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Activity 3: Add phrasal chunks to conversations

In this activity, students add phrasal chunks into pre-existing conversations, either from their textbooks or dialogues written by the students themselves. Acting out these new dia- logues for the class leads to a comparison of dif- ferent groups’ dialogues and a discussion about the appropriateness of the different choices and placement of the phrasal chunks. Finally, for a more open-ended, communicative activity, students have a conversation with a partner and use at least five of the new terms. This range of