Shopping Game to Learn Vocabulary

Children like going to the supermarket. They are excited to choose and buy things sold in the supermarket. They want snacks, chocolate, candies, drinks, ice cream, toys, and so forth. Everything in the supermarket is nice for them.

In my classroom of elementary students, they learn about the vocabulary related to the supermarket, exactly the things can be found in the supermarket. The classroom consisted of 12 students and they work in group of three. First, teacher introduce some vocabularies or things that might be found in the supermarket, such as snacks, chocolate, drinks, fruit, vegetable, books, writing utensils, clothes, etc. Teacher prepares a set of picture flashcards and a set of shopping list cards. The students practice the words or things in the supermarket using flashcard. Teacher may drill them how to pronounce and what the meaning of the words.

After having drilling activities, teacher asks the students to work in group and each group will get a  set of shopping list. They have to shop in the supermarket based on their shopping list.

The procedures are:

1. Each group is given shopping lists, one students one shopping list. Teacher tells them that they have 3 minutes only to shop in the supermarket.

2. Teacher prepares 'the supermarket' (on table, it is put many small pictures flashcards about the things in the supermarket).

3. Each group determines who will be the first, second, and third buyer and they will compete with other groups.

4. Teacher asks the students to read first their shopping list and gives them a basket to put the things in.

5. The first buyer/player of each group is ready on the start line, and when the teacher says "GO", they have to run to the 'supermarket' and buy the things written in the shopping list.

6. In three minutes, the players take in turn, and the group who gets the most things will be the winner of this game.

Through this fun activity, hopefully, my students can enjoy the process of learning and achieve better result in learning English, particularly learning English vocabulary.