Teaching+Methods+-+Circling

Using questions in the world language classroom is an effective way to engage learners, check for understanding, and personalize the language - and of course, communicate! By using a variety of questions, students continuously hear target language input and are making meaning of the questions they hear.

yes/no (Is Juan sad? Yes) either/or (Is Juan sad or happy? Sad) one word answers (Who is sad? Juan; Juan is . Sad)
 * Questions can take a variety of formats:**

Are you sad? Are you happy or sad? Who is sad? Who is happy?
 * Questions can be personalized:**

Here is a sample story:

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Here is a sample circling worksheet which will provide an idea of the variety of questions that can be asked, and how the questions can be varied.