It is often recognized that greater emphasis should be placed on developing communication skills. Socio-drama can be used effectively to attain this goal. First, by participating in several enactments, students produce new sentences based on their own behavior or the spontaneous constructions produced by other students. Second, as in real life communication, socio-drama obliges students to restructure their language use according to the social context. Third, socio-drama promotes social-interaction, a prerequisite for communication. Socio-drama has high student appeal. Its game structure allows students to try out new behaviors without fear of social penalty. It also encourages students to repair communication lapses occurring in both their own and in others' speech. This in turn enables the teacher to diagnose communication breakdowns for future lessons. Socio-drama creates a comfortable atmosphere which promotes cross-cultural understanding.