MAXIMISING SPEAKING

OPPORTUNITIES: THE CONFIDENCE

FACTOR

Guilherme B. Pacheco

THE BEGINNING: VOX-O-POP, A VOICE-BASED E-LEARNING TOOL

THE BEGINNING

THE DISCUSSIONS

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

IN THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

CATEGORY: EASIER SAID THAN DONE!

1. REDUCE TTT.2. CONVINCE STUDENTS THAT MAKING

MISTAKES IS OK.3. “ENCOURAGE” STUDENTS TO USE L2

DURING PAIR AND GROUP WORK.

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

TEACHING CHUNKS

“It’s my turn!”

“I have my nails done every week .”

“I like to have my nails done every week . I know – quite often. I just can’t help it!”

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

THE ROLE OF CONTROLLED PRACTICE

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

THE ROLE OF CONTROLLED PRACTICE

“An autonomous learner is willing to take risks.”

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

IN THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHIN THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHIN THE CLASSROOM

“My name is Silvano. I will say about like and dislike films. I like… the type of film I like… science fiction film, action film and thriller. And… and I hate horror film, epic and western because I like films about nowadays, OK? And horror film I feel afraid, too, sometimes. And I like a comedy because it’s make me laugh, OK? Is it all. It’s all.”

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM“Outside? It’s sometimes difficult to make the

students speak inside.”

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

FOOD FOR THOUGHTAS AN AWARENESS RAISING TASK, REMEMBER TO ASK STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE USING ENGLISH OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

VIDEO & SUBTITLESSONGS & LYRICS

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

VICKY SAUMELL’S BLOG

http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.com/

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOMASK STUDENTS TO SUBTITLE A SONG

http://www.overstream.net/

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHOUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHOUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

PUB CRAWL

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

“Sometimes a shy student in the classroom – in the restaurant he’s completely different.”

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

THE ENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE:FLASH MOBS

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE:

QUIZZES

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISHENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE:

GAMES

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

ENGLISH SPEAKING ZONE

MAKING STUDENTS MORE CONFIDENT TO USE ENGLISH

SO WHAT IS IT THAT I’M SUPOSED TO DO I DO AGAIN?

AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/7a151d85-bda9-454f-990e-89ed3be4e799

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE TEACHERS WHO MADE THIS PRESENTATION POSSIBLE! :-)