Language
Asking for and giving name, age:
おなまえは? なんさいですか?  ___さいです。
Talking about likes and dislikes:
どんな____がすきですか。 ____がすきです。
 
Scenario
This is a popular TV show called ラッキーさん、こんにちは! (Hello, Mr/Ms Lucky!). A show host/ess opens the show and introduces 3 contestants. Each contestant has to answer questions about him/herself. Then the host/ess asks the contestants what sort of fruit they like. Inside the ひみつのはこ (Secret Box), held by the host/ess, there is a picture of a particular fruit. The lucky contestant, ラッキーさん, whose favourite fruit matches the one in the ひみつのはこ will be given a mystery prize.
 
Scenario Extensions
  • The role of show host or hostess could be played by two students and replaced by other students every time new contestants come to the stage.
  • The ‘favourite thing’ could be chosen from other categories, such as sports, animals.
    どんなスポーツがすきですか。 どんなどうぶつがすきですか。
  • This could be conducted as a competition between groups. Students are divided into groups of 4 or 5, and one student from each group becomes a contestant. The team with the most successful contestants wins.
 
Role-play Extension
The dialogue can be modified for advanced students using language and structures the students are learning. The host can ask contestants about their family and pets, where they live, what they do in their free time, and so on.
かぞくはなんにんですか。ペットをかっていますか。なんですか。
どこにすんでいますか。ひまなときなにをしますか。etc.
 
Suggested Props
Secret box, picture cards, mystery prize
Fruits (PDF:817kb)
Model dialogue 
H: Host C: Contestants (2-3 students)

H: 「ラッキーさん、こんにちは!」のじかんです。こんにちは。
(To the audience)

C: こんにちは。

H: おなまえは? (Host asks all the contestants the same questions)

C: _____です。

H: なんさいですか。

C: _____さいです。

H: _____さん、どんなくだものがすきですか。

C: ______がすきです。

H: そうですか。ありがとう。
(Host/ess picks up the picture hidden in the Secret Box)

H: きょうのラッキーさんは_____さんです!!
  おめでとう! (Gives the picture to the contestant)

C: ありがとう!

H: つぎのコンテスタント、どうぞ!
  (Calls for the next contestants, and the game show continues)

Model dialogue (PDF: 132kb)
 
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