 Truths and a lie and many of you might know this game already. It's a very popular game to play and I use this pretty much Every time that I teach a new class because I think it's really fun. I also really enjoy this game and Yeah, it gets it usually creates a lot of laughter and Start you can start building rapport with this game as well So what is this game about it is first of all? It's really great for your very first lesson when you don't know the students the students They don't know you that's when you can use this game and it's it really works very well. So how does this game work? first of all the students they each write down three Statements two statements need to be true and one of them has to be a lie. So untrue Next the students they either present the statements to each other Or to the class or to you or to everyone Depending on how you want to play it and then the other students or you need to guess which one of the statements is the lie So this usually usually if like the class if they all know each other Then you can play it where the students Read them to you and you need to guess because you don't know them or if they all don't know each other you can play it as a class but how I like to play it is I like to Do this first so I would write down three statements about myself onto the board and sort of also explain how the game works and Also, when you write down the statements first they the students get a better idea of what kind of statements They can write down because I find that sometimes depending on the level they really don't really know what they should write down and They don't really get it when you just explain it like this So it works much better when you do the example first right, so Let's do this real quick. I prepared three statements that I would typically write down. So for example, I Would write down and this could be like it works best when you write statements about you right because it's getting to know each other So you write statements about yourself. So my first statement is I was born in Germany The second statement. I speak five languages The third statement I have three brothers and then you tell the students Which one is a lie? Which one is not true? Not true and let's play this real quick. So in the comment box You can just quickly write down one two or three which one you think is a lie Put that into the comment box and then we'll see which one really is the lie Okay, so do that right now if you think I was born in Germany is a lie You just put one into the comment box If you think I speak five languages is a lie you put number two into the comments And if you think number three, I have three brothers is a lie. You just put three into the comments All right, let's see what you guys think and let's see What? Yeah, okay Cool. All right, we have Margaret. Oh Margaret two three Juliana three Let's see to two. All right, let's see Harish to Jermaine to Nonance you one Okay Good I'm just gonna wait a couple more seconds. You can think maybe if you want to change your answer you could change Juliana says you don't speak five languages. So number two Let's see. Let's see guys All right, are we ready for the reveal All right, let's see let's see who was right Okay, so I was born in Germany true I was if you watched from the beginning you probably caught that I mentioned it every live in my introduction Well, not that I was born, but I was sometimes that I was born there I do speak five languages that's actually true. I've had a real passion for languages ever since I was little But I do not have three brothers. In fact, I don't have any siblings. I'm an only child So congratulations if you thought number three was the lie you were correct You were correct And now some people a lot of people didn't think I speak five languages So they're probably gonna ask. Okay, what languages do you speak? First of all, I speak German English, those are my native languages and then I learned French in school for eight or nine years long time I also learned Spanish and then I really wanted to learn something different and I Learned Chinese. So that's the fifth one. Actually, then it's six. I made a mistake. I also learned Korean Okay, I thought it was five. Well, if you maybe if you don't count don't count German Which I considered to be my first native language Then it's five, I guess So it's actually six. Okay. Anyway Yeah, so this is a great game that you can play with your students So you would do this first as an example like I did now with three statements about myself and then they would have to guess and then you would give them time to Write down their own statements and then have them read out their statements loud and you as the teacher would guess which one is the lie and Yeah, this usually works really well I like to play this game a lot with new students you get to know them But also they get to know something about you which they typically always really appreciate and like When you join into the games, that's what they really like. So yeah, that's the game Thanks so much for participating. I really like playing this game. It's really fun and Yeah, maybe you can use this in your own classroom one day. Like I said, it works really really really well Thanks so much for watching. 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