Ss divide up into groups. I play a short clip of a movie with no sound. Half of the group watches the movie clip. The other half of the group is given a sheet of questions. The group that watched the clip comes back and describes as best they can down to minor details what they saw. The question group, without saying anything or showing the questions, tries to answer the questions based on their group members explanation. - It's a little labor intensive on the part of the teacher and requires media capabilities, but I've used a lap-top to play DVDs before. The students don't really care. This usually get them talking and hpefully gets them using simple English instead of trying to make the most compicated sentence they can think of.