I think chating can be very useful in language teaching . Teaching vocabulary, for example, can be very boring in the traditional way of teaching, but if we use chating to teach vocabulary, students' interests in learning a foreign language can be greatly aroused and their learning efficiency greatly improved. It is really an effective way of teaching language, though sometimes it may be time-consuming.
Interesting idea. Do you have any specific vocabulary activities in mind? I's like to know more about what you are thinking :-)...
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