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Speed Date Warm-Up

By Simon Thomas • Sep 7th, 2009 • Category: 3 - Pre-Intermediate, 4 - Intermediate, 5 - Upper-Intermediate, 6 - Advanced, Creating Lessons from Scratch

Suggested levels: strong pre-intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to learn and practise using interesting conversational gambits in English; to practise informal speaking; to practise turn-taking, etc., in English conversations; to create a strong class bond.
Materials: these questionnaires (one for each student); enough classroom space to make two circles of chairs.
Procedure:

Give out the speed-date questionnaire (see above).

Ask students [...]


Speaking: Circles Coursebook Topic Discussion

By Simon Thomas • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: 3 - Pre-Intermediate, 4 - Intermediate, 5 - Upper-Intermediate, 6 - Advanced, 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)
Suggested levels: pre-intermediate to advanced.
Aims: to revise vocabulary; to practise polite turn-taking and the structures of informal conversation in English; to practise summarising information and giving opinions succinctly.
Preparation: A coursebook topic title; some questions. [...]