About yourself
Name
Where do you currently live?
Where are you from? / What do you like about your hometown?
Are you a student? Or Do you work?
What do you study? What do you do for work?
What do you like to do for fun?
Do you play any sports?
Family
Do you have brothers or sisters?
What’s your family like?
Do you still live with your parents?
What’s the best thing about your mom or dad?
What are some of your childhood memories?
How did you get your name?
How did your family celebrate the holidays?
How often did you go on vacation with your family?
Do you want to have children? If so, how many?
Education
Did you make friends in high school that you still keep in touch with?
What subjects were you good at?
What subjects were you bad at?
Who is your favorite teacher? Why?
What did/do you major in? Why did you choose the major?
Did/Do you live in a dormitory while you went to college? Who were/are your roommates?
Does your country provide an excellent public school system?
Culture
What are some things that define a culture? For example, music, language…
How do you greet people?
What do you think is interesting about your culture?
Do you know much about your own culture?
When people from other countries think about your culture, what do they usually think of?
In your culture, is it polite to be straightforward and direct when you talk to someone?
To whom is it OK and to whom is it not
What sorts of things do you need to do to be considered polite?
Ice Breaker Questions
If you were to change your name, what name would you change to, and why?
What is your most-used emoji?
If you could be an animal, what animal would you be and why?
What’s your best scary story?
If you had 25 hours a day, how would you use your extra time?
If you could be in any movie, what would it be and what character would you play?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you choose?
If you had to teach a class on one thing, what would you teach?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?