Unit 2: 1.

5 The Circles of discussion board game

Instructions:

Divide the participants into groups of four

For each group of four, distribute one copy of the Circles of Discussion board game, one marker
for each participant, one dice and one set of cut-up discussion cards, placed face down on the
table

Give each participant in each group a number from one to four

Nominate number one in each group to start the game, followed by two, three and four

Explain that only if they land on an empty circle, they take a discussion card from the top of the pile
and discuss the quotation

Remind participants to try to use the functional language from earlier during their discussion

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Cut-ups for 1.5 Circles of Discussion board game

To teach is to touch
lives forever

A teacher is one who

makes himself
progressively
unnecessary

Many children
struggle at school
because they are
taught differently from
how they learn

You have to take risks

when learning
languages

One language puts

you in a corridor for
life. Two languages
open every door along
the corridor

Teachers open the

door, but you must
enter by yourself

You cant see other

peoples point of view
when you have only
one language

Those who know no

foreign language
know nothing of their
mother tongue

Learning is never
done without errors
and defeat

If you teach, you must

never stop learning

Good teaching is
more a giving of right
questions than a
giving of right
answers

The aim of education

should be to teach us
rather how to think,
than what to think

Too often we give

children answers to
remember rather than
problems to solve

To teach is to learn
twice

Good teaching is one

quarter preparation
and three quarters
theatre

One free lunch in the

world is to learn
another language in
early childhood

Language is not a
genetic gift. It is a
social gift. Learning a
new language is
becoming a member
of the club

Learning a foreign
language provides a
cultural mirror in
which we can more
clearly see our own
society

To have another
language is to
possess a second
soul

We cannot learn
languages without
pain

A good teacher must

be able to put himself
in the place of those
who find learning hard

Once children learn

how to learn, nothing
is going to narrow
their mind

It is not what is
poured into a student
that counts but what
is planted

The greatest sign of

success for a teacher
is to be able to say
The children are now
working as if I didnt
exist.
A hundred years from
now, it will not matter
what kind of car I
drove or much money
I had in the bank ...
but the world may be
a better place because
I made a difference in
the life of a child

Learning a language
makes our minds
stronger and more
flexible. Actually
using it gives us an
entirely new
experience of the
world
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I
remember. Involve me
and I learn

What people need and

what they want are
very different.
Teachers are those
who educate people to
appreciate the things
they need

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 The British Council, 2011

The United Kingdoms international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.