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Men, it is said, are more assertive, sarcastic, long-winded, non-personal and so on, while women are collaborative, personal and happy to take a back seat in many chats-it is said.

I don't mind talking about a situation where I was embarrassed,humiliated and so on.

If I ask a question, it is generally a yes-no answer I am looking for.

I don't assert something, but I might preface a comment with "I think,.

I like to get my say, get in a few comments, no matter what the topic.

I help to keep a conversation flowing, I am not provocative,.

I get personal when I write a letter to someone, but not face to face in.

I usually talk about personal problems, people, their way of being,.

I prefer to talk about non-personal topics, such as unemployment, the.

I use four-letter words, coarse language.I get personal with people in conversations I may even gossip about a.I make eye-contact and use body language in conversations.I rarely admit I am wrong about something when I am in a conversation.I ask a lot of questions in a conversation, to find out about people,.Generally speaking, when I converse with people I know: Put yes (Y) or no (N) for the sentences below. If nothing else, it should generate chat. Furthermore, the group may be friends, work-mates, academics, a meeting. That is, the group may be mixed gender, all male or all female, hence the type of exchanges will be different-the atmosphere too. RememberĪlso that men and women express themselves differently according to the make-up of the conversation group. It seeks to be thought-provoking and there may be a grain of truth in some of the statements below. The following activity is loosely based on Conversation Analysis readings, so nothing is hard and fast doctrine. Is Your Conversation Style Feminine or Masculine? Level: Medium You can usually play the song a couple of times until they get all the words. If you want to make it more difficult you can put red herrings up. I don't usually stop the tape so don't choose words that come one after the other. They then go to the back of the line and it's up to the next pair. When the 2 students at the front of their line hear a word in the song that is on the board they must race each other to grab that word from the board (this can get quite violent!). Put the students into 2 teams each one in a line before the board. Stick each word to the board with putty (blue tack).

With lower level groups you may want to pronounce the words with the students first. Choose 10-15 pieces of vocabulary from the song and write them on separate pieces of paper. This is a wonderful activity if you think your class needs waking up a little.Ĭhoose a song that the students have or have not heard before. Games & Activities for the ESL/EFL Classroom - (I-TESL-J) Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom