Find suggestions for teaching the pragmatics of complaining, developing group dynamics, and starting a book club—and much more.
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This article presents twelve activities for teaching the pragmatics of complaining, including strategies, tasks, and specific scenarios.
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The author uses her own experience starting and facilitating a book club to give advice to others interested in creating a book club in their schools or communities.
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This guide is designed to enrich your reading of the articles in this issue. You may choose to read them on your own, taking notes or jotting down answers to the discussion questions below. Or you may use the guide to explore the articles with colleagues.
Learn how to play a game called “Business Decisions” and see how it can help students develop their language and business acumen.
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This engaging partner-reading activity provides students with an opportunity to improve their reading comprehension and text-based discussion skills.
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Debates remain popular in English language courses, and this activity gives students a low-stress opportunity to develop their speaking debating skills; seven debate themes, with suggested topics, are provided.
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This puzzle is a Debate Dialogue with words missing from arguments and counterarguments on the topic, “Mobile technology is more helpful than harmful.”
Enjoy these two puzzles related to the topic of debates. One puzzle gives "For" and "Against" statements with blanks that must be filled in. The second puzzle, available only online, is a crossword that features vocabulary commonly used in debates.