Speaking Skill

The nature of communicationSpoken language Receptive Understanding Speaking Productive Skills Reading Writing skills Written language... Do you enjoy teaching speaking?. What type of spe

Teaching speaking

The nature of communication

Spoken language

Receptive Understanding Speaking Productive

Skills Reading Writing skills

Written language

Questions for you

1 Do you enjoy teaching speaking?

Why? Why not?

2 What type of speaking activities do

you do with your students?

Make Classroom Speaking Activities

• Acting from a script

• Information gap: find similarities & differences between pictures, …

• Discussion

• Interviewing /Questionnaires/ survey

• Simulation & role play

• Quizzes

• Find someone who …

• T needs to set the contexts with several

questions can be asked and answered

Designing Speaking Activities

• Introducing oneself / daily monologue

• Making a simple daily conversation.

• Telling a short story.

• Storytelling needs an ending Without a proper

conclusion the story will be boring

• Pair work needs an information gap so that each S has a real reason for talking

• Games need a winner because they motivate Ss through competition

• Brainstorming needs a product and usually it’s

written It should be sth Ss can work together to

make ( a list of ideas, a story or a poster)

• …

Some examples for speaking

1 Make a interview with

the following cues:

• Greeting

• Date of birth

• Place of birth

• Home

• Parents

• Brother(s)

• Sister(s)

• Primary school

• Secondary school

• School work

• Favorite subject(s)

• Study at school

• Thanking

Some examples for speaking

• Look at the picture, talk about the position

of each item (English 8.P28)

• What are the problems in

getting learners to speak English in the classroom ?

Problems in getting learners to

speak in the classroom

• Inhibition ( a shy or nervous feeling that stops you from expressing your real thoughts or

feelings)

• Nothing to say

• Low or uneven participation

• Mother-tongue use

• …

• Don’t care much about mistakes (…)

• Be patient

• Get Ss to work in pairs / groups

(cooperation is a good way)

• Taking Students to the English speaking environment as much as possible

• If Ss have nothing to say, T gives more guides (Ss can discuss in Vietnamese then express their ideas in English)

Characteristics of a successful

speaking activity

- Maximum student talking time

- Even participation

- High motivation

- Language ability

- Encouragement