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Ice Breaking Activities
Ice Breaking Activities
Ice Breaking Activities
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This activity is aimed at coming together of the students from different nations in
order to get into a first contact. They gather in small groups of 5 students, one
student from each nation.
Each student gets cards with different
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2.
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4.
towns in Germany
animals
fruit and vegetables
colours
German students hold up big images of these pictures up into the air. This way, the
foreign students can find their right group and join it. After a certain sequence of
questions, other pictures are held up and the students have to change the group.
This way, the students have the chance to talk to many different students from other
nations in a very short time.
In the groups of German towns, animals and fruit and vegetables, the German
student asks the questions and the foreign students give answers. These questions
are about hobbies, habits and everyday situations of the young people. In the last
group, the group of colors, the foreign students ask the questions and the German
student gives the answer. These questions are about Uetze and its surrounding. This
way, the foreign students learn something about the host country.
1. Towns in Germany
Describe a typical school day:
2. Animals
Describe your free time activities:
3. Colours
Greek student:
Uetze is not a city, but a big community that consists of different villages. How
many villages are there and what are their names?
How far is Uetze from Hanover?
French student:
There are two lakes near Uetze. What are their names and what activities can
you do there?
What are other nice places in or around Uetze?
Romanian student:
Spanish student:
Near Uetze, there is the Asparagus Road. What does that mean?
Horse breeding and horse riding are very popular in Uetze. Can you tell us
more about it?