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Ice-breakers (see Exercise 4) are a useful type of activity to use when a group meets for the first time as they will help to make all the group members feel at ease with each other. In other words, they help to break the ice.

Exercise 4

Look at the ice-breaker activity on page 20 and answer the questions.

1 How easy would it be to complete?

2 How interesting would it be to use?

3 How useful would it be in terms of getting to know others?

Sharing experiences

1 Think about something you learned to do recently, e.g. driving or speaking another language.Was it a good learning experience, or not?What made it a good or a bad learning experience?

2 Think about a really good teacher that you had when you were at school.What made this teacher special?How did this affect the way you worked?

3 Think about a subject that you did not like at school.What made you dislike the subject?Could anything have been done to make it better?

4 Have you ever worked in a group before? If so:What made it a good experience?What did you learn from it?

5 Think about something you have done that needed courage and took you out of your comfort zone, for example, doing something for the first time, or doing something you did not like or did not want to do.How did you face your fear of doing it?What did you learn from it?