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Speaking Tasks (including dialogs)
We often ask student to practice dialogs before changing the dialog to their ideas.
And, often that student practice is emotionally flat and uninspired. Here are some voice and physical variations that you can add to pretty much any textbook dialog. They easily move students into adding a bit of drama to their own practice.
In the English Firsthand series, we added a Drama Coach to all the conversation pages. The Drama Coach gives "drama technique" practice suggestions. On the video (free at the website), the actors demonstrate the dialog, using the acting suggestions. And here's a handout, Put a little drama into dialog practice, that uses the drama coach videos and Active Teach software -- but most of the ideas can be used with any dialogs.
This next handout isn't limited to dialogs. 18 + 32 Speaking Activities with Principles is a handout my co-author John Wiltshier wrote for a JALT presentation. It presents 50 speaking tasks related to a variety of parts of a lesson.
And, often that student practice is emotionally flat and uninspired. Here are some voice and physical variations that you can add to pretty much any textbook dialog. They easily move students into adding a bit of drama to their own practice.
In the English Firsthand series, we added a Drama Coach to all the conversation pages. The Drama Coach gives "drama technique" practice suggestions. On the video (free at the website), the actors demonstrate the dialog, using the acting suggestions. And here's a handout, Put a little drama into dialog practice, that uses the drama coach videos and Active Teach software -- but most of the ideas can be used with any dialogs.
This next handout isn't limited to dialogs. 18 + 32 Speaking Activities with Principles is a handout my co-author John Wiltshier wrote for a JALT presentation. It presents 50 speaking tasks related to a variety of parts of a lesson.