Teaching Speaking

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Teaching Objectives

By the end of this unit, Ss will be able to: 1. know the principles for teaching speaking

2. know the types of speaking activities and design and organise speaking activities

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TASK :Which of the following activities do you

think would help to prepare students for real life speech in English?

1.reading aloud;2.giving a prepared talk;3.learning a piece of text or dialogue by

heart;4.interviewing someone, or being interviewed;5.doing a drill.

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Principles for teaching speaking

1). Accuracy-based practice – fluency-based practice

2). contextulising practice

3). personalising practice

4). Building up confidence

5).Maxmising meaningful interractions

6). Helping students develop speaking strategies

7). Making the best use of classroom learning environment

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Characteristics in successful speaking tasks

1. Maximum foreign talk2. Even participation3. High motivation4. Right language level

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Types of speaking tasks

1. Information-gap activities2. Dialogues & role play3. Activities using pictures4. Find someone who…5. Change the story

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Types of speaking tasks

Information-gap activitiesInterview at least 3 students in your class for

their plan after graduation.For example:A: What is your plan after graduation?B: I think I am going to …A: Why?B: Because…

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Types of speaking tasksDialogues & role playFor example:A: What’s the weather like tomorrow?B: It’s sunny. Why?A: I will go to visit Shaanxi Provincial Museum. Do you want

to come?B: OK. I will be glad to.Task:1.Perform it in different moods. Such as happy, sad,

excited, bored.2.Make the dialogue longer by adding two or more lines.

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Types of speaking tasks

Activities using pictures1.Task1 P167-Task 62.Task Have a discussion about what has

impressed you most during your study for your diploma within a group of four.

Then draw a picture to show this. Finally give a presentation of it before the

class.

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Types of speaking tasks

Find someone who…Task: P171Walk around the classroom. Ask your classmates if

they like to… Once you find someone who does, write down his or

her name in the blank. Continuing asking until you have a different name

written down by each activity. The first person to fill in all the blanks is the winner.

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Types of speaking tasks

Change the storyEach student within a group of four to write a short

story or description and then underline the verbs.

The group together then makes a list of about 20 random verbs.

Each group member reads his/her story but pause at every verb.

The group then supplies one of the random verbs into that blank.

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Why group work in organising speaking tasks

1) Using small group work because it increases the time for each student to practise speaking in one lesson.

2)Students are often afraid of criticism or losing face or they simply feel shy about speaking in a foreign language in front of a whole class.

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Organising speaking tasks

3). Different small groups can work at different levels.

4). Small group work helps students learn to work cooperatively and it helps them develop interpersonal skills.

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Conclusion

1. The trick in teaching speaking is to provide a chance for students to speak and make them speak.

2. It is best to keep the teacher’s talk at a minimum level.

3. Students should not be forced to speak when they are not ready yet.

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Conclusion

4. Designing speaking activities that maximize students’ opportunity to speak is one of the central tasks for language teachers.

5. To think of more creative ways to give the students as much time to practise speaking as possible.