How to teach speaking potx

Speaking tasks help… prepare for Ss real-life communication situations  provide feedback for T & Ss  engage Ss to lessons... Roses are Red… I am in love with a girl who is very attra

 What is a good speaking lesson?

A good speaking lesson should…

 maximize students’ interaction

 provide students with enough language use

 create a real “english corner” for students

 …

Speaking tasks help…

 prepare for Ss real-life communication situations

 provide feedback for T & Ss

 engage Ss to lessons

 Controlled oral practice (Study)

◦ repetition / substitution drills

◦ read conversations / poems / passages aloud

◦ …

 to practice a specific bit of language

 to focus on accuracy

 Oral / speaking tasks (Activate)

◦ role plays

◦ communication games

◦ discussion

◦ questionnaires

◦ …

to perform a task by using spoken language

During

After

 Lead-in : stimulate learners’ interest; provide them with ideas

 Language focus : vocabulary, pronunciation, connected speech, language functions

 Speaking task / tasks

 Transfer and language focus : correction

You’ve 1,000 bucks, what would you buy?

Why did you buy those items?

Scanner $100 Watch $100

CD Player $200

Printer $200 Copier $500

MP3 $200

Computer $400 Camera $200

Phone $300

Vietnam Facts:

• Population: 81.5 mil

• HCMC people: 4.9 mil

• GDP: $40 billion

• Software piracy: 92%

• Color TV/100 people: 40

• Rice made: 22 mil tons

• Rice eaten: 18 mil tons

• Receives 3 rd highest aid

Thailand Facts:

• Population: 63 mil

• Bangkok people: 6.5 mil

• GDP: $143 billion

• Software piracy: 80%

• Color TV/100 people: 83

• Rice made: 18 mil tons

• Rice eaten: 9.5 mil tons

• Makes most rubber

(source: Economist)

Let’s add to the list!

Roses are Red…

I am in love with a girl who is very attractive She doesn’t know how I feel I have her address and

phone number, but i don’t know what to do? Should

I call her? I could send her some roses or

chocolates, but I can’t decide which is better If I

send something, what should I write on the card?

Source: Headway

learn English?

Speaking tasks …

 create an information gap

 give Ss choice of what to say & how to say it

 encourage Ss to give & receive feedback

When to correct?

 when focusing on accuracy

What to correct?

 pronunciation, word use, grammar

How to correct?

 direct correction, echoing, prompting, peer