How do you engage beginner adults in a role play dialogue for teaching?
Hello,
How do you engage beginner adults in a role play dialogue? Any tips? Gosh it's so different from teaching kids. 😅
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I do pretend telephone calls. It is also useful for question construction. Let them choose the situation to role out.
You can start with a simple script written together then read aloud with the proper intonation plus the emotion of course.
Some of the scenes my students love include 911 emergency calls, invitation to a party, calling to complain about a product. Keep a jar with topics written on paper too then just pick one during the class. Good luck! :)
Hi @Tom, thanks for answering. That 911 call dialogue seems interesting. I'll try it out.
One significant thing about teaching adult learners is that they carry a lot of experience with them. Use that experience to make relevant scenarios for role plays.
Well, I highly recommend you can help them learn new phrases first before doing the role play (it helps them engage simple conversations)
ISL collectives are God-sent materials which help me a lot with adult zero-beginners.
Try to register their website: ISL COLLECTIVES. :)
This site is full of questions and topics you can use. Great for adults. Choose the topics that target "getting to know you" eg. Habits, culture, country. ^^
@Susan I used that site too, sometimes I let the student choose the topic. I find it easier to teach adults though ...
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