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Interviewing

Interviewing has a lot of benefits as a classroom task, not only within language learning classrooms, but for all learners in all classrooms. Afterall, how often do we actually sit and listen closely to our students ideas, and experiences? How often do we center a task around giving students a platform that is all about letting them answer with their ideas, and having the whole class listen? 

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