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THE CHUNGOPOINT METHOD Making students speak a foreign language (FL) in the classroom is considered to be a difficult task for teachers all around the world. In a typical classroom, students tend to avoid speaking a FL for several reasons. This prompts teachers to look for new ideas to motivate their students towards an oral practice. A wide range of activities which work just for a single situation are available, but few general methods for encouraging verbal production of FL can be found. The Chungopoint method (Rubio and Petidier 2002) proposes a possible alternative. The Chungopoint is a method devised to use at anytime with oral activities no matter which structures or points are involved. Using this method, students find themselves trying to think in the FL in a playful way, and when students get used to it, oral activities become a natural, desired, and meaningful part of the class. The chungopoint is a card the teacher or students themselves give to the mate who is speaking his/her native language. Once a student has a chungopoint card, s/he can get rid of it trying to make other students speak their own language.