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Composing a role-play script can be an effective method of practicing informal writing and conversation.

Here are a couple of examples from our “mini-Broadway”:

From Kaori, an experience on a packed train:

K:  Oh, this is rush hour.

J:   Yes, make sure you hold on to the pole.

K:   I know, but look at the pole.  The woman is leaning on the pole with her whole body.  There is no space for my hand.

J:    Excuse me.

W:  …(listening to loud music)

J:    Excuse me!!

W:  What?

K:   May I hold [on to] the pole?

W:  No!  I paid for my ticket [MetroCard].  I can do whatever I want!

J:   But Miss, she bought a ticket too.  She is going to fall down.

W:  Good point.  I will move over.

K:   Thank you; could you also turn your music down?  I can hear your headphones.

W:  Sorry, I can’t hear you anymore!

 

From Lisa:

N:   Hi Lisa!  How was your day?

L:   Not good.  I feel nervous and angry.

N:   Why?  What happened?

L:   I quarreled with a rude woman today at my doctor’s waiting room.

N:  Why?

L:   She entered the doctor’s studio before me.  But I was first.

N:   Didn’t you have an appointment?

L:   No, my doctor doesn’t take any appointments.  You can go to his office when you want.

N:   Perhaps she didn’t know that you [had] arrived [previously].

L:    No, absolutely!  When she arrived, I said that I was the last one in the line.  But when the doctor called [for] the next one, she entered his studio before me and she stayed inside for one hour!  I’m so angry!

 PC TECH: English Language School in New York City

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