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Al-Saadat, Abdullah I.; Afifi, Elhami A. – Forum, 1997
Highlights classroom role playing in Saudi Arabian classrooms as a psychological aid that fosters self-confidence in inhibited, timid, hesitant, and passive students and relieves them of their paternal communicative limitations. Proposes an overall strategy for role-playing as an effective communicative activity that teachers can exploit to help…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Zhenghua, Xu – Forum, 1998
Discusses four possible ways to conduct language-acquisition activities in the foreign-language classroom: (1) vivid linking; (2) story retelling; (3) self-directed statement; and (4) role playing. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Intensive Language Courses
Haozhang, Xiao – Forum, 1997
Describes a program for teaching oral communication in large English-as-a-Foreign-Language classes that focuses on the link between listening and speaking; accuracy, fluency, interaction, and meaning; authentic language use; feedback and correction; opportunities to initiate oral communication; development of speaking strategies, and motivating…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Correction
