ESL Telling Lies

Level : Lower-Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate

Finding the Truth
Aim: Students play a game in which Batman and the citizens of Gotham City try to catch some killers before they kill everyone.
They must look for signs that someone is lying then accuse each other or defend themselves of being the killer.
(This is a turn based speaking role-play. The instructions of how to play are included in the teacher notes, there are also role-play card to print)
The role-play is followed by a game of 2 truths 1 lie and a discussion about lying.

Would I Lie to You?
Aim: Students play a game similar to the British TV game show (Would I Lie to You?). Firstly, one student must say a true or false statement about their life, then the other students in their group ask questions to help guess whether they are lying or not. For the second part of the lesson, the students will need their phones and the teacher will need a way to transfer pictures from the students’ phones to the computer. (My students send me the pics on Wechat and then it’s easy to transfer them). Students must then work together in groups of 3. One student is telling the truth but the others must lie about how they know the person in the chosen photograph. The rest of the class can interrogate them with difficult questions to help them guess who is telling the truth.