This document provides instructions for several icebreaker activities that can be used for students:
Two Truths One Lie involves students thinking of two true things about themselves and one lie. Students then ask each other questions to try and determine which statement is the lie.
Who Am I? has students write famous people's names on pieces of paper and tape them to each other's backs without seeing. Students then ask yes or no questions to try and guess who they are.
Personality Quiz has students write down their three favorite animals and the group brainstorms positive adjectives for each. The adjectives are said to represent how students see themselves, how others see them, and how they really are.
This document provides instructions for several icebreaker activities that can be used for students:
Two Truths One Lie involves students thinking of two true things about themselves and one lie. Students then ask each other questions to try and determine which statement is the lie.
Who Am I? has students write famous people's names on pieces of paper and tape them to each other's backs without seeing. Students then ask yes or no questions to try and guess who they are.
Personality Quiz has students write down their three favorite animals and the group brainstorms positive adjectives for each. The adjectives are said to represent how students see themselves, how others see them, and how they really are.
This document provides instructions for several icebreaker activities that can be used for students:
Two Truths One Lie involves students thinking of two true things about themselves and one lie. Students then ask each other questions to try and determine which statement is the lie.
Who Am I? has students write famous people's names on pieces of paper and tape them to each other's backs without seeing. Students then ask yes or no questions to try and guess who they are.
Personality Quiz has students write down their three favorite animals and the group brainstorms positive adjectives for each. The adjectives are said to represent how students see themselves, how others see them, and how they really are.
This document provides instructions for several icebreaker activities that can be used for students:
Two Truths One Lie involves students thinking of two true things about themselves and one lie. Students then ask each other questions to try and determine which statement is the lie.
Who Am I? has students write famous people's names on pieces of paper and tape them to each other's backs without seeing. Students then ask yes or no questions to try and guess who they are.
Personality Quiz has students write down their three favorite animals and the group brainstorms positive adjectives for each. The adjectives are said to represent how students see themselves, how others see them, and how they really are.
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Ice Breakers
Two Truths One Lie
Preparation: Think of two true things about yourself and one lie. (For example: I got a scuba diving license when I was 15, I have been to Tanzania, My parents own a pizza restaurant)
Instructions: Model the exercise first.
Students must ask you questions to find out which is the lie. (For example: Where did you get certified? Where did you last go diving? What is the capital of Tanzania? Etc.)
You can limit the number of questions or put a time limit on asking questions or simple have them ask questions until they think they know the lie. Finally the students then make their guesses and you tell them if they are right or not.
Now move on to letting your students try it out. You can put them into pairs or groups and have them take turns questioning each other.
You can make it into a game where people compete to find the most lies or who is the best liar.
Who Am I? Preparation: Materials needed: paper cut into pieces, tape You’ll probably want to model this one first with a student volunteer.
Instructions: Give students the pieces of paper and tell them to write a famous person’s name on it. A person that they think everyone will know. (i.e. the President of their country or the President of America, a famous movie star or singer, a historical figure like Ghengis Kahn) Collect the pieces of paper and look over them to make sure they have people on them that everyone will know. Have the students come up one by one and tape a piece of paper with a famous person’s name on their back. Don’t let the students see who their person is. Do this with all the students. Now have the students mingle and look at each other names. The students then ask questions about themselves. (i.e. Am I alive or dead? Am I from this country? Am I a boy or girl?) The students are NOT allowed to ask their name. They have to guess who they are. Students keep asking questions and guessing. You can tailor it to suit your class with rules. (you must ask three questions before guessing) You can also do it in pairs or groups.
Personality Quiz Preparation: None
Instructions Put students into pairs or groups. Tell each student to write down their three favorite animals.
Groups or pairs then brainstorm POSITIVE adjectives for each animal. (example: dogs – loyal, friendly, energetic, etc.)
After the groups and pairs finish tell the students that: Their first animal and its adjectives are how they see themselves Their second animal and its adjectives are how other people see them Their third animal and its adjectives are how they really are
The Cloud Game
This game allows students to learn some facts about each other without making anybody feel uncomfortable. I have also noticed how this game makes people more eager to share fun facts about themselves, and not just the basics (family, job, pets).
Procedure: Draw a graph on the board. It should look something like this: Put your name in the middle. In each of the smaller clouds (the best number is 4-6) write a word that somehow describes you: your favourite food, colour, the place where you are from etc. Don’t make it too easy for the students to figure out what each word stand for. Now, it is time for your students to ask you questions in order to find out what each of the clouds means to you. All you can say is YES or NO.
Example: Is blue your favourite colour? YES! Are you from Brazil? NO! Have you ever been to Brazil? NO! Would you like to travel to Brazil? YES! In my case here is what each cloud stands for: BLUE = my favourite colour WRITER = I wanted to be a writer in the future when I was a kid BLOG = I have a blog (in the past it used to stand for “I’d like to start a blog”) BIKE = I love riding a bike PEAS = I hate peas BRAZIL = I’d love to travel there one day
Let students ask 3 questions about each cloud, if they can’t guess, move on to the next one. Once they have finished, ask them to tell you something they remember about you at this point. Now, give your students a couple of minutes to draw similar graphs about themselves in their notebooks. They should work in pairs asking and answering questions about each other’s clouds. Ask them to try to remember as much about their partner as possible. After they had finished, elicit at least one piece of information about each student. Sites
https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/icebreakers-speaking-activities/ - In use
