Information Gap
An information gap activity is an activity where learners are missing
the information they need to complete a task and need to talk to each other to
find it.
Example
Learner A has a biography of a famous person with all the place names
missing, whilst Learner B has the same text with all the dates missing.
Together they can complete the text by asking each other questions.
In the classroom
Information gap activities are useful for various reasons. They
provide an opportunity for extended speaking practice, they represent real
communication, motivation can be high, and they require sub-skills such as
clarifying meaning and re-phrasing. Typical types of information gap activities
you might find include; describe and draw, spot the difference, jigsaw readings
and listening and split dictations.
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