1.One Minute Interview 一見如故
Equipment: none
Group: 4+ participants
Duration: 10—20 minutes
Group is divided into pairs (preferably pairs are people who do not know each other well). Pairs are given 5 minutes together to talk about themselves. (Teacher may assign topics such as“proudest achievement” “favorite holiday”or“family life”.) After the 5 minutes is over, the students form one big circle and each pair has a couple of minutes to relate to the group what they learned about each other. This activity is great as shyer students may find it easier to talk one on one and then tell the group about their partner, rather than speak out publicly about themselves.
在該遊戲中，學生除了要介紹自己之外，還要介紹朋友。這意味著在遊 戲過程中，學生不僅要學會表達，還要學會傾聽。這樣的遊戲對增進學生間的了解十分有效。從心理學的角度來看，它可以使學生通過語言來消除戒心，表現自己。其中，教師對談話主題的限定很重要，好的主題可以避免大家無話可說的情況
3.Active Names 動感姓名
Equipment: none
Group: 4+ participants
Duration: 3—5 minutes
Group stands in a circle and one person begins by coming into the center and saying his/her name with each syllable accompanied by an action. For example, Marianne comes into the middle and says Marianne accompanied with a clap, jump and click of the fingers.The group in unison repeats the name and action with Marianne a couple of times. She then returns to the circle and the next person continues with his/her name and action.
該遊戲可以幫助小組成員牢牢記住同伴的名字。需要注意的是，學生根據自己名字的音節來設計動作時，小組其他成員要及時回應，以示鼓勵和贊賞。教師也可適當運用該遊戲來幫助學生鞏固詞彙。
7.Animal Nicknames 綽號遊戲
Equipment: some sheets of paper with students’names, board, markers
Group: 10+ participants
Duration: 8—10 minutes
Before class make up some sheets of paper with all of the students’ names on them with a blank line next to each name. Include your own name also. Hand these out to the students in class. Then tell them to look carefully at each of the other students. Tell them that their job is to think of what kind of animal that each of the other students resembles and why. Make sure to tell the students to be very specific in their types of animals. Don’t let them get away with bird or dog. It is good to have an English dictionary on hand for this game.After you have given them an opportunity to fill in the blanks, write each person’s name on the board. Then ask each member of the class for what they thought about this specific person. Eventually, you will have a list for each student. Then the class vote on the name they like best for that student.
Try to draw out of them what characteristics made them choose certain animals.
該遊戲要求學生用動物名為同學取綽號。在組織該遊戲時，教師要注意以下兩點：①由於該遊戲包括取綽號及說明理由兩部分內容，故活動可延伸到課外，以便給學生充足的準備時間。教師可為學生提供一些常見的句型，例如：His nickname can be , because he looks like…/because sometimes he acts like…，等等。②由於中西方文化對動物的聯想意義差別很大，故在進行該遊戲時，教師要充分考慮到漢語文化中關於動物的刻板印像。例如，學生給同學取綽號為 dog 可能會引起反感，這時教師要及時補充相關的文化知識，避免不必要的由文化差異引起的不快，同時拓展學生的文化視野。教師在組織該遊戲前可查閱有關動物聯想的文化知識。
25.Fortune Cookies 幸運甜餅
Equipment: pieces of paper, pens, a box
Group: 10+ participants
Duration: 4—6 minutes
Take a few small pieces of paper and write on them short simple messages like “You will go to the cinema.”“You will meet a famous person.”“You will get three CDs for your birthday.”Fold them so that the messages remain secret. Put all the scraps of paper in a box, shake them well and pass the box around for the students to take one and read it out and aloud. Make sure that they say“O-E, O-E, what will my fortune be?” first! Provided you choose your messages wisely,you will provide
the class with some interesting conversation topics and will find out a lot about your students and their interests (favorite films, heroes, music, etc.) which should help you to plan the course ahead accordingly!
這個以“幸運甜餅”命名的遊戲，隱含著參與遊戲的人對未來的期望。在該遊戲中，話題（message）的內容設計是關鍵，故在遊戲開始前，教師可通過課堂內的語言活動（如對話）探知學生的興趣，並把話題設計成“You will…”句型，這樣可以使學生拿到紙條時有意外的驚喜。要注意的是，每位學生在打開紙條前，都要自言自語一句“O-E, O-E, what will my fortune be?”，這讓學生在不知不覺中練習
