Questions & answers / Rephrasing / Making statements
Although the STAR approach can help B1 learners to make their first coherent, multi-layered statements, it can also be used to support more competent speakers who need to add structure and routine to reports and status updates.
My participants are often uncomfortable when they have to make a longer statement / tell a story without the chance to bounce ideas off their partners in a dialogue. The STAR structure gives them a framework within which to develop their ideas and, with practice, builds confidence and spontaneity.
The benefits come when the learners are encouraged to create STAR statements (of various lengths, on various themes) over a period of weeks and months.
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