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Date Posted: 13:11:44 07/30/03 Wed
Author: Alessandra Rosario
Subject: task 13

students must form into pairs. Each student will be provided with a picture. The teacher will use seven pictures in a set, covering some of the most important events in an average American's life. The students will discuss the pictures they receive from the teacher. But it is left to the students to decide how to describe the pictures or what words are used for the description.

The pictures depict stages in life such as starting school, obtaining a driving license, graduating from high school, becoming financially independent, getting married, having children, and retiring. Procedure II calls for careful organization on the part of the teacher because it is necessary to ensure that each student in the pair will be given different pictures, which will not be shown to partners. These pictures guide the students to talk further about the topic, activating their prior knowledge for Procedure III, free interaction.

After each person has obtained a picture, the whole class examines the picture closely for a while, and then each student takes a turn using his/her own words to describe the picture to his/her partner. After the description, the partner will sum up the significance of the event according to the description and give a title for the picture.
The speaker bridges the information gap by conveying meaning naturally without overly worrying about the accuracy of language form. Meanwhile, the partner will ask for clarification in order to give a summary of the message of the picture and to figure out the title of the picture. The interaction, therefore, entails some verbal communication strategies such as explaining and paraphrasing, appealing for help, and asking for clarification. In this way Procedure II goes a step further to achieve fluency. To guide the interaction, the teacher provides a reference list on the blackboard with the following questions:

Who are the characters involved?
What are they doing there?
What is the setting?
At about what date does the event take place?
How do the characters feel about themselves?

When the students have finished describing and summarizing the pictures, the whole class sorts out the seven pictures and puts them into a logical order so that the students can have a complete idea about the topic. The instructions for Procedure II are: Select a partner to form a pair. Take turns and use 5 minutes each to describe your "secret picture" to your partner. The partner should summarize the significance of the picture and then give it a title. Use the list on the blackboard as a reference for the description.

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