These activities are all examples of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) learning tasks. While a few have the possibility of open-ended outcomes, most have a clearly defined goal. This offers students an opportunity to self-assess their speaking/listening accuracy and understand what they need to learn if they and their partner fail to successfully complete a task.

This process of self-assessment and self-diagnosis allows students to become active participants in seeking additional learning and distinctly understand the purpose of what they are learning, rather than simply being passive recipients of whatever a teacher has chosen to teach.