Improving Speaking Skills

Improving Speaking Skills

1. Pairwork

   • • º It does not need to be as purely a speaking activity. ºit use is before a reading or listening task
       • ºby using pairwork you can maximise the opportunities for your students
         • In terms of time spent speaking
           • They can learn from each other
             • They can Learn from doing
               • Develop confidence in their ability to use the language.
         • Take into account :Some students may tend to dominate the speaking exchange
           • create the necesity to sharing ideas and information or or different opinions will make pairwork far more meaningful.
             • 1.you may well have your students sitting in a semi-circle- seating is flexible
               • 2.Move one student from one end to the other and you automatically create new pairs
                 • 3.Ask students to work with the person behind or in front of them sitting at desks

2. Role-play

   • It is either when someone pretends to be someone else
     • It allows to introduce lots of situations into the classroom conected to real world
       • It is useful towards the end of a lesson to get students to practise the language taught
         • Role-play often works really well with young learners who seem to have fantastic imaginations and limited experience of the real world
           • To do it,you need.
             • 1.To make sure students understand the situation/context.
               • 2.Give students time to prepare makes students more self-conscious the next time
                 • 3. It’s better to make a note of the mistakes with them
                   • 4. Address their problems in later lessons
                     • Note: A more complex role-play may involve students reading an article first and then being given role cards

3. Personalization

   • Is Taking any topic and getting students to look at it from a personal viewpoint
     • Personalized activities become more relevant and meaningful to students as they can see exactly how they relate to them.
       • Teacherscan adapt them and ask yourself if your students have experienced something connected to the topic
         • Some topics are better avoided either or dealt in a very abstract way
           • Give students time to prepare for personalization speaking tasks.
             • It is also useful to provide a model
               • can be very simple and can be used for fairly low-level students

4. Problem-solving

   • There are 3 types
     • The opinion
       • In this type of activity students are given information to discuss there is not a correct or incorrect answer
     • The logical thinking
       • There is usually one correct solution,students need to discuss information and work out what the solution is.
     • Information gap
       • Getting the missing information is not the ultimate aim, but merely a stepping stone on the way to solving a problem.
   • can be an effective way of practicing language items that both grammar and vocabulary