Transcript
Asking questions is a really important part of making
conversation and learning a language but it can be a bit difficult or
embarrassing to ask personal questions to a partner. I’m Jo Gakonga from
ELT-Training with an idea that can help with this, and add a bit of fun to your class. It’s called
‘Who are you?’
You’ll need a picture of a person- not a famous people, but
maybe an image that’s a bit interesting. You can easily find these copyright
free on Pixabay or Unsplash. Here are some examples I found as examples.
Show the class the picture and ask them to work in a group of
three to write down questions to ask this person – where are you from? How long
have you been playing the guitar? Did you walk there? Where are you? Do you
have a family? Kids? Are you on holiday? If you are online, you can do this in
breakout rooms.
Now nominate ONE person in the group to swap to another
group. They take on the role of the person in the picture and a new group ask
them their questions. The role player can answer however they like. Tell them
to use their imaginations!
If you wanted to extend this, you could then re-group back to
the original three and ask the two questioners to report back on what they
‘found out’ or get them to write about the man for homework. Hope that you have
fun with it.
