Odd Card Out is basically just a presentation variation very heavily based on Nick Trost’s trick Eight Card Brainwave, so before we look at how I use it in class, let’s see the original (he performs two tricks, we’re
interested only in the first one):
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- Make a prediction, OR depending on how you present it… your student has powers of mentalism!
- I use this trick to practice “expressions for giving advice”, but it can be used for practically anything.
- Skills: Listening & reading
- For practicing: In this particular case, expressions for giving advice (although you can use it for almost anything).
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Demonstration & Explanation
Now, as you will probably notice, I have adapted this trick to practice expressions for giving advice, and I even gave the trick a kind of “reverse psychology” feel to it, but naturally I could also change the presentation slightly and use it to practice other things like vocabulary, grammar, expressions of possibility… etc.
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