1.) Talk about topic maintenance and why it is important.

2.) Practice in speech room

• Group / Pairs of students if possible, if not, use yourself as partner
• Buzzer (app or actual thing) in middle
• Place topic card in middle
• Each person talks about topic.  If the other person strays, you push the buzzer
• Provide distractions to make it harder

3.) Practice out of speech room

• Do some activity in other locations, like lunch room or classroom where there are more distractions
• Add peers if possible

4.)  Provide reminders during conversational speech