How to teach Speaking!A tutorial for our classmates to teach them how to teach speaking.

Diego Paredes C.Osvaldo Espinoza A.Rocío Vargas A.Valeria Concha M.

Reasons for Teaching Speaking.- Rehearsal opportunities.

- Ss can use the language.

- Become autonomous language users.

How to teach speaking.Activities must contain and satisfy the three reasons for using speaking tasks.

Activities may develop from a reading text or after a listening.

Activities are not the same as Controlled language practice.

How to teach speaking.Rehearse and achieve a purpose.

“Get the feel” of what communicating in foreign language really feels.

Correcting speaking

Correcting speakingCorrect in a different way from the mistakes made during a study exercise

Do not interrupt while students are performing something

Teacher may destroy the purpose of the activity

There are not hard and fast rules about correcting Some teachers intervene in a quite non-obtrusive way

Some students prefer to be corrected at the moment they make a mistake

What teachers do during a speaking activityGet involved but not too much

Intervene if the activity is not going smoothly

Correct sympathetically and sensitively

Activity 1: Reporting a CrimeSkill involve: SpeakingTime: 30-40 minutesNumber of students: 8 to 20 or more.Level: Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate.Target language: grammar (could you tell me?) function (describing appearances) vocabulary (physical appearance, clothes, crime)

Before the activity: preparation

1. Copy and cut the role play characters (the thieves) and the work sheets for student A and B.

2. Remember to bring all the material with you. (tape, extra copies, back up pendrive…)

Lead in:Write on the board the following questions

What are the most common things that criminals steal in your country?

Have you ever had anything stolen?What should you do if a criminal steal your mobile

phone for example?

After the “housekeeping” Ask your student this questions to introduce them the new activity.

the importance of this stage is to refresh your students memory with the vocabulary they need to develop this activity, and push them to start talking in a conversation without the fear of making mistakes.

Role Play Instructions:1. In pairs, one student get the A worksheet and the other student get the B work sheet.2. explain to your student the context of the role play.3. the A student need to choose one thief between the criminals pictures to play the victim´s role.4. the student with the A worksheet, is the victim, and the student with the B work sheet is the police. 5. the A student start the play pretending being the victim reporting stolen mobile phone6. the B student need to perform a Police role, asking about characteristics of the thief.7. the activity conclude with the analysis of the police officer catching the thief from the pictures at the front

of the class.

Activity 2: Interviewing a writer/actor

Skill involve: SpeakingTime: 40 - 60 minutesNumber of students: 4 to 20 or more.Level: Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate.Target language: Present Perfect Past Simple

Before the activity: preparation

1. Copy role play cards A and B (two sets per pair). Cut up as Indicated

Lead in:Write on the board the following questions for discussion in pairs.

1.- Would you prefer to be a famous actor or a famous writer? Why?

2.- What would you like / dislike about being famous?

Role Play Instructions:

1. Introduce the role play by telling the students that today they are going to play roles of a famous actor and writer.

2. Tell each pair to decide who is going to go first, and give out the relevant play cards.

3. Encourage the actors/writers to be creative and let them decide if they want to be a famous celebrity, a fictitious one or themselves in the future.

4. Check that the journalists write appropriate starter questions. 5. When they are all ready, let them start the role play. Give them 10-15

minutes. 6. Monitor. Note down possible errors for correction in the follow up stage.7. As the pairs finish, tell them to swap roles and hand out the appropriate role

play cards

Bibliography- Harmer, J. (2003) How to teach English. Longman.

- Brown, H. Douglas (2001) Teaching by principles. Longman.

- Anderson, J. (2006) Role plays for today. Delta publishing.