Students write a monologue about their problems, doubts, feelings, etc., with as many questions and feasible answers as possible. A funny variation of this exercise is to write a hilarious monologue about a simple problem, i.e., going to the cinema or staying at home on the weekend. Later students can act out this soliloquy for their peers or tape it, if that makes them feel more comfortable. If they cannot think of a word, they should look in the dictionary. Once they have drawn the picture and written the word, they tell an anecdote or write a short story or poem about it.
Students imagine they have gone on a trip to several countries in the continent they like best.
These letters and postcards tell about the sites they visit, the people they meet, the food they eat, and their adventures. Students are used to reading graded readers. This activity is a way to exploit and test their content. They select a piece of news with a photo and become the protagonists of the event reported. If the piece of news is not concerned with a person, they act as a witness to the events.