Role play
Joanna Budden, British Council, Spain
In this article I will outline several reasons for using role play in the classroom and I will offer some tips for getting the most out of role play.
Introduction
Incorporating role-play into the classroom adds variety, a change of pace and opportunities for a lot of language production and also [...]
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