Unit 6: Activities

SPEAKING
ACTIVITIES
ROLE-PLAY
It is a technique in training in which participants assume and act out roles to
resolve conflicts, practice appropriate behavior for various situations, etc.
Role playing is defined as pretending to be someone else or pretending to be in a
specific situation that you are not actually in at the time.
STORYTELLING
Storytelling is a method of explaining a series of events through

narrative.

The

events can be real, fictional or some combination of the two.

Marketers

use

storytelling as a tool for illustrating an otherwise difficult concept, to

drive

home

point or to encourage consumer loyalty through entertainment or emotional connection.

QUESTIONNAIRES
A written set of questions that are given to people in order to collect facts or opinions about
something.
A set of questions to be asked of a number of people usually in order to gather information or opinions.
DEBATE
Debate is a formal argument, in which two opposing

teams propose or

attack a given proposition or motion in a series of

speeches.

governed by a set of rules, which permit interruptions

or

information by the opposition. Debates can be judged

by

It

points
a

panel

is
of
of

judges (competitive debate) or by an audience (show debate).

A debate is a form of public discourse; it is a formal direct oral contest or competition in argumentation
between two or more people on a defined proposition at a specific time.
DIALOGUE BUILDING
It consist in create a dialogue only using pictures.
INFORMATION GAP

An information gap activity is an activity where learners are missing the information
they need to complete a task and need to talk to each other to find it.
Example
Learner A has a biography of a famous person with all the place names missing,
whilst Learner B has the same text with all the dates missing. Together they can
complete the text by asking each other questions.
In the classroom
Information gap activities are useful for various reasons. They provide an opportunity for extended
speaking practice, they represent real communication, motivation can be high, and they require subskills such as clarifying meaning and re-phrasing. Typical types of information gap activities you might
find include; describe and draw spot the difference, jigsaw readings and listening and split dictations.
STUDENT PRESENTATION
Presentations are a great way to have students practice all language systems areas (vocabulary,
grammar, discourse and phonology) and skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening). They also
build confidence, and presenting is a skill that most people will need in the world of work. I find that
students who are good presenters are better communicators all round, since they are able to structure
and express their ideas clearly.