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1.2.4.3- In the production stage

Teachers should keep in mind that in the production stage of a lesson on conditional sentences, the objective is to develop students’ communicative competence by using if clauses. It implies that there should always be one developed language skill in every activity. Here are some techniques which can be used during the production stage of a lesson on conditional sentences:

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  Dialogue, simulation or role play: the students play roles from a given situation in order to prepare them for the real world outside the classroom by giving them fluency practice.
  
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  Story telling or story construction
  

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  Discussion and debate
  

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  Reporting: usually done after pair conversation and group discussion, it gives the students the opportunity to share their friends’ feeling or point of view to the whole class.
  
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  Games: although a negative view tends to treat games as time fillers or time-wasters, they can make a lesson more relaxed and memorable because they attract students’ interest in learning.
  
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  Composition: the students are asked to produce a piece of writing on a given situation within a realistic context.
  
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  Songs: they are precious resources to develop students’ abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing because they provide authentic texts. They also provide a non- threatening atmosphere for students who are tense when using English in a formal classroom setting.