English Time Dominoes. Language Game. ELI & ET TOI

Game type (main game type): dominoesDifficulty level: beginner A1 (can be used on A2)Age range: children 7 years and older, teenagers, adultsNumber of suggested game variants: 7 (+2 with an additional die)One possible game scenario: The domino cards are shuffled and dealt to the players. The game begins with the player with a card with the 12 o'clock symbol on both sides. The other players add their cards one by one so that the time shown in the diagram matches its written form, or so that each card placed differs by an hour, half an hour, or fifteen minutes from the previous one. The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins. The last player left with a card loses. The game can also function as a simple linguistic and educational puzzle for independent play.Language topics and goals: learning the time in English, learning clock time, learning English vocabulary and expressions related to asking for the time and units of time measurement, and also - in the case of children - learning to read the time on a clock, learning to speak and listen in English.The game is used: • during school classes: primary school in grades 2 to 8, or secondary school (high school, technical school) in grade 1, • in language schools offering English courses at the A1 level and above, • at home (playing with friends and family, social games or private English lessons).Additional benefits: The Time Dominoes game improves mental skills such as memory, concentration and perceptiveness, promotes effective memorization and teaches active and healthy lifestyle. competition, and its playful nature helps in establishing social relationships with other participants of the game and has a positive effect on reducing the distance between the student and the teacher.Instructions: in addition to the instructions in English, the game is accompanied by instructions in Polish, which include: • methodological introduction for teachers, parents and the players themselves, • extensive game scenarios, • suggestions for educational games and exercises.The additional instructions in Polish are also convenient for people who do not know the foreign language well enough to become familiar with the original, English version of the instructions, as well as the possibility of independently conducting linguistic and educational games with children or peers.Additional dice: The game has been enriched with new game variants thanks to the use of an additional dice that extends the educational scope of the game.The game was developed based on the criteria of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - level A1The set includes: • 48 cardboard domino pieces with pictures on one side and hours written in words on the other side, • methodological booklet in English, • methodological booklet in Polish, • additional dice.