Speed dating at CCEB

In our general English courses we focus one one topic for a week of study. There are usually one or two grammar points that accompany the vocabulary in focus. The Pre-intermediate class was discussing the subject of relationships not so long ago. The students learned and practised using expressions such as ‘fall in love with someone’ or ‘split up with someone’ (Oh, phrasal verbs! How we love them all! ;-). Taking advantage of the fact that there was the same number of girls as there were boys in the class, the teacher organised a little ‘speed dating’ role-play for the afternoon speaking class.

Speed dating is a matchmaking event during which a person talks with as many partners as possible within a time limit and afterwards chooses the most compatible. Speed dating originated in Beverly Hills, California, the USA  in the year 1998.

However, our session was more suited to the present day and adopted to fit in with the English spoken in the pre-intermediate classroom. Prior to this activity, all the students had to come up with some information about the character they decided to role-play. They didn’t have to use their real names or play themselves which allowed everybody a little bit of distance! The students filled in a worksheet to help them remember the information about themselves such as their fake names, personality traits, relationship status, etc. This proved to be a real success due to the enthusiasm of the students who all managed to interview the participants within a time slot of three minutes. And at the end, to everyone’s surprise, we managed to have a couple of matches! 😉

What a fun way of practising your English!

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