Group discussions are very important in oral English classes. It maximizes students' speaking time in a specified-time period. Group discussions have a strong positive effect on the atmosphere in the classroom and th...Group discussions are very important in oral English classes. It maximizes students' speaking time in a specified-time period. Group discussions have a strong positive effect on the atmosphere in the classroom and the behaviors of the students as they can get more ideas from their friends, and sometimes students don't even understand the topic for discussion but by interacting with others they can understand the topic. Particularly it is a good warm-up in conversational classes. The most important reason for using group discussions before speaking tasks is to reduce students' nervousness of making mistakes. And this encourages students to be more active in speaking class.展开更多
文摘Group discussions are very important in oral English classes. It maximizes students' speaking time in a specified-time period. Group discussions have a strong positive effect on the atmosphere in the classroom and the behaviors of the students as they can get more ideas from their friends, and sometimes students don't even understand the topic for discussion but by interacting with others they can understand the topic. Particularly it is a good warm-up in conversational classes. The most important reason for using group discussions before speaking tasks is to reduce students' nervousness of making mistakes. And this encourages students to be more active in speaking class.