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English teacher uses home-made Earthbound board game to help Japanese students learn the language

by rawmeatcowboy
21 December 2009
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Well, here’s a picture of the Onett board game that I made for my students to play in class! It’s actually only a first edition. I’ve made improvements by adding in a lot of EarthBound characters hidden in all kinds of different spots so when the kids play, they can try to find all the Mr. Saturns, Possessors, Magic Butterflies, etc. But I don’t have that version printed out yet.

The rules of the game are you have to go find food in all of the trash cans. The trash cans are numbered, so once you land on one, you go to where the teacher is and ask them if you can look in the trash can of the number you landed on. Then after you pull a food card out of the trash can (the cans are actually big flashcards on the board with food cards behind them). Then before you go back to your seat, you have to say the food in English to the teacher and the teacher will ask you something like “Do you like ____?” Then you have to answer “Yes, I do” or “No, I don’t”. During the game, if you run into another player, you can do “rock, scissors, paper” to try to steal one of their food cards. But if you lose, you have to give one of yours to them. The person with the most different kinds of food cards at the end wins. - Kyosuke, English teacher

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