You are the first in the You live in Fairview. The You live in Rialto. The queue. person behind you lives in person behind you lives in You live in . The Crumlin. The person in front . The person in person behind you lives in of you lives in Lucan. front of you lives in East Phibsboro. Wall .

You live in Phibsboro. The You live in Crumlin. The You live in Ballyfermot. The person behind you lives in person behind you lives in person behind you lives in . The person in front . The person in . The person in of you lives in Ringsend. front of you lives in front of you lives in Rialto. Fairview.

You live in Tallaght. The You live in Ranelagh. The You live in Ballsbridge. person behind you lives in person behind you lives in The person behind you lives Stoneybatter. The person in . The person in front in Clontarf. The person in front of you lives in of you lives in Crumlin. front of you lives in Phibsboro. Ballyfermot.

You live in Stoneybatter. The You live in Santry. The You live in Clontarf. The person behind you lives in person behind you lives in person behind you lives in . The person in . The person Artane. The person in front front of you lives in Tallaght. in front of you lives in of you lives in Ballsbridge. Ranelagh.

You live in Sandymount. The You live in Blanchardstown. You live in Artane. The person behind you lives in The person behind you lives person behind you lives in Lucan. The person in front of in . The person in . The person in you lives in Stoneybatter. front of you lives in Santry. front of you lives in Clontarf.

You live in Lucan. The You live in East Wall. The You live in Walkinstown. person behind you lives in person behind you lives in The person in front of you Fairview. The person in front Rialto. The person in front of lives in Artane. You are the of you lives in Sandymount. you lives in Blanchardstown. last person in the queue.

Emer Gilmartin

Dublin area queue

MODULE: Acccomodation

LEVEL:R1T up

Time: 30 mins Focus: Where do you live?

Class organisation: whole class Type of activity: mingle activity

Can be adapted to: Prerequisites: ‘Where do you live. Knowledge of .

For this activity you need… N.B. 2 copies of cards sheet

In Class Procedure at a Glance

It is often difficult to get students to change partner. Queues are a simple and relatively fast way to assign partners for a pair work activity, and also give practice in question forms. The outcome can be random if cards are distributed randomly or can be ‘fixed’, often useful for ensuring separation of students with shared mother tongues.

1. Make two copies of the cards sheet. 2. Cut one copy up into cards. Keep the other as a reference. There are 18 cards on the sheet. If your class is smaller use the reference sheet to make sure you give out the first 12, 14, etc. To ‘fix’ the queue write students’ names on the back of the card you want them to have and then mix up the cards. 3. (Optional) Whole class brainstorm on areas (and postcodes) of Dublin.

© IILT 2005. This material may be photocopied for classroom use by prior agreement with Integrate Ireland Language and Training. Emer Gilmartin

4. Tell the class they were in a queue yesterday. Give them out one card each at random or fixed by you and tell them to reassemble the queue by asking other students “Do you live in..?” or “Where do you live...?” 5. When the queue has formed tell them that they are working in pairs and their partner is the person beside them in the queue. 6. (Optional) Partners tell each other about where they really live in Dublin, their favourite/least favourite part of the city, etc.

© IILT 2005. This material may be photocopied for classroom use by prior agreement with Integrate Ireland Language and Training.