Strategies for Communicating with Others

Communicative Output Activities
Social strategies are those that involve interaction with another person. That other person can be your teacher, a classmate, an outsider, or an imagined person.

• COOPERATIVE LEARNING working together with your instructor, a classmate, or an imagined person.

Situation
You have a hobby, e.g., playing the guitar, rock climbing, interest in a religion, etc. You might

1 .Get together with one of the teachers who knows about your interest, discuss the topic, and find out where you can locate information in the target language (videos, books, audio tapes, cultural events in the local target culture community).

2. Get together with a classmate and discuss your hobbies and interests in the target language. You could record the dialogue and perform it in class or go to your instructor's office and ask for a critique.

3. Create a dialogue or a written text about your hobbies and interests. Rehearse the dialogue out loud. Ask a more advanced student or your teacher to review it for you.

4. Join local or student groups that will involve you in cultural events related to the target culture.

Strategies for Communicating with Others (continued)