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Students respond to a quote by formulating for and against the position on the spot. Goals: Develop students' mental agility for analytical thinking Train students in concise argumentation Help students review course material Class: Any Procedure: The...

Let your students be Hemingway for a day. In this parody exercise, students learn Hemingway's style by adopting it. During the section, students write a paragraph or several in imitation of Hemingway's style. They can write about any topic. The class then...

Students watch an excerpt of a foreign language film without sound and work in groups to craft a sample dialogue utilizing new vocabulary and grammar concepts. Goal: Grammar development and review Introduction/Background: In this simple language activity...