Interlingual Energizers/Counting to 20


Facilitator
amount	1
language level	(medium)
Participants
age	12+
group size	5-20
Setting
materials	nothing special
space	free space, indoors
time	5-10 min
Outcome
concentration game, teambuilder

The activity Counting to 20 (Deutsch: Bis 20 zählen) is part of the collection of interlingual energizers. See a list of all activities.

Introduction

The introduction is also available in 1 other languages: Deutsch

Let's play a game about listening to each other. It has been a very loud day. It's time to calm down a bit.

Deutsch
Lasst uns ein Spiel speilen, in dem es darum geht aufeinander zu hören. Es war ein sehr lauter Tag. Es ist Zeit, dass ein bisschen Ruhe einkehrt.

Rules

The rules is also available in 1 other languages: Deutsch

Please close your eyes.
We're going to try to count to 20. Only one person can speak at the same time.
If several people say something at the same time we start again from zero.

Deutsch
Bitte schließt eure Augen. Wir werden versuchen bis 20 zu zählen. Es darf immer nur eine/einer zur selben Zeit sprechen. Wenn mehrere zur selben Zeit etwas sagen, fangen wir wieder bei null an.

Possible extensions

This game can easily be used to learn the numbers in a foreign language.

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