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Activity 2
• Indeed, when conversing,
we alternate between short
and long stretches of speech.
Becoming aware of when it is
necessary to hold the floor (that
is, to keep talking) and what
strategies can be used to do
so, and when it is necessary
to cede the floor, are essential
skills for a natural-sounding
conversation.
• You may expand this activity
by having your students think
about situations in which it is
necessary for oral production
to take the form of a dialogue
and in which it is conveyed via a
monologue. For example, a rant
is usually a monologue, while
agreements have stretches of
argumentative monologue, each
participant ceding the floor to
listen to others’ arguments.
• Remind your students to check
the glossary in the information
boxes or at the end of the book
whenever they have questions
about the vocabulary words.
Provide them with bilingual
or monolingual dictionaries
(physical or online, depending
on availability).

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