3. A pedagogical solutionUsing the

3. A pedagogical solution

Using the suggested technique of course-book 'situations' including interactions between non-native speakers, or between non-native and native speakers (McCarthy and Carter, 1994) I would like to propose the following as a language awareness activity: (The vocabulary items could be selected from A Handbook of Loanwords):
Junko: I think Mary's charm point is her beautiful hair.
Andy: Charm point? If you're referring to Mary's most attractive feature, her hair, then I certainly agree.
Junko: Yes, right. She also has a very charming personality.
Andy: Yes, she does.

In constructing this dialogue, I have tried to incorporate the model described by Varonis and Gass (1985) in which there is a "negotiation exchange" between interlocutors indicating a misunderstanding. The model (p151) is worth quoting here:

"Our model consists of four primes: (1) a trigger (T), which stimulates or invokes incomplete understanding on the part of the hearer; (2) an indicator(I), which is the hearer's signal that understanding has not been complete; (3) a response (R), which is the original speaker's attempt to clear up the unaccepted input (this is often referred to as a repair); and (4) a reaction to the response(RR), an optional element that signals either the hearer's acceptance or continued difficulty with the speaker's repair.