teaching speaking

Teaching speaking

Eliciting

v Ask questions

v Give instructions that require verbal interaction

v Use real objects

v Give visual aids (drawings, flashcards, videos)

v Give definitions

v Use synonyms and antonyms

v Use gestures and mime

v Use prompts, cues and questions in social situations

v Fill in gaps in tables, scales or diagrams

Scrambled sequences

• They were watching a mangetting out of a black Mercedes
• It was a bitterly cold day in Chicago
• The two detectives looked at each other
• Detectives Ryan and Schwarz were outside the  Lake Hotel
• Was the murder weapon in the bag?
• The man was carrying an overnight bag that seemed unusually big
• Schwarz said “could this be the guy we have been looking for?”

Information gap activities

• Repetition actitivies
• Back-chaining :repeat the sentence in chunks, starting at the end:

“Black Mercedes”, then

“getting out of a black Mercedes” then

“the man was getting out of a black Mercedes”

• Echo questions eg. She went home 2 days ago

 2 days ago?

  Yes 2 days ago!

• Questions and answers
• Simple substitution teacher: do you have a car?

 Student: do you have a car?

 Teacher: a computer…..

  Student: do you have a computer?

• Cue questions teacher: your hair is getting very long….. (cue = cut)

 Student: I need a haircut / I must get it cut

Stages in listening activities:

These are the logical stages when doing a listening exercise with students

• Play listening extract for the first time
• Warm up / set the scene
• Play a 2^nd time and eg. Fill in blanks / put text in order
• Teach key vocabulary
• Pair up students and ask them to compare answers
• Give follow-up instructions
• Students report back to whole class