| 1. Try the following activity to get your students | | | | same thing. Once the last student has heard the |
| interacting and practicing English with one another. | | | | sentence, he is to say it out loud to the rest of the row |
| | | | | and to you. As the teacher you will tell him if he is |
| Write out ten sentences on a piece of paper that | | | | correct or not. Many times the sentence that the last |
| include vocabulary and grammar covered in class. | | | | student recites is very different from the original. |
| Cut out each sentence so you have ten slips of | | | | That is OK. Write the original sentence on the board |
| paper. Each slip of paper will have a unique sentence | | | | so students can see what it was supposed to be. |
| on it. Have your students sit in rows of five to six | | | | |
| people back. You can decide how many rows there | | | | If you have a larger class you will have to move |
| are going to be and how many students in each row | | | | around the room to attend to each group. When one |
| by looking at your class numbers. This activity will | | | | row is done with a particular sentence give it to |
| work with large and small classes. | | | | another row. Let your students have fun and get |
| | | | | carried away. Most people can’t help but laugh at |
| Now, explain to the class that the first person in every | | | | themselves during this activity. Even though |
| row will be getting a slip of paper that contains a | | | | everyone is having fun, and most likely getting a little |
| sentence in English on it. This person’s job is to | | | | loud, there is important English practice occurring. |
| read the sentence and turn the paper face down. | | | | Each student will concentrate extra hard on |
| He now turns around and whispers the sentence to | | | | pronouncing their sentence correctly and listening to |
| the student behind him. This student listens and | | | | their classmate’s English. I’ve always had fun |
| immediately turns to the next student and does the | | | | with this and I bet you and your class will too. |