1. Students choose a topic and challenge the teacher to speak for one minute on this. The teacher does so, emphasising the use of discourse markers (Well, right, anyway, then, I mean), or chunks of language related to the context. Record this if you can - use your mobile and play the recording through a computer / speakers.
2. Ask students which words you used often (the discourse markers), and repeat if necessary.
3. Elicit the discourse markers, board them and decide on their function (e.g. anyway: to change the subject).
4. Students do the task themselves. Turn this into a game by asking their partner to count the number of discourse markers they can use in one minute.
5. If necessary, they do the task in L1, and then translate into English. This will demonstrate the use of discourse markers in their L1, which will lead to them asking for a translation which they can use in English.
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