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| (Student Initiates) I am your friend who is in the hospital. You call to find out how I am. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. I ask you what you want to do after school. I will start the conversation. |
| (Teacher initiates) You are on vacation. You meet me on the beach. I want to find out about you. I will start the conversation. | (Student initiates) You are watching TV in the evening with a new friend. You are deciding which programs to watch. You will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your friend. You call to invite me to dinner. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) We are planning a party together. We discuss whom to invite, what to eat and other details. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your friend. We meet at the library and you want to know more about a student from another school you have seen me with. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your host mother. My nephew is coming from Venezuela to visit and you have never met him. We will talk about his visit. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am a student who has just moved here from Perú. We will talk about our favorite things to do. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your friend from Argentina. You have invited me to visit you and we are talking about our schools. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your mother. You have just received a birthday gift from your grand-parents. Tell me about it. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) Your pen pal from (Spanish speaking country) is coming to visit you this summer. Your friend wants to know what you will do while he/she is here. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your friend from Spain. There is a new student in school whom you have not met but I have. You want to find out about the new student. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) You have just transferred to a new school. I am your friend from Ecuador. You tell me about it. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am the waiter in a restaurant. You will give me your order. You will start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your host mother. It is Saturday and I ask you to help with the household chores. You will tell me why you can't. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am the ticket agent at a ticket booth in (Spanish speaking country). You want to purchase a ticket. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I have just moved to your neighborhood and I don't know where things in the area are. You will help me. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am an exchange student from (country) I sit down next to you in the cafeteria. You want to know more about my country. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) You are at the mall with your family. I am your friend from (Spanish speaking country) and want to find out who everyone is. I will start the conversation. |
| (Teacher initiates) I am your Spanish teacher. I will suggest some activities for our language club and you will tell me how you feel about them. I will start the conversation. | (Student initiates) I am your friend from (Spanish speaking country). I will tell you about a class I am having trouble with and you will tell me how you feel about that class. You start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am an exchange student from (Spanish speaking country). I will tell you about my favorite season and you tell me why you like or dislike that season. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am a salesclerk trying to sell you something you don't want. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your friend and you will tell me how you feel about the new Spanish teacher. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am a visiting teacher from (Spanish speaking country). I am taking a survey to find out what TV shows American teenagers enjoy. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your friend. We have just heard that school will be closed today due to the weather. We will talk about how we feel. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. I bought a new out fit to go to a party. Tell me what you think about it. I will start the conversation. |
| (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. I am taking a poll to find out how students would like to change the cafeteria menu. Tell me your ideas. I will start the conversation. | (Student initiates) I am your friend. We are talking about our siblings. Tell me how you feel about yours. You start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your host parent. Convince me to let you go on a trip with your friend this weekend. You start the conversation. | (Student initiates) I am your host parent. You do not feel well. Try to convince me to let you stay home. You start the conversation. |
| (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. We can't decide where to have lunch. Try to convince me to go to the restaurant you want to go to. I will start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. We are shopping and I want to buy an item of clothing. Convince me to buy a different one. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your teacher. Convince me it would be a good idea to take a class trip. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) I am your host parent. Try to convince me to let you have a dog. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) Your family is undecided about what to prepare for the evening meal. You have definite ideas about what you would like to eat. Try to convince me to make the meal you would like. | (Teacher initiates) I am your friend. I don't like to exercise. Try to persuade me to join a sports team. I will start the conversation. |
| (Student initiates) I am your host mother. Your younger host brother wants to go to the beach with you but you don't want to take him. Convince me that he should not go. You start the conversation. | (Teacher initiates) You are visiting your grandmother. She wants you to stay for dinner. Convince her that you cannot stay. I will start the conversation. |
