Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: In classes at the Center for English Discussion Class (EDC) at Rikkyo University, students are usually required to take part in a 3/2/1 fluency-based speaking activity, in which the students are required to speak on a topic three times, with a shorter time limit for each turn.This activity is intended, through the repetition of ideas, to promote the automatization of language which can be drawn upon in later discussions.However, for low-level learners it can be a challenge to produce the necessary amount of spoken language during the initial three minute part of the 3/2/1 for this activity to be effective.This paper describes an activity in which listeners were allowed to ask a limited number of questions to their partner during the three minute turn, in order to help them generate enough content for effective repetition in the following two turns.Some data is also presented showing how effective this activity was.
DOI: 10.14992/00015966
Author: Robert J. Lowe
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W642421124