Conversation

One topic of conversation for intermediate students onwards may be to talk about the past, the present and the future. To begin the class, you may write PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE on the board, so they may write something about themselves. Students then read their sentences. Then they can copy these three categories on their folders or otherwise you can provide them with an answer sheet. They can write three or four questions in each category. For example:

PAST: Where were you when the Twin Towers collapsed?

PRESENT: What do you think should be done to prevent car accidents in Argentina?

FUTURE: What do you think will happen with our environment in ten years time?

Once they have finished writing them, they can work in pairs, then they can change partners to go on asking and answering questions.

While they are writing the questions they can listen to classical music or any type of music to concentrate and relax.

Alejandra Vecchiarelli