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Speaking: Circles Coursebook Topic Discussion

By Simon Thomas • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Using Coursebooks Creatively

Note: I found a close relation to this activity in 700 Classroom Activities by David Seymour and Maria Popova (Oxford: Macmillan, 2005)
Preparation: A coursebook topic title; some questions. Lesson:

Ask the students to help you push any classroom tables back against the walls.
Group the students into two circles: an inner circle facing outwards, and an [...]