BLISS: BIHAR LANGUAGE INITIATIVE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

TOP TIPS FOR DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS

Be a good listener Practise frequently

Use simple vocabulary Practise tongue twisters

Try to avoid errors – but think Think about your

about your fluency too pronunciation

Keep developing Make eye contact –

your intonation and smile!

Think positively Use positive

about the topic body language

Think of ways to help other Think about the pace

people to understand you of your speech

Ardhendu Bhushan Sinha, Sri Baldeo High School, Saran

This poster was designed as part of a competition organised through BLISS: the Bihar Language Initiative for Secondary Schools project.
The competition was organised as one of the continuing professional development activities for Teacher Educators involved in the project.

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TOP TIPS FOR DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS

Avoid
distraction Communicate with
Maintain other people
eye contact

Up your
empathy
Be specific
Group
discussion

Be considerate Be
Positive patient
body Practise
language pronunciation

Don’t be afraid of
making mistakes Lead a
discussion
Speak Join an Support words
clearly English club with gestures
Talk to a mirror

Onion
Tell a story
discussion
Read more
and more
Be brief
Interact in
English
Vary vocal pace,
Organise
Use tone and volume
ideas
phrases Be positive logically

Be a Stay focussed on
good the conversation
Ask Be aware of your listener
questions strengths and
weaknesses
Practise with
your friends Be
Record your confident
Describe a
picture you like own voice

Grasp the
opportunity to
speak in No
It can English translation
be fun

Mukund Murari Ram, Plus 2 Uchcha Madyamik Vidyalaya, West Champaran

This poster was designed as part of a competition organised through BLISS: the Bihar Language Initiative for Secondary Schools project.
The competition was organised as one of the continuing professional development activities for Teacher Educators involved in the project.

www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships : https://www.facebook.com/TeachEnglishInIndia
: https://twitter.com/TeachEngIndia
© The British Council, 2015
The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
We are registered in England as a charity.
 BLISS: BIHAR LANGUAGE INITIATIVE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

TOP TIPS FOR DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS

SPEAKING LISTENING
COHESION AND LOGIC CONVERSE WITH YOUR FRIENDS

CONTENT
INTERACTIVE COMPETENCE
Organise
TEACHER METHOD STUDENT
your ideas
INTERACT IN ENGLISH logically

PRACTISE PRONUNCIATION AIDS

PAUSE & PONDER PRONUNCIATION,
STRESS, INTONATION & SPEED OF
DELIVERY Be concise
RECORD YOUR OWN VOICE
DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILLS
MAINTAIN GESTURES AND Be expressive
EYE CONTACT

BE INQUISITIVE - ASK QUESTIONS

KNOW YOUR OWN MERITS Be responsive SPEAKING: LISTENING:

AND FLAWS Content and Listening
ideas are supports
important speaking
Take part in
debates and discussions

‘The most important Work in groups

thing in communication
is to hear what isn’t
being said.’ Peter Drucker
Participate in role play

TEACHER AND STUDENT

Be imaginative INTERACTION
‘Effective communication
starts with listening.’
Michael Fielding
Individual work
Use a range of tenses
and verb forms
Pairwork

‘Speech is power: ‘Words have

Speech is to persuade,
to convert, to compel.’ incredible power’ Groupwork
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tanushree Chowdhury, D.A.V. Public School, Nalanda

This poster was designed as part of a competition organised through BLISS: the Bihar Language Initiative for Secondary Schools project.
The competition was organised as one of the continuing professional development activities for Teacher Educators involved in the project.

www.britishcouncil.in/englishpartnerships : https://www.facebook.com/TeachEnglishInIndia
: https://twitter.com/TeachEngIndia
© The British Council, 2015
The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
We are registered in England as a charity.