TEACHING SPEAKING

CONTENTS1. Reasons for teaching speaking2. Steps for teaching speaking3. What Teachers do during a speaking

activity4. Correcting mistakes5. Speaking suggestions

1.What are reasons for teaching speaking?

There are three basic reasons:_ Firstly, speaking activities provide

rehearsal opportunities- students get lots of chances to practise real-life speaking

- Secondly, speaking taks in which students try to use any or all of the language they know provide feedback for both teacher and students.Everyone can see how well they are doing, both how successful they are, and also what language problems they are experience.

Finally, the more students have opportunities to activate the various elements become. As a result, students gradually become autonomuos language users. This means that they will be able to use words and phrases fluently without very much conscious thought.

STEPS FOR A SPEAKING CLASS1. Lead-in2. Tasks/ practice

activities 3. Post-task activities

WHAT TEACHERS DO DURING A SPEAKING ACTIVITY? Getting involved or participate in the

activity with students.It’s probably better than to stand back,watch and listen what’s going on.

Teacher will have to intervene in some way if the activity is not going smoothly.

Teacher should give more ideas for students to discuss.

Prompting is necessary but teacher should do it sympathetically and sensitively.

4. HOW SHOULD TEACHERS CORRECT SPEAKINGTry to get their pronunciation exactly

right but should not interrupt their conversations

Note down their common mistakes and correct after all.

Don’t mention about who makes those mistakes.

Listening and watching then give feedback later.

Good speaking activities can and should be extremely engaging for the students.If they areall participating fully-and if the teacher has set up the activity properly and can then give sympathetic and useful feedback-they will get tremendous satisfaction from it.

INFORMATION-GAP ACTIVITIESWork in pairsTwo speakers have different bits of

information.Students complete the whole picture

by sharing that information.In three munites

FAMOUS PEOPLEWork in groups of three. Each group choose one student that

stands in front of class.T writes famous person on the board.Students in each group will describe

so that their friend in their group know who it is.

Who first, that group will be winner.In five munites

BALLOON DEBATE (UPPER INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED)A group of students are in the basket

of a balloon which is losing air.Only one person can stay in the

balloon and survive (the others have to jump out).

They have to argue why they should be allowed to survive.

In five munites

Surveys: Elementary- Students plan questionnaires

themselves+ Topic: sleep-ways of sleeping.+ Teacher talks about sleep+ The students work in pairs to plan

questions for their sleep questionnaire+ The students go round the class

questioning other students and noting down what they say.

+ The students then report their surveys.

SLEEP QUESTIONNAIREHow many hours do you normally

sleep?Are you a light sleeper / heavy sleeper?Have you ever Yes / No

+ walked in your sleep? ■ ■+ talked in your sleep? ■ ■ + had a nightmare? ■ ■+ fallen out of bed? ■ ■

If you answer yes, describe the experience (s)

6.MORE SPEAKING SUGGESTIONS

Telling storiesFavourite objectsMeeting and greetingStudent presentationMoral dilemmas