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| Title | Ideas for Building Fluency |
| Body | A TESL listserv user suggests the following activity for building fluency: The activity called "Just a Minute" is, in my opinion the best fluency-building activity every developed. It consists of a series of cards with words listed in categories, e.g. Things that are Hot, Things that Are Green, Things in a City, Words that Begin with B, etc. The student who holds the card (which the other student cannot see) is given a minute to say clues to the words. EXAMPLE -- "Things that Are Green" -- Clue Word is "GRASS" POSSIBLE CLUES: It grows in parks, Cows eat it, Good for picnics, etc. "Just a Minute" is available for less than USD $20 from Elizabeth Claire Publications in New Jersey. You can also prepare the activity on 3X5 cards. Just write down a category and list six or eight words under that category, as follows" THINGS IN A CITY buildings taxis traffic restaurants theaters museums buses airport Some other possible categories: Things that Are Small, Things that Are Fast, Things that Are Big, Red Things, Animals, Professions, Words that Begin with Ch, Th, V, R, U, O, etc., Blue Things, Noisy Things, Food, Famous People, Famous Places in the World, etc. Just list 8 items under each category. Sutherland, K. Re: [TESL-L] fluency. Teachers of English as a Second Language List (TESL-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU, 25 Jun 2007). |
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