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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Turn Interesting Stories into Interesting Role-Plays |
| Body | This idea for creating an engaging oral exercise came from a teacher of adult English learners, but it could easily be adapted for use with any language and a variety of levels. ---- Getting a suggestion such as the idea of transforming a simple reading/comprehension exercise into the basis for roleplays is one reason why this list and others like it are so valuable. I have often passed out stories that I've culled from newspapers or the internet for my students to read accompanied by a worksheet. Typically, I have the students read the article, discuss it with me as a group and complete the worksheets. It never occurred to me to transform such an exercise into a roleplay before now. Taking Dave's lead, I experimented with a story found in my regularly received "This is True"* newsletter (http://www.thisistrue.com) in which a mortuary delivery service van driver loses his job because he was pulled over while using the van to deliver pizzas for his second job. I prepared my typical worksheet with reading and comprehension questions, but this time I added 4 possible roleplays from which to choose: the driver and the police officers who pulled him over, the driver explaining to his mortuary boss what happened, the driver and the judge in the courtroom, and the driver and some customers who have ordered a pizza but don't want it because they saw it being delivered in a mortuary van. It was a tremendous success. The conversations the students (Intermediate Low adults) came up with and performed for their classmates were realistic and also funny. p.s. This is True is a monthly emailed newsletter. You can get a free version or pay a minimal subscription fee for a longer version with more stories. Bakin, B. Re: Role plays - Quirky news stories. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (28 June 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-07-04 14:09:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-07-04 14:09:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-07-10 00:00:00 |
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