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Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks involve learners filling in gaps in sentences or dialogues to promote critical thinking and coherent responses. These tasks enhance fluency, accuracy, and comprehension, improving real-life communication skills and encouraging creativity. Classroom examples include completing sentences and dialogues in various scenarios, making them effective for interactive, extensive, and responsive speaking practice.

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Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks involve learners filling in gaps in sentences or dialogues to promote critical thinking and coherent responses. These tasks enhance fluency, accuracy, and comprehension, improving real-life communication skills and encouraging creativity. Classroom examples include completing sentences and dialogues in various scenarios, making them effective for interactive, extensive, and responsive speaking practice.

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SENTENCE/DIALOGUE COMPLETION TASKS

1. What are Sentence/Dialogue Completion Tasks?


 These are activities where learners are required to fill in gaps in sentences
or dialogues. The aim is to create a coherent and meaningful response
based on the given context.
 They promote critical thinking as students analyze the context, predict
meaning, and construct appropriate responses.
Purpose of These Tasks
 Fluency: Encourage natural language flow.
 Accuracy: Practice grammar and vocabulary in context.
 Comprehension: Enhance understanding of conversational
dynamics and situational language use.
Benefits
 Improves real-life communication skills.
 Encourages creativity in language use.
 Enhances collaboration if done in pairs or groups.
Classroom Examples
Example 1: Sentence Completion Task.
 Activity: Provide students with incomplete sentences to finish creatively.
• Teacher Prompt: "If I could travel anywhere, I would...“
• Expected Student Response: "...go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms.“
 Objective: Practice conditional sentences and expand vocabulary related to travel.
 Instructions:
• Provide 5-10 incomplete sentences.
• Students complete each one individually, then share with a partner or the class.
 Variation:
Use themes like hobbies, future aspirations, or daily routines to align with current
lessons.
Classroom Examples
Example 2: Dialogue Completion Task.
 Activity: Present a dialogue with missing parts for students to complete.
 Scenario: A customer ordering food at a restaurant.
• Waiter: "Good evening. May I take your order?“
• Customer: "Yes, I’d like to have...“
• Waiter: "Would you like anything to drink?“
• Customer: "..."
 Objective: Practice situational dialogues and polite expressions.
 Instructions:
• Provide the incomplete dialogue in pairs or groups.
• Students fill in the blanks and role-play the scenario.
 Variation:
Types of Speaking Best Suited for These
Tasks
 Interactive Speaking:
o Dialogue completion tasks are ideal for practicing conversations, role-plays, and real-world
interactions.
 Extensive Speaking:
o Sentence completion tasks can be adapted into storytelling or short presentations where students
explain their responses.
 Responsive Speaking:
o These tasks encourage on-the-spot thinking and responding, helping students become more
spontaneous speakers.
CONCLUSION
 Sentence and dialogue completion tasks are versatile, engaging,
and effective in improving students' speaking skills. By
simulating real-world scenarios, they provide meaningful
practice that prepares learners for authentic communication.
References
Brown, H. D. (2007). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (3rd ed.).
Pearson Education. Richards, J. C., & Rodgers, T. S. (2014). Approaches and methods in language
teaching (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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