Strategies Used to Develop Speaking Skills at ESL students

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Strategies used to develop

oral communication skillat ESL students

Blidari ElenaEnglish language teacher ,High-school Alexei Mateevici,

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Problems students encounterwhile trying to speak English

Students are trying to translate from their nativelanguage into English.Production "blocking" is occurring due to

nervousness, lack of confidence, etc.The speaker is looking for a specific word, ratherthan using simple language to describe what ismeant.There aren't enough conversation opportunities in or

outside of class.Students aren't able to speak to peers for e!ampleclasses of mi!ed levels students #.


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Speaking Strategies

The first rule of improving speaking skills is

to speak,

converse,talk,

gab

as much as you can!


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Teaching oral language activitiesinclude:

information gap activities where learners have toexchange information in order to complete a task

opinion gap activities where learners share anddiscuss their own personal feelings, attitudes orpreferences about ideas or topics

mime and role-play

general communicative activities (eg games, groupwork, songs)

everyday classroom interactions


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Speaking Activities

Use picture prompts epending on the variety of visualresources and class level and ability, a teacher can brainstormwith the class a variety of sentences, (key) words, and

phrases around a particular category or situational contextthat is the building block for a presentation

Labelling


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wake up

$ary%wake up%& am every day


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brush teeth

Pat%brush teeth%after breakfast every morning


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$egan%brush hair %every day

brush hair


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Picture Descriptions

ind a large maga(ine photo or te!tbookillustration that shows a specific settingand

several people engaged in one or a varietyof activities. Show the picture to the entireclass )uestions related to the picture. Elicitresponses from learners.


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Who are the people?

What are they doing?What season is it?What is their mood ?What do they feel?


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Asking for directions

- Excuse me. I am a little lost. Can you help me?- f course I can.- !oes this town ha"e a post office?- #es$ it does.

- Where is the post office?- It is straight ahead$ on the right$ across fromthe park.- %hank you.

Write a dialog. &sk your partner about otherlocation. Present it in front of the class.


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Have you ever...?

"reate a #$ave %ou &ver'# search paper by dividing apiece of white paper into e*ual s*uares+ raw fourcolumns down and four rows across the sheet of papert the bottom of each s*uare write something that atleast one student in the class may have experienced or a*uality at least one student may have, such as #broken a

bone,# #loves pia,# #speaks two languages,# #has beenon an airplane,# or #good dancer# .hotocopy one copy

of the search paper for each student


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travelled byplane

eaten oysters driven a car swum in anocean

climbed amountain

written to a star met a Japanese stolen coinsfrom yourparents

played chess read Romeoand Julliette

seen a theatreplay

gone to anopera theatre

played theguitar

left home for afortnight

travelled morethan 1000 km

driven at 120kph

Have you ever...?


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Conclusion

To make your students speak

orget the errors /ust be happy that they0respeaking1ive them easy topics that they know a lot

about... Them2Provide the cues, give them the ideas+f the cues fail, give an outlineTake them for a walk on the wild side, outside

their comfort (one3isten to the real deal

Smile, be patient, and smileagain2


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