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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
role-play .
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Examples
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I get the feeling New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who happily role-plays fictitious Garden State mob boss Tony Soprano, is slowly figuring this out.
Charles D. Ellison: Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From? Charles D. Ellison 2010
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Most flow-promoting activity types for me: role-plays & simulations of the ‘high-powered’ kind (if they are complex enough to put the learners out of their depth to start with) – and dictogloss.
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I get the feeling New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who happily role-plays fictitious Garden State mob boss Tony Soprano, is slowly figuring this out.
Charles D. Ellison: Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From? Charles D. Ellison 2010
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For the same reason, if a Google engineer role-plays as a Google user following a Google link to our site, I need him or her to be satisfied with the experience.
Rand v Whalen: Focus on Engines or Users? | Managing Greatness 2009
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My elementary students may start out writing dialogues, but after time in the class, they leave that behind and can do role-plays based simply on role-cards and then even just improv.
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I get the feeling New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who happily role-plays fictitious Garden State mob boss Tony Soprano, is slowly figuring this out.
Charles D. Ellison: Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From? Charles D. Ellison 2010
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I get the feeling New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who happily role-plays fictitious Garden State mob boss Tony Soprano, is slowly figuring this out.
Charles D. Ellison: Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From? Charles D. Ellison 2010
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I find that having students simulate, say, being employees at an English speaking company over the course of a semester (must.resist. plug.) allows for many of the identity-exploration advantages of role-plays, but without the silliness that turns a lot of Ss (and Ts) off of play-acting.
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There were too many games, too many role-plays and not enough “teaching.”
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There were too many games, too many role-plays and not enough “teaching.”
Guest post 13 – Bethany Cagnol on teaching English in France… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010
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