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2) Another possibility : for each activity leave one person out (a different person each time). She acts as the language monitor and must write down anything she hears that she thinks is a mistake, together with the correction. No-one else is allowed to correct because you are "testing" that person's ability to identify mistakes. At the end of the activity she passes the list of things she's overheard to you. You select some of the things which you think it would be worth the class noticing, and focus on them. You can leave out any mistakes that you know come from insecure students and select only those made by students who will appreciate it. You also focus on anything she's miscorrected.
This "channels" the unwanted behaviour into something more positive, and places it back under your control.
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There's no way I could do the first option as they'd be mortally offended, but I'll give the second one a go. This is also a great solution for where there is an odd number of them - it avoids a group of three or me having to take one of them.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Thanks a lot.