Set students up with some ideas, how to brainstorm, talk about things that dont interest them or they

dont know
about etc, then give them a reason to talk (see below, with some appropriate phrases for input), in groups. Ideas
could be:

Focus on fluency - must speak fluently about topic for 2 mins.

Focus on accuracy - other students interrupt and correct when necessary (then they realise how annoying this
is, which is a good thing!)
Focus on writing notes about the topic
Focus on presentation skills i.e. body language, speaking skills, eye contact etc
Guess the topic without saying what it is
Debate
Question and answer
Devil's advocate
Quick writing - mini paragraphs (with various focus of their own i.e. spelling, punctuation etc)
Anything else you can think of.

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