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EFL classroom practices -such as random groupings and roleplays- are often implemented to build classroom communities. This presentation offers a fresh rationale for these practices by drawing on Norton’s poststructural ideas of Identity and Investment, Imagined Identities and Communities. Re-examining these classroom practices allows teachers to observe how the learners rehearse their sense of belonging in relation to their imagined communities, positively influencing target language engagement. The practical implications of this session are first, the use of randomizers to build confidence and second, the significance of roleplays to re-establish learners with their immediate contexts, thereby fostering connections to imagined identities.