 And then let's jump right in. So first, what even are ice breakers? So right, ice breakers are games that are designed to break the ice. Typically you would use those kinds of games at the beginning of like a new school year when you have a new set of students, a new class that you don't know and they don't know you. And that's why that's when you would use ice breaker games and why are they important? So for one, they get your students going and speaking in English and that's really important. You don't wanna come into the classroom and then be like, okay, open your books to page five. And then we start studying and going right into English. It's especially for EFL when you're teaching students who don't live in a country where they are exposed to English at all, the classroom that you are in is usually the only place where they are exposed to English. So the whole day they speak their own native language, they're not surrounded by English at all. So that is the only place where they use English. And so they need time to like switch their language in their brains, in their heads, right? If you speak another language, if you know another language, you know what I'm talking about. It's sometimes really difficult to just turn it off and then the other language on, you can become confused and that's why it's so important. So ice breaker games and ice breaker games are not about studying per se, they're just about loosening up, creating like a comfortable and fun environment for you students to use English to get started and get going in English. So that's one thing. Then ice breaker games are also great for getting to know your students, especially if you know you teach them for the very first time, you don't know your students at all. So you get to know your students, they're like what they like, what they don't like and a little bit about themselves. But also you are able to assess their English level a little bit with those ice breaker games. And that's really, really useful for planning your future lessons, right? When you know what your students like, what they don't like, you can create games around their likes. And also obviously when you figure out their level, you'll be able to create much more suitable lessons for them in the future. So that's the second part. The third important reason that I've chosen for the ice breaker games is that you can use them to build rapport with your students, right? Because you create this fun environment, a comfortable environment for them to feel safe, to use English. A lot of English learners, they're shy, they feel uncomfortable using English because it's not something they typically do. So you can use ice breakers to sort of give them confidence, show them that English learning is fun, that there's nothing to worry about. And yeah, you can also, yeah, build rapport, get to know them, they get to know you. So those are the three important things why we use ice breakers typically, there's probably a ton more, but those are like the three important things that I chose. And yeah, now we're gonna get into five and more. Different games. So the last, the fifth game has a couple of different versions to it. So that's why I say five and more. So let's... Thanks so much for watching. We are ITTT, the leading provider for TEFL and TESOL training courses. If you liked this video, please subscribe by clicking the button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.