A really good way to enthuse students and introduce them to the basics of dialogue analysis is to use the basic principles when you look clsoely at a scene from Shakespeare. For instance, when examining Act 1 scene 7 of Macbeth you can simply copy Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's utterances onto pink and blue card respectively, mix them up and cut them up (e-mail me for templates). Then ask students to decide the order of the conversation, and chart the escalating tension. Move on by asking them who is in control, who speaks most, who asks questions and why and so on and so forth...
Worked like a charm with less able students, and got them really talking about the dynamics of the conversation.
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