Here’s a good student-led activity to build into your routines which gets students asking questions.  On a piece of paper, write a question – with my class of ten-year-olds I’m using simple questions such as What’s your favourite sport?  What’s the weather like?  How old are you?  Have you got a pet?

Nominate a student to come to the front and give them the piece of paper.  Other students then have to ask him questions, which he answers, until they guess the question.  Nominate a different student each week, that way everyone gets to practise answering the questions too.