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Here are two ideas for activities to do with dialogues, from the American Association of Teachers of German listserv:

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This idea is from a colleague of mine, Mrs. Georgia Hash- Put 5 random words on the board. The students have 5 minutes to create a dialog (number of lines per person is up to the teacher) using all the words. They then present or hand in a written copy. The less related the words are, the more hilarious the dialog.

Gronlund, P. Re: [AATG-L] Dialogue activities needed. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 1 Jun 2010).

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1. You can have a dialogue - say an exchange at a clothing store or something similar - and cut it up into strips, separating the lines, and have students put them into the correct order. However, that means at the end of each hour you'll inevitably find one strip of paper on the floor.

2. When discussing professions, have students brainstorm lines related to each...."things a _____ might say" - Isn't that from the 25,000 dollar pyramid?

3. Somewhere on the internet i found a whole set of dialogues (Verkaeufer - Kunde) with the customer part blank. You see this often for tests... Students are prompted to create language that THEY might use... Those dialogues that i found - each one has about 20-25 lines for the salesperson - are generally at the A1+ / A2 level. Students could work these out in pairs and then, with another couple, compare their answers, being asked to justify their responses.

Suchomel, J. Re: [AATG-L] Dialogue activities needed. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 1 Jun 2010).
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