Lecture Chapter 9: How to teach speaking presented content: Kinds of speaking Ss do, reasons for encouraging Ss to do speaking tasks, kinds of speaking activities, what teachers should do during a speaking activity. | How to teach speaking I. Kinds of speaking Ss do In Activate (Follow-up) Exercises Role play (. an interview, information- gap, a conversation) after a reading or listening text, learning a certain structure, a grammar point Group Discussion (with guiding questions) after reading or listening Giving a short talk II. Reasons for encouraging Ss to do speaking tasks Rehearsal: to rehearse a real life event in the safety of the classroom & “to get the feel” of what communicating in L2 looks like Feedback: T how well Ss are doing & what problems they are having Ss how easy a speaking task & what need to improve, confidence & satisfaction, further study Engagement: good tasks highly motivating III. Kinds of speaking activities Information gaps (elementary/intermediate) Surveys (elementary) Discussion (inter. /upper inter.) Role- play (upper inter./ advanced) (Textbook ) Information gap activities Designed to be done in pairs Creating communicative needs, 2 Ss are given . | How to teach speaking I. Kinds of speaking Ss do In Activate (Follow-up) Exercises Role play (. an interview, information- gap, a conversation) after a reading or listening text, learning a certain structure, a grammar point Group Discussion (with guiding questions) after reading or listening Giving a short talk II. Reasons for encouraging Ss to do speaking tasks Rehearsal: to rehearse a real life event in the safety of the classroom & “to get the feel” of what communicating in L2 looks like Feedback: T how well Ss are doing & what problems they are having Ss how easy a speaking task & what need to improve, confidence & satisfaction, further study Engagement: good tasks highly motivating III. Kinds of speaking activities Information gaps (elementary/intermediate) Surveys (elementary) Discussion (inter. /upper inter.) Role- play (upper inter./ advanced) (Textbook ) Information gap activities Designed to be done in pairs Creating communicative needs, 2 Ss are given different information Activities can be done in various ways: (1) One student has some information & and the other student has to find it out by asking questions. (2) One student has information & tell it to the other student (3) Both Ss have # information & tell each other (a) Finding the differences b/w 2 pictures (b) Exchange information- student A’s sheet Names Home Jobs weekend movies 1. John artist romance London TV 3. Xian nurse Visit friends _ Rome _ Pubs 5. Minh _ engineer _ Comedy Student B’s sheet Names Home Jobs Weekend Movies Ohio _ bar _ 2. Kate _ salesclerk _ action Beijing _ _ cartoon 4. Silvia tour guide _ music 5. Vietnam _ relax _ Surveys/Questionnaires involving learners asking & answering questions in order to complete the survey or questionnaires more useful if Ss plan the questionnaires themselves used .
