When students take an English language course, whether it’s general English, Business English or an English conversation course, they expect to have speaking opportunities in the classroom; in fact, in an ideal classroom, there should be an 80/20 ratio of student to teacher talk time. That means that we should minimize our own speaking in the classroom, while maximizing students’ talk time. There are many ways that we can optimize students’ speaking opportunities, but the easiest and quickest way which will provide the most amount of speaking opportunity is to incorporate lots of pair and group work in classroom activities.