ACTIVITIES FOR SPEAKING.doc

Below are two different types of activities, one to help students practice what they have learned and the other to help them exploit what they have practiced in communication.. The teach

ACTIVITIES FOR SPEAKING

The best speech is creative However, teacher must help students progress through several steps First, the teacher presents new language to the students Then the students must practice the new language in a controlled way Finally, students can try to use the language they have learned in free or creative speech This is called language exploitation

Below are two different types of activities, one to help students practice what they have learned and the other to help them exploit what they have practiced in communication Whenever possible, the students should have the opportunity to work in pairs or small groups

Example activities for Speaking Practice:

1 Repetition The teacher can read a dialogue to the class or play a

tape The class, together or individuals, can repeat what they hear This kind

of activity is very safe for the students and is good to spend a short time on But it becomes boring quickly so it should not be over used.]

2 Prompted sentences Teachers can give students the beginning of a

sentence which the students can complete

Examples: This is your ……… (hand, head, finger, shoulder, etc)

That is ……… (her hand, his nose, my ear, etc)

3 Single-word substitutions The teacher speaks a sentence to the

students and also says a cue word for them to replace a word in the sentence

Example: Teacher: I’m going to eat

Students: I’m going to eat

Teacher: sleep Students: I’m going to sleep

Teacher: study Students: I’m going to study

4 Multiple-position substitutions The teacher gives sentence to the

students and says a cue word for them to replace a word in a modified

sentence This is like the previous exercise but the words will be used in different parts of the sentence

Example: Teacher: I like to eat bananas

Students: I like to eat bananas

Teacher: Apples Students: I like to eat apples

Teacher: Hate

Students: I hate to eat apples.

Teacher: John Students: John hates to eat apples

etc

5 Transformation Exercises The teacher gives a sentence to

students along in a brief instruction which forces the students to

communicate with other form

Example: Teacher: I study English

Students: I study English

Teacher: Yesterday

Students: I studied English yesterday

Teacher: Tomorrow

Students: I will study English tomorrow

Teacher: Now Students: I am studying English now

6 Chaining In this kind of exercise, students are given a simple

dialogue in which they practice a given pattern

Example: Minh: Hi I’m Minh

Mai: Hello Minh I’m Mai

Nam: Hello, Mai I’m Nam

7 Dialogue practice In a dialogue, there are usually two or three

speakers After presenting the dialogue to the class, the teacher assigns different students to speak the different pans After the students have practiced and understood the dialogue, they can practice again, using information of their own

8 Dialogue creation Students can be, given the beginning lines in a

dialogue and instructed to finish the dialogue creatively

9 Songs Students can study and learn to sing songs to practice their

speaking

10 Tongue Twisters and Other Pronunciation Exercises.

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