conversation group routines

[Rozov, Mr. Aleksander]

Here are some of the things I do with my students:
Put music, when practicing conversational skills. Music relaxes and inspires students, maing language acquisition more pleasant and giving it a natural flow.
Split students in pairs and present them with thematics that quickly engages them, i.e have one student fire another...

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Nina Wieda [ninawieda2008 at U.NORTHWESTERN.EDU]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:31 PM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] conversation group routines

I am posting this for a colleague who does not have a SEELANGS account:

Dear All,

I am coordinating our university's Russian conversation group this semester,
and I know that it can be more interesting and engaging for the students
when routines (games, songs, topics for conversation / controlled
conversation etc.) are used by the coordinator. I would appreciate it if
people with experience doing such things could post a few ideas that worked
for them or any resources that might help. Our conversation group consists
primarily of first- and second-year students, so ideas specific to those
levels would be especially helpful.
Thanks very much in advance!

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