Keep talking : Communicative fluency activities for language teaching

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book is suitable for use with students from elementary to advanced level. It is divided into two parts. Part I contains instructions for over 100 different exercises, including interviews, guessing games, jigsaw tasks, problem solving, values clarification techniques, mime, role play and storytelling. For each activity, notes are also provided on the linguistic and educational aims, the level, organisation, time and preparation required. Part II contains the accompanying worksheets, which can be copied, making many of the activities instantly available for use in class. A comprehensive table of activities and an index are included for ease of reference.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. vi)
• Part 1
• 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• 1.1 What the book contains (p. 1)
• 1.2 Some basic considerations (p. 3)
• 1.3 How to use the activities (p. 7)
• 2 Questions and answers (p. 12)
• 2.1 Warming-up exercises (p. 12)
• 2.2 Interviews (p. 24)
• 2.3 Guessing games (p. 31)
• 2.4 Jigsaw tasks (p. 40)
• 2.5 Questioning activities (p. 51)
• 3 Discussions and decisions (p. 58)
• 3.1 Ranking exercises (p. 58)
• 3.2 Discussion games (p. 73)
• 3.3 Values clarification techniques (p. 88)
• 3.4 Thinking strategies (p. 96)
• 3.5 Problem-solving activities (p. 102)
• 4 Stories and scenes (p. 115)
• 4.1 Miming (p. 115)
• 4.2 Role play and simulations (p. 121)
• 4.3 Stories (p. 130)
• Solutions (p. 135)
• Part 2
• Worksheets (p. 136)
• Alphabetical table of activities (p. 188)
• Index to language and level (p. 193)
• Appendix list of speech acts (p. 194)
• Bibliography (p. 199)