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ANN AND BILL ARE AT ANN’S HOUSE. THEY ARE
DISCUSSING WHAT THEY SHOULD DO FOR THE
EVENING, AND BOTH AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD GO
TO THE MOVIES. ANN IS TRYING TO PERSUADE BILL
TO SEE A CERTAIN MOVIE, BUT BILL DOESN’T WANT
TO. BILL IS TRYING, INSTEAD, TO CONVINCE ANN TO
SEE A DIFFERENT MOVIE.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES
A. Preparing the students (5 mins.)
1. Directions
The teacher explains carefully how to proceed with the role-
play as follows: The class is divided into groups of four, with two
members of each group constituting a pair to conduct a role-play.
The other two members of the group act as observers and report on
the two speakers’ performance.
In this particular exercise, one member of each pair in the
role-play assumes the role of Ann and the other the role of Bill.
Teachers may have to modify the names to fit the student
participants.
2. Topic Orientation
The teacher asks the students a few background questions on the
topic to “warm them up”.
Examples:
Do you go to the movies often?
Can you name two films that you like?
A. Playing the role (5 mins.)
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