Spotlight - 13.2019

My favourite

The last time I

Something I really

The most interesting

The I enjoy least is.

A(n) I remember well is.

My most enjoyable

Someone I’d like to

LANGUAGE 13/2019 Spotlight 17

English springboards

⋅ Take two dice and a copy of Spotlight to the get-
together. A member of the group throws the dice
and puts the two numbers together to create a
page number. He/she then turns to that page in the
magazine and chooses a picture, a theme, a headline
or a phrase from the page to talk about.

⋅ Ask each group member to write down the names of

five people who have been important in their lives

— for example a good teacher, a driving instructor, a

best friend, a doctor or a family member. The names

should be numbered 1 to 5. In turn, one person asks

another: “Please tell us about person number X.”

blank [blÄNk]

, Lücke

dice [daIs]

, Wü r f e l

elicit [i(lIsIt]

, hervorlocken, eruieren

get-together

[(get tE)geDE]

, Tr e f f

pile [paI&l]

, Stapel

springboard [(sprINbO:d]

, Sprungbrett

Activity 1

Yo u ’v e d e c i d e d t o o r g a n i z e a r e g u l a r get-together where

you can chat in English. Here are three ideas to get the

conversation started. Encourage questions from the

group to elicit more details and keep the conversation

going.

⋅ Copy the phrases below on to slips of paper and

give one to each member of the group. Each person

should fill in the blanks with their own ideas to

formulate a topic to talk about. Then the cards are

placed in a pile, face down on the table. One by one,

members of the group turn over a card and talk

about the topic on it.