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Icebreakers
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
In any collection for teachers I like to include a few icebreakers that are appropriate to the teaching context. Many teachers overlook the teaching potential of icebreakers, which are useful for...
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Icebreakers that highlight culture
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Two of my favorite culturally focused icebreakers are Voices from the Past and the Name Game. You can read what I wrote about them in this TESOL collection or visit them directly in the toolbox....
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Icebreakers that Teach: The Name Game and Voices from the Past
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03 Jul 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
If you were to click on the Discover top menu and choose Tags, you could search for a term such as Icebreaker. Forty-three tools come up in that search. We think of these tools as...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/intercultural-activities-for-tesoltefl
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Icebreakers with physical props
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18 Jan 2022 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
For those of you who like to give your students something physical to manipulate, these experiential tools are great for icebreakers as well as debriefing learning. My absolute favorite is the...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/cercll-collection-for-language-teachers
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Intercultural People Bingo
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/530
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Intercultural People Bingo
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity enables participants to share information about themselves, learn about others in the group, and actively move around the room and engage with others. It's a classic icebreaker...
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Lemons
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/44
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Lemons
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity challenges participants to interrogate stereotypes and recognize how individuals are unique. Each participant will be given a lemon and asked to closely examine it and note its unique...
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Magic Spelling
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/351
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Magic Spelling
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
The facilitator will perform a mathematical card trick and then encourage participants to dig beneath the surface of the trick through asking questions. Then, participants will connect their...
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Mapping My Cultural Values
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity can be used as a discussion starter between two participants, where they use their cultural value maps to identify the similarities and differences between their cultures.
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Mascot Game
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12 May 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this community-building activity geared toward workplace professionals, participants envision a mascot for their organization as a way to construct some aspirational cultural values.
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Meet the Trainer
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/220
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Meet the Trainer
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants assess how a person's personal appearance and culture influence our assumptions or biases.
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Mini Metaphors
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03 Nov 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This is one of my favorite ice-breaker activities, and it can also be used as a debriefing/reflection tool. It is just a collection of little charms and miniature objects, but in my experience...
https://hubicl.org/members/1048/collections/intercultural-activities-for-tesoltefl
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Miniature Metaphors
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/141
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Miniature Metaphors
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants reflect on goal-setting, create group norm agreements, learn to resolve conflict in effective ways, and appreciate the individual strengths and positive attributes of...
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/ice-breaker-and-community-building-activities
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Miniature Metaphors
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25 Oct 2023 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity uses figural charms to spark reflection and dialogue.
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/visual-learning-and-nontext-based-intercultural-learning-activity-tools
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Name Roulette
https://hubicl.org/toolbox/tools/826
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Name Roulette
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11 Oct 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity presents a method to encourage participants to study up on each other’s names, and gives them an excuse to ask and clarify about their names when given a few minutes...
https://hubicl.org/members/1005/collections/ice-breaker-and-community-building-activities