[STCrowley]

I agree with MelissaC: I like it when an advanced level class has students who don't all work together (colleagues often know so much about each other that the 'discovery' isn't really there) and just finding an activity where they sit and talk in English.

Often, I'll make my students discuss a topic like "What do you think the three biggest challenges for humanity will be in the next hundred years?" If you have them write their answers down and then discuss them, you can fill a whole lesson with good, spontaneous conversation. . . and you'll get some surprising answers. (A student once told me he thought we'd have to consider imposing a maximum age. . . That got into a great discussion!)

Still, I prefer lessons where students use English over lessons where students only learn it.
-Toby