Genre(s) | Children's games |
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Players | Three or more |
Setup time | None |
Playing time | User determined |
Random chance | Medium |
Skill(s) required | Speaking, listening |
The form and timing of the tic undoubtedly mutated over the generations, as in the childhood game of Chinese Whispers (Americans call it Telephone)
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(help)The sinophobic name points to the centuries-old tradition in Europe of representing spoken Chinese as an incomprehensible and unpronounceable combination of sounds.
Play 'Chinese Whispers' to demonstrate how word-of-mouth messages or stories quickly become distorted
Explain that speaking quietly can be more effective in communication than shouting, although clarity is important. You could play 'Chinese Whispers' to illustrate this!
Listening skills:...Play Chinese Whispers
Simple games for practising vocabulary and/or numbers: ... Chinese Whispers: ...the final word is compared with the first to see how similar (or not!) it is.