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Group Building Activity, Name Game/Get to know each other
To support the process of guiding participants to the international reality of the training. To raise awareness of the linguistic diversity existing within the group and its challenges for communication, to contribute to the group building process.
* Procedure: 30 minutes for the exchange in small groups
10 minutes for feedback about the exercise in plenary
5 minutes for a short round of introductions in plenary
Instructions: Participants are asked to form small groups of 3 – 4 persons with participants coming from different countries.
In the groups, they should share some information about themselves with the others: background, age, family, hobbies, organisation etc. Importantly, they should talk in their mother tongue, the other participants should try to understand. They can use English to clarify with the others what they have said, so that everyone is able to understand the information that is shared in the group.
Back in plenary, the facilitator invites the participants to give a short feedback on how they felt during this exercise and how much they understood from the other participants in their group who used different languages.To complete the session, participants briefly introduce themselves in plenary in English (name, country of residence, organisation).
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http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/54
This tool is for
10-40, various mother tongues needed.
and addresses
Group Dynamics, Intercultural Learning
Materials needed:
none
Duration:
45 Minutes
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Unknown (on 9 July 2003)
and last modified
21 June 2010
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