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The students in each group work out some phrases which they could use in the telephone conversation indicated on the role card.
One person from an A-group and one from a B-group act the telephone conversation in front of the group. Up to four more pairs give their versions as well. This procedure is repeated with different role cards.
Variations: with advanced students the preparation phase may be shorter, i.e. students draw an A-role card and a B-role card, respectively, think of what they could say for one minute and then act the telephone conversation.
A You are Gene/Jean You are studying for an important exam next week and are just struggling with a difficult book. When you think that you have just worked out what one chapter means the phone rings. You know you have to go back to your book quickly so as not to forget what you worked out.
B You are Francis/Frances. You and your boyfriend or girlfriend have just split up and you desperately need someone to talk to. You ring up your friend Robin.
B You are Nick/Nicky You have just come home from the most fantastic weekend trip you have ever had. You went to a log cabin on a lonely lake with some other students. There you did your own cooking, lots of sports and had a party every night. You are really eager to tell your friend all about it so you ring her or him up.
A You are Ricky You are in the kitchen baking a cake as a surprise for you parents. Your parents will be home in two hours. The phone rings.
B You are Mrs Fletcher You are 75 years old and have sprained your ankle. It is very difficult for you to walk. You need someone to do some shopping for you. And you really would like to tell the young man or girl who lives on the top floor in your building all about your fall. You ring him or her up.
c) Each student designs his own role card. They should all follow the same pattern.
Name: Age: Country: Job:
Married/Children: Hobbies:
One group of four to six students prepare three topics each and suitable questions as talk masters of the show.
Each talk master is allotted about the same number of people to interview (there should not be more than five interviews per talk master). Each talk master draws a certain number of role cards or name cards (if every student plays himself) from the general pile. Each talk master tells his group which topics he wants to ask them about and how he is going to interview them.
Each group, consisting of one talk master and up to five people being interviewed, acts out their talk show in front of the class. The rest of the class are the audience and may write down additional questions or suggestions regarding the topic, the people being interviewed or the talk master himself. The talk show is interrupted after ten minutes, and the questions from the audience read out and answered. Then it is the turn of the next group to present their talk show.
STEP 1: Each student receives a role card (e.g. You are a collector of model trains; you are especially interested in steam engines; Or: You are a fan of the Beatles and are desperately looking for a copy of their white album in good condition, because your own copy is very badly scratched) and two or three object cards (e.g. The Beatles white album, sleeve is very torn, records in passable condition. Or: Model of the French high speed train. Or: Victorian doll; one arm missing; real hair).
STEP 2: The students walk around and try to find others who are either interested in one of the objects they have to offer or who can offer them something.
VARIATIONS: Real objects can be brought along and used for this activity.
REMARKS: Care should be taken that there are several suitable objects for the individual collectors so that finding partners for a swap is not too difficult. Students should be told beforehand that it might be necessary to swap with more than one person.
Newspaper report
A large number of photographs taken from magazines and newspapers were prepared in advance. Each group is given five pictures of which they have to use three. Their aim is to write a newspaper report linking these three pictures. The reports are read out and the pictures shown to the class
Variations: Each group chooses three pictures which another has to write about. Then all the pictures are displayed on the wall. When the reports are read out the others have to guess which pictures fit which report. The reports are taken as starting points for interviews and role plays.
Remarks: If unusual and widely differing pictures are chosen, the result can be very funny.
Stories
Students are provided with slips of paper with both a sentence and a topic written on them. A student chooses a slip of paper and has to talk for one minute about the topic, beginning with a sentence on the piece of paper.
Examples:
Smoking If a cigarette cost 1, a lot of people……………………………
Homesickness When I was a little boy / girl....................................
Parents There are no certificates for good parents………………………….
Chewing gum Animals don’t chew chewing gum
Variations: 1.This can be played as a team contest; 2. The topic and sentence cards can be prepared by the students.
Two or three students combine their miming tasks to mime a short scene together. The others observe and make suggestions about the people and objects in the mime.
Each group of students is given the same people and objects to mime. Performances and different realizations are discussed.
Chain mime. One student starts by miming his object/person. Another students join him until up to ten students are involved in miming a situation.
The teacher prepares short dialogues on separate pieces of paper, some objects as props. Each group of students receives a different dialogue and has five minutes in which to organize the miming. They decide who takes which role, and what props are needed.
Each group performs their mime in turn. After each performance the students in the audience suggest what the mime was about.
VARIATIONS: 1) Each group may speak just one sentence of the dialogue during the mime.
2) (For advanced students): During each mime the students in the audience make notes on the topic and roles. When they have watched all the mimes they argue within their groups and try to work out a list of all the topics/roles in the mime.
STEP 2 : The students are divided into groups. The members of each group sit in a circle and take turns to play the guest and the hotel receptionist. Each group has a supply of messages to draw from.
POSSIBLE MESSAGES:
I have to catch an early train tomorrow. Could I be woken at 5.30 a.m., please?
I am going out now. I am expecting a phone call from my wife. Could you please tell her that I’ve lost my voice and have written a letter to her?
I’ve forgotten the number of my room.
Where is the nearest post office?
Can you get two opera tickets for tomorrow night? But only if there are seats in the first fifteen rows.
Can you change a 5 note into 10p pieces?
I’d like to go on a sightseeing tour around the town tomorrow. When do they leave? How long do they take and how much do they cost?
Is there a heated indoor swimming pool in the town? How far is it?
Somebody has put a crocodile in my bath! Please come quickly!
There’s a very funny noise coming from the room next to mine. I’m afraid that somebody might be ill.