2. The students should read articles from magazines and newspapers. As a group determines which parts are doublespeak and euphemisms. In small group have the students rewrite the article using facts and no euphemisms or doublespeak. Then have the students read the new articles and compare the differences. The will help see have euphemisms and doublespeak distort articles.
3. Setup a classroom environment that is conductive to asking questions. This means that students should not fear ridicule for asking questions.
4. Try not to use to many euphemisms/doublespeak without explaining what they mean. The students need to learn them, but they need to learn the sociolinguistics behind the words.
5. Use euphemisms/ doublespeak positively. Do not use them to hide negative aspects from the students. The students need to learn the negative language in order to understand the euphemisms that are used the English.
6. When meeting with the parents of L2 learners, make sure that you do not use doublespeak. Instead clearly state facts about the student. Many of the parents will not understand the doublespeak and will miss information about problems that their child may be having.
7. Teach students about doublespeak in advertisement. It s important to teach the students about making god judgments about what they read and hear.
Development activities to judge the ads.
8. Teach students steps in evaluating what they read and hear. They need to learn the following steps:
a. �Who is saying? � or �Who wrote this piece?�
b. What is the setting?
c. What has been said or written?
d. What is the possible outcome?
e. What is the benefits or who is benefiting?
9. Have a contest to see who can create the longest list of euphemisms for a given term. This is help learn euphemisms and to create a knowledge base.
10. Have students write an essay with as much doublespeak as possible. Have them read the stories out loud and see how much is recognized by the other students.