Here's a link to an interesting lesson about exposing students to the way people really speak. It includes sentences both in text form and audio. The sentences were not fabricated<http://fourc.ca/unfabricated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unfabricated> I'm planning to try (after the holiday) scaffolding the activity by giving options in "coursebook" English to match the sentences with. Naomi Epstein -- Naomi Epstein "Shema" Counselor for Teaching English to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Hebrew Counseling Blog <http://shemaenglish.wordpress.com/> Professional Blog (English) <http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/> Exercises for Students <http://englishcenterlakash.wikispaces.com/%20>