Discussing and sharing ideas and opinions is a common part not only of the communicative classroom but also most of the exams we are likely to be preparing students for.
This is a fun activity that can be used to review the language once it has been taught in order to help the language stick and avoid the students constantly leading into their ideas with the dreaded, "I think..."
The great thing about this activity is that it can be used with any discussion based activity in class, whether it's one you've come up with yourself, one from your coursebook or exam practice.
Once you've got the discussion activity you want to use this with either bring up on the screen or hand out the phrases you want to review but with key words replaced by the relevant form of 'dance'. Examples supplied here. The students do the speaking task as normal but using the modified phrases. As with most faintly ridiculous activities it works best if they students really go for it. Afterwards clarify the phrases with them and hopefully these phrases will be easier for the students to access in the future.
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