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Humanising Language Teaching
Year 4; Issue 6; November 02
A Revolving Dialogue
by Valerie Fontaine and Alain Moreau, Dutch teachers, I.E.P.S.C.F. – Uccle, Belgium
E-mail: philippe.biava@busmail.be
Translated by Karin Rocher, English teacher, I.E.P.S.C.F. – Uccle, Belgium
Level: beginner
Time: 10 min'
Material: none
Focus: revision of present verbal forms
An original and dynamic way of revising is to give the students this drill.
Ask the students to make groups of three. Each student represents a letter: A, B, C.
They must ask each other questions like this:
A to B: “Does C live in Paris?”
B to A: “I don't know”
B to C: “Do you live in Paris?”
C to B: “Yes, I do”
B to A: “Yes, he does”
In short: A > B > C
C > B > A
After a few questions, the students change roles so each person gets to play each role.
The teacher walks among the groups and corrects the students if need be.
