Learning Exercise
Animated introductions
This activity assumes a degree of computer literacy and is to be used as an icebreaker activity for students involved in a computer mediated language learning class.
Join students into pairs, and as an ice breaker, have paired students survey each other. Survey questions could include:
What is your name / nickname?
What country / city are you from?
How long have you been studying English?
Why are you studying English?
and so on.
Once interview are conducted, each student creates an animated character that resembles the person they interviewed. Then the student has the animated character introduce the classmate. These animated characters are then shared during whole class presentations.
- Material:
- Animated Characters
- Date last modified:
- October 24, 2006
- Created by:
- timothy barrett
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Exercise
Follow the instructions
Get to know your classmates
1. Find the classmate with the matching number.
2. Interview your classmate using the questions below. Write the answers down.
Interview Questions:
Ask your classmate the following questions and write them down.
1. What is your name?
2. What do you like to be called?
3. Tell me four things about yourself:
A. What is your favorite free time activity?
B. Do you have brothers or sisters? If so, how many and what are their ages?
C. What university are you from and what do you do there?
D. What is your special field of interest?
4. What are your objectives on this trip?
5. What are your objectives in this course?
6. Go to http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/ and create an animated character to introduce your classmate.
Additional Information: http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/