Students describe the people or objects in pictures from magazines using a variety of different descriptive sentences. Students are blindfolded, feel, and describe an object, or students must guess the object when the class describes the object to the blindfolded student. Describe in oral and written form a sequence of events in present, past, and future time. Students describe what is happening in a sequence of pictures such as cartoons. Use the target language for a variety of extended activities.
Students use given topics for debate or for speeches.
Students complete a variety of listening comprehension activities after listening to a taped conversation in which young native speakers are speaking in the target language. Participate in extended oral communication, i.e., discussions, interviews, presentations, supporting opinions. Students discuss whether they like or dislike the celebrity and give reasons. Students read articles from young people's magazines, scan the articles, and then summarize the material for a partner. As a group, the class selects a topic and proceeds through the steps of process writing.