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Complex substitution drill |
Tutor: This is a table.
Learner: This is a table.
Tutor: chair
Learner:
This is a chair.
Tutor: book
Learner: This is a book.
Tutor: pen
Learner:
This is a pen.
Tutor: pencil
Learner: This is a pencil.
Tutor: lamp
Learner:
This is a lamp.
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Tutor: John likes the table.
Learner: John likes the table.
Tutor: chair
Learner: John likes the chair.
Tutor: hates
Learner: John hates the chair.
Tutor: Susan
Learner: Susan hates the chair.
Tutor: loves
Learner: Susan
loves the chair.
Tutor: movie
Learner: Susan loves the movie.
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Response drills are another way in which to assist the learner. Here,
rather than substituting words, you are giving repeated practice in
understanding and responding to questions. 6
Tutor: This is a table. (Point at a nearby table.)
Learner: This is a table.
Tutor: What is this?
Learner: This is a table.
Tutor: What is this? (Point at a chair or at a picture of the chair.)
Learner: This is a chair.
6 Ruth Johnson Colvin, I Speak
English (Syracuse, New York: New
Readers Press, 1997), pp 75. Used by permission.
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