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ESL forum > Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > "What ´s your name?" Game    

"What ´s your name?" Game



derekwarrick
Brazil

"What ´s your name?" Game
 
Is there any cool activity I can use with students related to "introducing yourself"?
They ´re 10-14. And I can ´t think of one good game right now.

Please, help me.

23 Feb 2011      





tulpen25
Netherlands

I have a stack of cards with questions written on them. I ask students to sit/stand in a circle and every person takes a new card and has to answer the question. Then I sometimes - depending on ability - ask the others to guess what the question was. I used this method quite often and they loved it.
 
ETA: They have to say their name before answering the question and then after they´d answered the questions, I´d ask them questions about each other e.g. What was Johan´s favourite colour?

23 Feb 2011     



Minka
Slovenia

For the younger ones a game like the Introduction game on this website, maybe: 


And for a bit older ones a "Find someone who..." . You can use a template like the one suggested here:

teslj.org/Handouts/Kelly-Classmates.html

or write your own questions. 

Here are some more tips:



I ´ve tried "Find someone who..." and it can be pretty fun. 

23 Feb 2011     



lalla99
Romania

Another idea for an icebreaker/ warm up would be to use famous names since they love the idea of being famous, even for a few seconds and produces quite a lot of laughs.  The idea is to have pairs so that they have to find the other half of the pair.

5 Mar 2011