UK - "This is an activity for students to practise reporting speech. ... You may have to explain the concept of eavesdropping (listening to someone else's conversation). With lower levels it may be easier to explain spying." ~ Marta Joyce Sabbadini, Teacher & Trainer, British Council, Cameroon (more)
...and you wonder where the adults come from who think that eavesdropping, spying and espionage are socially acceptable. ~Kevin (more)