To recycle the information, the original pairs can be matched up again and asked to tell each other what they learned from their second partners. I tell them they can move their chairs to get eye contact, but they must remain the same distance apart. When I realized that every time they changed partners they were using the same language in real communication, I became greedy and asked myself how I could have them talk to a lot of people using the same language content within a short time and in an orderly fashion. I had done marketplace questionnaires with students milling about, but a few always seemed to get lost in the corner, silently communing with the wallpaper. The above changing of partners also got confusing when I tried to give them a third and fourth partner while they all remained seated.
Students simply stand beside a partner and the whole class forms a double circle.
Then they walk and talk, exchanging information. After a short time, the teacher claps or stops the music and asks the people on the inside circle to move toward one person. Then they walk and talk again. However, I usually give two minutes for the first partners since at first they are searching for things to say. Then I reduce the time with later partners.