The client and the advocate

The client and the advocate

Aim : Listen and comprehend various kinds of questions and respond to them instantly in English

Divide the class into two equal groups. They sit in circles- Group I in the inner circle and Group – 2 in the outer circle. When Group 1 plays the Group 2 observes the processes. They take note of the actions and talks by the leader and the participants, during the activity.

The leader gets inside the circle and tells “This is a Court, I am the Judge and you all are advocates present in the court. Then how will you address me? The person sitting to your right is your client. As the judge I can ask the clients any question. But only the client’s advocate should answer my question. Let’s begin the Court session “

The leader moves inside the circle, points and asks a simple question (Yes / No or using question tags) to any person sitting in the circle. His / her advocate has to give the answer to the question. Move to some other person and ask another question to him / her.

After 4-5 persons increase the complexity of the questions (Wh-questions) and then ask different kinds of open ended questions. After the initial round, invite a participant who failed to respond to a question or a person who forgot the rule of the game to conduct the game.

Each sub group in Group – 2 shall present their documentation in the plenary, including the teacher talk and the talk of the participants. Exhibit the questions asked on a chart. Then invite them to form a circle and encourage one among the participants to conduct the game in the new group. Group -1 should undertake the documents as done by Group – earlier.