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50 Minute Intonation Lesson

By Simon Thomas • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Creating Lessons from Scratch

Note: I heard this idea from Tim McLeish via the smokers’ corner at St Giles London Central.
Materials: A whiteboard and a pen; 4 slips of paper.
Pre-Lesson: write four "conflict" situations, one on each slip of paper. Situations I have used include:

Lipstick on His Collar (a man comes home to his wife with [...]