Speaking Skill

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.
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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)
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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)

DISCUSSION

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
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Solution
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)
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Characteristics of a successful speaking activity
- Maximum student talking time
- Even participation
- High motivation
- Language ability
- Encouragement