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Rockin' Language Acquisition!: Claudia de Anda

The document describes three activities for a language acquisition workshop. The first activity has pairs of students take turns responding to a statement or question by alternating between a "pro" and "con" stance using transitional phrases. The second activity has groups of four students engage in a role-playing dialogue that is interrupted, with another student continuing the conversation. The third activity involves hot seating, where students prepare questions to ask while taking on the roles of a student, principal, teacher, or parent regarding a scenario of a girl who got into a fight.

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Rockin' Language Acquisition!: Claudia de Anda

The document describes three activities for a language acquisition workshop. The first activity has pairs of students take turns responding to a statement or question by alternating between a "pro" and "con" stance using transitional phrases. The second activity has groups of four students engage in a role-playing dialogue that is interrupted, with another student continuing the conversation. The third activity involves hot seating, where students prepare questions to ask while taking on the roles of a student, principal, teacher, or parent regarding a scenario of a girl who got into a fight.

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ROCKIN LANGUAGE

ACQUISITION!

Claudia De
Anda

ACTIVIT Y 1:
PRO AND CON
Pair up
One of you will respond to a statement or question
Paper, scissors, rock decides who goes first
First person will respond to the statement or question by using a
transitional device
When you hear the clap immediately you will change your mind
and use a dif ferent device
When you hear the clap you will go back to your first stance
using a dif ferent device
Another clap, you change positions again
Etc. . . .
3

PRACTICE TIME!

How do you think the girl is feeling?

PRACTICE TIME!

How do you think the girl is feeling?


Pro
Due to
However
For the most part

Con
On the other hand
Nonetheless
In contrast to

ACTIVIT Y 2:
FREEZE AND SPEAK
In groups of four, each team member will select one character
Two of you will engage in dialogue with from two dif ferent
points of view
In mid dialogue I will say FREEZE! and everybody freezes

Frozen in dialogue one of the two will be replaced by an


audience member who will continue the conversation as if
nothing has happened.
The process will continue for a couple of minutes

DEVICES YOU MAY USE

At the present time . .

As a result . . .

Sooner or later . . .

Consequently . .

As long as . . .

However . . .

In the long run . . .

Therefore . . .

In addition . . .

Furthermore . . .

Not to mention . . .

In general . . .

For this reason . . .

For instance . . .

With this in mind . . .

Even though . . .

ACTIVIT Y 3:
HOT CHAIR
Role playing
Using the same picture, we will now bring the picture to life by
role playing.
Roles:
Student
Principal
Teacher
Parent

Because you dont know which role you will be playing, each of you will
develop questions to ask each the Student, Principal, Teacher, Parent.
Example questions to ask the . .
Student
Is this the first time you get into a fight?
Why would you fight in a skirt?
What will your parents say about you fighting?

Principal
How common is for young ladies to fight in your school?
What will be the punishment for this student?

Teacher
Is this student a trouble maker?
Do you talk to your students about fighting or proper conduct?

Parent
Do you encourage your daughter to fight?
How are you feeling after seeing your daughters black eye?

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