 5. Top 5 Icebreakers for New Tefal Teachers. As you have learned during your TEFL certification course, a good lesson starts with an engage or warm-up phase. This usually consists of a fun and interesting activity, to get your students going and speaking in English. For new teachers it's often these more casual moments of a class, that are a challenge because of their lack of teaching experience. However these top 5 icebreakers for new TEFL teachers, will help you to get your class energized and ready for your lesson. 1. Two truths and a lie. 2. ABC word chain. 3. Positive, negative, crazy. 4. Would you rather? 5. Finish the sentence. These 5 icebreakers are ideal to start your ESL lesson, and get your students thinking and talking in English. 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.