This activity aims to develop speaking skills in beginner students aged 6 to 12 by having them practice using school vocabulary to recognize and name objects. Students and teachers will lay out school supplies on the floor, change the position of two objects while one student is away, and have that student try to identify what is different upon returning to strengthen their ability to describe school items. The activity can be made competitive by dividing students into groups or having them race to collect named objects.

1. Activity/Task Analysis
(File) Name: What’s different?
Suitable Age
Group/level
Beginners – from 6 to 12 years old
Skill Focus Speaking
Strategy
(It develops…)
Communicative goals
(Using the language
for…)
Objectives
(Students will practice...)
Use the language to recognize and name school objects;
Introduce or review school material vocabulary;
Procedure 1) Introduce or review school material vocabulary by showing real
objects to students, one at a time, and placing them on the floor.
2) After all the material is spread on the floor, ask one volunteer to
leave the classroom. Students and teacher change the position of 2
objects.
3) The volunteer comes back, and he/she has to guess what’s
different!
4) Another volunteer goes out of the classroom, and the activity
goes on until many children (or all of them if you have a small group)
have the chance to spot the difference!
Variations/
Contingency Plan Divide the class in two groups;
Put the material in front of the class and ask two students to get
the object after you shouted the name of it;
The first one to get the correct material scores a point to his/her
group.