International Negotiations

 

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Divide the class into two teams. If one team is larger than the other (e.g. two trainees 

against one), the larger team should take the Player 2 role, as Player 2 has a longer path to 

connect. Go through the instructions carefully with the class. Make sure they know that if 

they fail to make a statement more delicate, that hexagon remains in play: either player can 

choose it again. If you don’t have counters, trainees could use coins of two different values. 

Alternatively, you could print off copies of the game board from the website. Each trainee has 

a different coloured pen, and simply crosses off the hexagons that they take. The advantage 

of using printouts is that the game can be played several times.

Allow around ten minutes for trainees to play the game once or twice. If they finish early, 

they could go through the hexagons one by one to decide on the best way of making them 

indirect. Afterwards, go through the best answers with the class, and tell trainees to compare 

their answers with the suggested answers on page 77.

If you have a large class, it may be impractical to have only two teams. If so, divide the class 

into pairs of teams of around three trainees each, and appoint an independent judge for 

each pair of teams. The judge can use the suggested answers on page 77 and his/her own 

judgement to decide if a player is successful or not.