Teacher's Corner: Speaking - Information Gap Activities

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Two people hold large interlocking puzzle pieces.

This Teacher's Corner collection introduces information-gap activities that give learners a clear reason to communicate. Four adaptable tasks use drawings, graphic organizers, mingles, and visual clues to strengthen speaking, listening, clarification, and collaboration.

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Two people hold large interlocking puzzle pieces.

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Use a partner drawing task to practice descriptions, directions, listening, and clarification questions.
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Help small groups solve a shared puzzle by exchanging oral clues and completing a graphic organizer.

Get the whole class speaking through lively mingle tasks built around exchanging missing information.
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Use picture cards and oral clues to create focused, communicative information-gap practice.
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