As students type their introductions, have their partners read them aloud, edit, and make suggestions regarding content, usage and spelling. Have students send and receive introductions to keypals from another ESL class. Practice question forms, review vocabulary, practice using an on-line chat. Computer and chat access for each pair of students. Word processing software.
Teacher leads students in a discussion, writes a few sample questions on the board.
Working in pairs, each pair of students prepares 5 questions aimed at guessing the identity of students whose introductions they already received via e-mail in the previous activity. They use information from the introductions to formulate their questions. At designated time, student pairs type their questions in the chat, receiving feedback from their chat partners. From the questions and answers, student pairs try to match each other to introductions. Review question forms and descriptive vocabulary.