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THE TEACHING OF PRODUCTIVE SKILLS
Đặng Hiệp Giang
Secondary Education Dept.
MOET
July, 2010
Steps to activity
Present activities step-by-step:
Model the target item.
Highlight all the strategies you want the students to learn.
Ask students to do one practice first with you or with a partner.
Have students practice on their own.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:
PPP
PPP stands for presentation, practice, and production. It was popular throughout the 1980’s. Very beneficial at lower levels and is still widely used today.
Presentation involves presenting a language point.
Practice refers to controlled practice.
Production refers to freer practice; students use the target language in sentences of their own.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:
ESA
ESA stands for engage – study – activate.
Engage involves getting the students’ attention or interest, getting them involved. If students are involved or engaged, they are more open to the learning process.
Study as the name suggests involves focus on a language point.
Activate involves having students use the language, preferably in a realistic context that is as close to real life as possible. Try to incorporate activities that have students using any language they know and not just focused on one structure (controlled language use).
Some speaking and listening activities supporting different learning strategies
asking a teacher or other native speakers for repetition, explanation, or examples
repeating language from a CD or video
taking part in and listening to conversations
working with other students to solve a problem
recording one`s own speech; then correcting pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary
taking notes
Reading, Vocabulary, and Writing activities supporting different learning strategies
previewing, skimming, or scanning the material before studying or reading
guessing meaning of unknown words from context
reading aloud
repeating new vocabulary aloud or silently
using images to remember new vocabulary
using reference materials to check spelling, pronunciation, or meaning
free writing (diary, journal)