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It is very important for you and the other group members to get to know each other so you can work together effectively. If you have some basic information about them, you will quickly find shared interests and start to understand how they think and work.

The activities in Exercises 2, 3 and 4 are just some of the ones you might choose in order to learn something about the other members in your group. Your lecturer is unlikely to use such activities, but will assume that the group takes responsibility for organizing and carrying out this process.

Exercise 2

Look at the form below that a student has completed after meeting a new group member. The information is very basic. What follow-up questions can they ask to get more interesting information?

Nice to meet you!

Work in pairs. Take it in turns to ask each other the following questions. Make notes of the answers.

1 Full name: Narantuya Bayarmaa

2 Name to be used in the group/Nickname: Natalie

3 Nationality: Chinese

4 First language: Mongolian

5 Languages you can speak: Mongolian, Mandarin, English

6 Currently living: Shanghai

7 Course: Mechanical Engineering

8 Reasons for choosing this course: China needs engineers

9 Hobbies: Horse riding, swimming, travelling and learning about new cultures

10 Plans following this course: Return to China and work in the field of developing renewable energy

When you have finished come together as a group and introduce your partner to the rest of the group. Partners should give more information, correct the information being given, and ask and answer more questions. This will generate a rewarding ‘getting to know each other’ session.