Performance
Writing and performing written works provide multisensory language experiences and can help students learn about the rhythm of language, play with cultural concepts and with the language or explore sociolinguistic patterns (e.g., if different characters use different dialects, registers, sociolects, etc.)
Screenplay
Screenplays can be designed for skits, a "newscast", a game show, or for a key scene in a movie or written story. Such transpositions of media types (e.g., from written to oral production and vice versa) can reinforce relevant vocabulary and language forms, narrative structures and cultural constructs through a reflective writing process.
It is important that students see a sample/excerpt of a screenplay beforehand, so they learn the appropriate genre-specific requirements.
Drama
Dramas might be better suited for more advanced language levels and perhaps as long-term (e.g., semester-long) collaborative projects. Dramas are meant to be acted out, so ample time should be secured in the syllabus for practice, developing props and costumes, and the performances.
Production Tasks
Wiki entries, blogs, a brochure advertising study abroad programs: these activities might be better suited for intermediate or more advanced learners. Students can participate in chat rooms that are populated by native speakers by contributing to the debate or summarizing the different points of view presented. Similarly, students can set up e-mail or Skype or text connections with native speaker "e-pals" to make language learning an authentic tool for intercultural communication. In live interactions (e.g., a chat room), care should be taken that the language is appropriate for the learners and that the native participants welcome the learners.