
The idea of a speaking exercise is to “break the ice”. The general idea is to make students feel comfortable and focused. There are several ways of doing this. A great way is with changing partners, allow students to speak to a partner for 2-3 minutes and then change partners so that all the students can get to know each other.
Other ways include:
Ask and answer the questions with a partner:
- What’s your name?
- Where are you from?
- What do you like about living in this city?
- Who is your best friend and why do you get on so well?
- What do you normally do in your leisure time?
Ask and answer the questions with a partner:
- Do you have a nickname?
- Have you got any siblings? If not, would you like any?
- What is the best thing about living here?
- Do you have a large group of friends or just a few?
- What do you normally do at weekends?
Ask and answer the questions with a partner:
- How many true friends do you have?
- How would you describe your personality?
- When were you last amazed by something that you had achieved?
- What is the worst thing about living here?
- In the future what would you like to do for a living?
Ask and answer the questions with a partner:
- What are your plans for the future?
- Do you find it hard to live within your means?
- What would you most like to achieve in this course?
- Why are some people more talented at learning languages than others?
- When was the last time you were let down by someone really close to you?
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