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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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