This activity is based on the popular U.S. board game Scrabble® which encourages English learners to extend their lexical competence for a whole gamut of roots and affixes.
Членам сообщества englishtips.org хорошо знакомы такие издания, как энциклопедическое оксфордское издание The Oxford A to Z of Word Games by Tony Aguarde , опубликованное Админом 10 октября 2006 г., содержащее подробнейшие иллюстрированные описания, стратегии и правила, похоже, всех существующих на свете английских "игр со словами".
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
Stefan Fatsis, a Wall Street Journal reporter and National Public Radio regular, recounts his remarkable rise through the ranks of elite Scrabble players while exploring the game's strange, potent hold over them -- and him. Scrabble might truly be called America's game. More than two million sets are sold every year and at least thirty million American homes have one. But the game's most talented competitors inhabit a sphere far removed from the masses of "living room players.
This is a very complete and detailed listing, with definitions, explanations, and examples of hundreds of word games, puzzles, and amusements is the English language. Typical games covered are anagrams, alliteration, car games (making up words from car license plates), charades, guessing games, limericks, palindromes, rebuses, Scrabble, and the like. It will be useful for teachers and planners of intellectual and recreational activities for people of all ages.