the second word on the board, the teacher says 'Go!' again, and so on. The game continues until all the words have been used, with the team having the most points at the end of the game winning.