Name Game

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oral

45 min.

Objectives

• The learner can ask and give information.
• The learner can tell a story, using different domains of storytelling: the universal, personal and emotional domain.

Instructions

• Divide the group into pairs.
• Let each pair ask and answer the three questions below.
• How did you get your name? (personal domain)
• Do you like your name? (emotional domain)
• What is the meaning of your name? (universal domain)
• Ask who wants to share their ‘name story’.

Variant

• Ask who wants to share the story s/he has heard.
• Stress the importance of asking for permission to share someone’s story. Although it may seem like a mere formality, it underlines the sensitivity of dealing with personal stories.