The students then participated in a fluency activity where they stood in two lines at the front of the room. The lines faced each other, and the students were asked to talk about their listening homework assignment. The students were assigned to listen to a news report online. The students were labeled A and B, then partner A was asked to tell partner B about their assignment. Partner B was supposed to ask partner A follow-up questions to obtain more information. The student roles were clearly defined, and it was apparent that students had done this activity in previous classes. Before students began speaking, the teacher asked the class how they can be good listeners and examples of questions they could ask their partner to get more information. The example questions were written on the board, so students could reference them during the activity if they got stuck. The class also talked about how they can use nonverbal cues to show they are listening and engaged in the conversation. The teacher started a stop watch with two minutes on it and the students began speaking with each other. After the stop watch went off, the teacher asked partner A to politely end the conversation. The teacher then asked the groups to tell the class what their partner told them about their assignment. The students switched roles, and the activity was repeated. After the two short conversations, each student was called on by name to tell the class about their partner’s listening assignment. During this activity it became obvious that some students did not fully understand what their partners were telling them (as they could not explain to the whole class what their partner told them). This lead the class to discuss ways that they can clarify if they do not understand what someone has said to them.