The ICC card game took a LOOOOOOOOG time to set up, so I wouldn't recommend this exercise unless the class has fairly high English skills. Nor would I recommend that the game be played in a class with a large number of students, because they WILL talk when they move to a different table. I don't want to embarrass the students by pulling them away from a table, so I was CONSTANTLY having to tell them "No Talking". With that all being said, once the students understood the game, the results went as expected (and hoped for). When students moved to a new table, they were confused, and a lot of frustration was being exhibited. It took me 3 different classes to get this result (this is my smallest class), because all of the other classes often talked, even when I put a student in the "time out chair", students at other tables would still talk. This was a very frustrating game to set up.
This video was somewhat of a success, and you can even hear me say 'awesome" (how embarrassing) when things FINALLY went as planned. After the game ended, I explained that each table was a different country, and that each country has their own set of rules. And we should not judge others as being 'right, or wrong" on how they do certain things, but we should just judge them as being "different. You could see the "light bulb" go off as I explained this, and even a few of the older students clapped, as they seemed to learn something of value. I further explained that if they travel, they will face similar situations when they visit different countries (thus the importance of English) and why the NO TALKING rule was important for the game. Then I went on to give my personal experience in Korea, and how I often misjudged Korean culture because I didn't understand it, thus I made wrong assumptions based on my American cultural rules. Finally I explained to the students that they must be carefully not to make assumptions about other cultures based on Korean culture. I would had LOVED to gone over certain things that Koreans do that may be misunderstood by non Koreans, as well as ask them what questions about American culture. But Time is a friend to no man, and I was unable to press on with the culture lesson.
This video was somewhat of a success, and you can even hear me say 'awesome" (how embarrassing) when things FINALLY went as planned. After the game ended, I explained that each table was a different country, and that each country has their own set of rules. And we should not judge others as being 'right, or wrong" on how they do certain things, but we should just judge them as being "different. You could see the "light bulb" go off as I explained this, and even a few of the older students clapped, as they seemed to learn something of value. I further explained that if they travel, they will face similar situations when they visit different countries (thus the importance of English) and why the NO TALKING rule was important for the game. Then I went on to give my personal experience in Korea, and how I often misjudged Korean culture because I didn't understand it, thus I made wrong assumptions based on my American cultural rules. Finally I explained to the students that they must be carefully not to make assumptions about other cultures based on Korean culture. I would had LOVED to gone over certain things that Koreans do that may be misunderstood by non Koreans, as well as ask them what questions about American culture. But Time is a friend to no man, and I was unable to press on with the culture lesson.
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