Before taking part in the class date, you need some training on how to:
- Use the questionnaire “My partners´ talents”
- Start and stop speaking, rotate and change partner.
- Use support material to contribute to your success.

Checklist
Every time you finish a conversation with a partner, you will have two minutes to fill in the checklist that assesses the conversation they have with you.
Signals
The teacher will have a tambourine. The tambourine will be used to indicate:
- When to start speaking.
- When to stop speaking.
You will have three minutes for each conversation.
The teacher will clap their hands to indicate:
- When to change place and partner.
Only the students sitting in the big circle will move one position. The students in the small circle don´t change place.
What are the steps you need to take?
- Sit down in the place assigned by your teacher.
- Relax, be quiet and concentrate.
- Start looking at your interlocutor in the eye.
- When you hear the tambourine, start talking. You have three minutes.
- When you hear the tambourine again, stop talking.
- Fill in the checklist. You have two minutes.
- When you hear your teacher clapping, change place.
- Relax, be quiet and concentrate.
- Start looking at your interlocutor in the eye.
- Repeat steps 4 to 7.
Support material
If you feel a bit insecure about your success in the class date:
- You can have a paper with some questions and short phrases to help you.
- You can raise your hand to ask for help from your teacher.
Definition:
To complete a document.
Completar un documento.
Example:
If you fill in this questionnaire, you can win a free meal at our restaurant.
Si rellenas este cuestionario puedes ganar una comida gratis en nuestro restaurante.
Definition:
Move around a central point.
Mover sobre un eje central.
Example:
If you are sitting in the inner circle, you don't rotate. The students sitting in the outer circle rotate.
Si estás sentado en el círculo interior, tu no rotas. El alumno sentado en el círculo exterior rota.
Definition:
Things you can use to help you with an activity.
Cosas que puedes usar para ayudarte en una actividad.
Example:
Photos and illustrations are examples of visual support material.
Fotos e ilustraciones son ejemplos de material visual de apoyo.
Definition:
A small round musical instrument with discs. You shake it or tap it with your fingers to make the discs ring.
Un instrumento musical pequeño y redondo con platillos. Se sacude o golpea con los dedos para que los platillos suenen.
Example:
Musicians usually play the tambourine when they sing sevillanas.
Los músicos normalmente tocan panderetas cuando cantan sevillanas.
Definition:
To hit the palms of your hand together and make a noise.
Juntar las palmas de las manos y hacer ruido.
Example:
The audience clapped for a long time to the well-known musician.
La audiencia aplaudió durante largo tiempo al famoso músico.
Definition:
The action of teaching an ability through practice.
La acción de enseñar una habilidad a través de la práctica.
Example:
Our school offers training in social skills.
Nuestro instituto ofrece entrenamiento en habilidades sociales.
- Definition:
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Put up your hand.
Levantar la mano.
- Example:
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Raise your hand if you want to speak and wait for your turn.
Levanta la mano si quieres hablar y espera tu turno.