Make Your Own Dialog
Objective: To put the new grammar structure into practice; to personalize the grammar
Steps:
- After teaching the students the new grammar rule and practicing it, return to the Conversation exercise.
- Pre-teach some useful expressions for the activity. For example:
- "I think it should be . . . "
- "No, I don't agree."
- "What do you think?"
- "Let's put . . . "
- Have students work in pairs or threes and ask them to rewrite the Conversation with information about themselves. Make sure that they use their own names for the characters in the Conversation, too.
- If your students need help with rewriting the Conversation, suggest which sentences they may change.
- Have your students practice the new dialog.
Example: The following example is for New Interchange 1, Unit 15: "I'm Going to See a Musical." The dialog appears on p. 92 and the Grammar Focus on p. 93 of the Student's Book.
After teaching the Grammar Focus ("Future with present continuous and be going to"), ask the students to rewrite the Conversation. In the following example, the underlined words have been changed.
| Pedro: |
Say, Maria, what are you doing on Thursday night? Would you like to see a movie? |
| Maria: |
Oh, sorry, I can't. I'm going to work late on Thursday. I have to study for an exam. |
| Pedro: |
Well, how about Friday night? Are you doing anything then? |
| Maria: |
No, I'm not. What are you planning to see? |
| Pedro: |
I'm going to see a thriller. Would you like to come? |
| Maria: |
Sure, I'd love to! |
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Adaptation: This activity can be used for any Conversation exercise in New Interchange, but be sure to teach the students the grammar first.
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