TEACHING SPEAKING

Task 1

Recall a successful speaking activity in the classroom that you participated in as a student.
What made it a success? What makes a good speaking class?

Task 2

What are some problems with speaking activities? How can they be overcome? *Handout

Problem Solution

Task 3

What are the aims of teaching speaking? Give examples.

Task 4

Discuss the following:

Accuracy-based activities (controlled practice) vs. fluency-based (oral fluency) speaking

activities.

Topic- vs. task-based activities. * experiment - Handout

Task 5

Write down examples of different types of speaking activities. *Handout

Task 6

Discuss what criteria should be considered when assessing students’ oral performance.

Task 7

Discuss how to respond to error during speaking activities: *Handout

a) Controlled practice

b) Fluency activity

Task 8

Design a pre- and post-speaking activity for the task(s) provided by the tutor.

Task 9

Analyse the following different types of speaking activities, referring to the following
aspects:

- predicted aim(s) – what language it aims to produce

- preparation students might need prior to the activity
- foreseen problem(s)
- focus on accuracy/fluency
- level of authenticity
- level of enjoyability
- other comments