at normal speed and with clear but normal enunciation and intonation.
5. Teacher discusses with the students the passage for general meaning(s).
6. Teacher asks specific questions regarding contents and style.
7. If students can write, teacher asks them to write a summary of the passage.
8. Teacher collects the written work for correction.
Here are some basic oral practice activities, or transformational drills:
( Substitutions: Use another word of same class.
( Replacement: Replace one class by another, such as a noun by a pronoun.
( Transformation (conversion): Change singular to plural, affirmative to negative, etc.
( Expansion: Add a word or expression, such as "also".
( Reduction: Reduce through replacement, such as from "I know my lesson" to "I know it".
( Integration: Combine two sentences into one.
( Restatement: Express concept in two ways, such as "Is this your new drawing?" and "Is this drawing new?".
( Paired sentence ( Teacher gives a sentence and then asks a question, such as "I like Tokyo. What about you?".
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