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Activity Procedures
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GROUP DISCUSSION
In a group discussion activity, students develop their
communicative skills and learn to react appropriately, for
instance, in situations where intercultural communication is
involved.
You can define the number of members in a group, and you
can monitor and join the group’s work at any point of the
exercise.
DEFAULT RECORDING SETTINGS
PROCEEDING WITH GROUP DISCUSSION
GROUPING METHOD
By default, the selecting of the Group Discussion activity
forms groups automatically so that the adjacent sitting
students form a group. If you don’t want to change the
grouping method, you can initiate the activity right away,
without having to group the students first.
However, if you want the program to form groups in random
order or you yourself want to group the students manually,
select the grouping method accordingly.
Panel for selecting the grouping method
Before selecting the grouping method, you can define the
number of members you want to include in a group by
entering the desired number in the
Group Size field. The
minimum number of members in a group is 2, and the
maximum the number of students in the session. By default,
the size of a discussion group is the number of students in
the session.There are three different ways to group the
students:
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The default option of the program; the adjacent sitting
students form a group. Selecting the Group Discussion
activity groups the students automatically. Under the