1. 10 things to do with dialogues
Scott Thornbury

2. Ten things to do with dialogues:
·      build them
·      memorize them
·      chant them
·      perform them
·      change them
·      analyse them
·      mine them
·      reconstruct them
·      create them
·      teach through them

3. A B

4. A: What happened?
B: I broke my arm.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was playing football and I fell over.
A: Did it hurt?
B: Yes, it did, at first. But it’s better now.

5. A: What happened?
B: I broke my arm.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was playing football and I fell over.
A: Did it hurt?
B: Yes, it did, at first. But it’s better now.

6. A: What happened?
B: I broke my arm.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was playing football and I fell over.
A: Did it hurt?
B: Yes, it did, at first. But it’s better now.

7. A: What happened?
B: I broke my arm.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was playing football and I fell over.
A: Did it hurt?
B: Yes, it did, at first. But it’s better now.

8. A: What happened?
B: I broke my arm.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was playing football and I fell over.
A: Did it hurt?
B: Yes, it did, at first. But it’s better now.

9. A: Dinner’s ready. Come and get it.
B: Dinner’s ready? What’s for dinner?
A: Something special.
B: Something special?
A: Stuffed tomatoes. Don’t you like them?
B: Yes, I love them. What’s for afters?
A: Wait and see.
(adapted from Stress Time by Colin Mortimer, CUP 1976)

10. Doff and Jones, Language in Use, Beginner, CUP, 1999

11. Soars & Soars, New Headway Pre-Intermediate, OUP 2000

12. A: Hello, what’s your name?
B: My name is Juan.
A: What is your nationality?
B: I am Venezuelan.
A: What is your job?
B: I am a student.
A: When did you start studying English?
B: I started studying English five years ago.
A: You speak English very well.
B: Thank you, but I would like to improve it.
etc.

13. A: Hello, what’s your name?
B: My name is Juan.
A: Hi Juan. I’m Kim. What is your nationality?
B: I am Venezuelan. I’m from Caracas,
A: Are you? What is your job?
B: I am a student. What about you?
A: I’m a teacher. When did you start studying English?
B: I started studying English five years ago. When I was at school.
A: Really? You speak English very well.
B: Thank you, but I would like to improve it.
etc.

14. The rules of conversational “tennis”:
Show interest, surprise, etc. Are you? Really?
Return the question: What about you?
Supply extra information: I’m Venezuelan. I’m from Caracas.

16. Dellar & Walkley, Innovations Elementary, Thomson, 2005

20. References:
Bilbrough, N Dialogue Activities, Cambridge University Press.
Thornbury, S How To Teach Speaking. Pearson.