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Speaking Activity
Instructions:
- Arrange the classroom so that chairs are lined up in a row with another row directly facing them. Large classes can be set up with several sets of rows.
- Ask students to find a seat. For an odd number of students, I add an extra chair at the end of one row, making a ‘threesome’.
- Explain to students that they will have a chance to speak with different students and develop their fluency. They will discuss the question pasted on the desk for several minutes until I say ‘change’. They will then change to a new desk with a new question and also change partners. To change, students in one row stay in the same place, whilst those in the opposite row move along one space every time.
- After two/three minutes, tap on the board or give some signal and ask students to ‘change’. Students on one row each move down a seat, with the person in the last position moving back up to the top of that row.
- Students ‘greet’ their new partner and then start speaking again.
- Whilst they are speaking listen to/observe individual learners from the back of the room. Don’t get involved in the conversations; however, if you see that students don’t have much to say for any particular question, move on to the next one, though this rarely seems necessary.
Level:elementary
Age: +8
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