Given 'When my students and I approached the heart of the course'talking the English language'nothing seemed to work for me until I closed all the books and compelled two or three students at a time to put themselves in commonplace situations in which they had to speak English.', is 'I would ask students to open their books and read silently for the duration of the class.' its antithesis?
When my students and I approached the heart of the course'talking the English language'nothing seemed to work for me until I closed all the books and compelled two or three students at a time to put themselves in commonplace situations in which they had to speak English.###I would ask students to open their books and read silently for the duration of the class.