what can be used as props for dialogues in order to teach new lexical or structural items?
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There are many props which can be used to teach new lexical or structural items. Some important props could be reading a short section from a book followed by discussion on the theme, language and grammatical structures, vocabulary, etc.
Another prop that can be used to teach new lexical or structural items is the situational conversation exercises between or among the students. For example situations such as Talking About The Weather, An Afternoon In The Kitchen, Telephone Conversation, An Afternoon In The Park, Weekend Plans, Winter Break Plans, A Visit To The Doctor’s Office, Going To The Market, etc. The most important thing to be kept in mind while doing situational conversation exercise is, the students must be provided a sample of the situational conversation exercise, comprising the target lexical and structural items. The students after, being provided the sample of conversation exercise must be encouraged to act the conversation in role-play. Stress should be laid on repetition. The teacher should correct word by word, line by line pronunciation, tone, intonation, etc.
A sample of the situational conversation exercise is given below:
Situation: Two friends are meeting after a long time
First friend: Hey what a nice surprise! After such a long time! Where have you been?
Second friend: (hugging each other) My goodness! Look at you! You have not changed at all! Well, I got busy in my father’s business.
First friend: I know! How is the family?
Second friend: Thanks. The family is quite good! How is your family?
First friend: Thanks! They all are good!
Second friend: How much fun we had! Childhood and school days are golden period of a man’s life, aren’t they?
First friend: Undoubtedly! Nothing can be as wonderful as childhood and school life! I wish I would never grow old!
Second friend: Do you remember we always used to sit together at the last desk? Studies used to be at the bottom of our priority list! We would eat, gossip, play pranks and would often get punishment!
First friend: I remember! We would never do our homework! During those days the punishment was much harder. Unlike the present times, our teachers used to inflict corporal punishment on us; we smilingly bore it!
Second friend: Do you remember what we usually did when the classes were held alfresco in winter?
First friend: How can I forget? We would watch kites in the sky and the teachers could not make us look down at our books! In retrospect, I think we were very mischievous.
Second friend: True! How carefree those days were! But as we grew up, we lost all that freedom. The responsibilities of life have deprived us of the fun we used to have.
First friend: Hey, why don’t we revive that childhood of ours by meeting more frequently? What do you say?
Second friend: You almost said my words! Let’s plan to meet more often and try to live like the children we used to be!
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