Teaching English to speakers of other language

Teaching Listening Suggested Activities... Activities Give aS much exposure as you can Do your classroom management in English Use Audio and video recording Provide a context for any rec

Teaching Listening

Suggested Activities

Activities

Give aS much exposure as you can

Do your classroom management in English

Use Audio and video recording

Provide a context for any recording you use

Give learners a reason for listening

Use listening for pleasure too

Show learners they don’t have to understand every word

Let learners experience a variety of accents and dialects

Find out what your learners need to listen too

Teach learners the strategies needed to control they input they get Consider setting listening tasks for homework

Teaching Reading

Supplement the readings In your textbook Use a good proportion of ‘authentic’ texts Build up a context

Give a learners a reason for reading

Use questions carefully

Use reading as an input to other tasks

Talk about good reading habits

Talk about text structures

Teach dictionary skills

Encourage reading for pleasure

Teaching Speaking

Run the class in English

Use plenty of group in pair work

Make activities as spontaneous as possible

Use guided activities where necessary

Consider role plays

Use task-based activities

Try out new tasks with friends and colleagues

Make learners aware of varied speaking needs

Give some practice at long turns

Link speaking to other tasks

Correct spoken language selectively

Create an atmosphere of acceptance

Teaching Writing

Ask learners to produce a variety of text types

Analyze particularly important text types yourself

Combine writing with other tasks

Don't always leave writing for homework

Encourage multiple drafts and revisions

Give examples of multiple drafts

Accept that there will be many mistakes in early drafts Emphasize quality in the final product

Give feedback on content as well as on form

Be selective when correcting mistakes

Agree a Key for correction

Look back during the course

Teaching Vocabulary

Distinguish receptive and productive vocabulary needs

Consider teaching new vocabulary in related sets

Vary your explanation techniques

Teach the grammar of vocabulary items

Encourage awareness of collocations

Spend some time on connotative meaning

Help learners to be aware of register

Look at word formation

Use direct translation carefully

Teach conscious vocabulary learning strategies

Teaching Pronunciation

Learn how to describe pronunciation

Record your learner’s speech

Be aware of your pronunciation

Teach pronunciation a little at a time

Teach some phonemic symbols

Work on learner's perception of target sounds

Tell learners how target sounds are physically articulated

Work on learner's perception of intonation

Get learners to produce whole utterances, and combinations of

utterances, during pronunciation practice

Let learners listen to recording of themselves

Teaching Grammar

= Expect grammatical errors

= Provide learners with opportunities to use their full grammatical range

Consider explicit practical activities

Correct errors carefully

Make grammar presentations meaningful

Use discovery techniques

Give clear and simple explanations

Capitalize on learners existing Knowledge

Balance the conditions for grammar improvement Keep on providing rich exposure