Collection of games

Aims: Speaking skill, asking questions, answering

Level: Pre-intermediate

Time: -

Organisation: Pairs

Procedure: This is useful at start of a course to help people get to know one another and to create a friendly working relationship. It also establishes the fact that speaking is an important part of a course right from the start.

Put the students into pairs. They should interview the other students, asking any question they wish, and nothing down interesting answers. When finished they introduce the person they interviewed to the rest of the class.

If you are concerned that the class may not have enough language to be able to ask questions, you could start the activity by eliciting a number of possible questions from the students.

Planning a holiday

Aims: Make decisions, Speaking skill, writing skill