Thank you to all those who attended my presentation Online English Learning: Resources, Activities, and Evidence at JALT Fukuoka. Thank you also to the CALL SIG for giving me the opportunity to attend the event. The slides shown during the presentation are now available to download as a PDF.

1. Do it without looking. Tell the students to look down at the line, then look up and say it.
2. Do it with the book closed (students can open it briefly to check if they forget the line).
3. Substitute words and phrases for the students’ own ideas, change names, places, or any other words.
4. Do it with emotion – happy, sad, angry, confused, etc. Get the students to try a variety of combinations.
5. Do it with an accent – American, British, robot, zombie – get the students to use their imaginations!
6. Do it with gesture only but no sound, over emphasizing the gestures to convey the meaning of the text.
7. Tell the students to stand up and act it out. Get them to use props and costumes if available.
8. Have the students write another five or ten lines for the dialogue, and then repeat steps 1 to 7.
9. Repeat steps 1 to 7 with a different partner.
10. Have the students translate the dialogue into their first language(s), and then back to English again without looking at the original.