Learning speaking

Remiantis
Linos Fedorčenkienės
seminaro medžiaga
 Motivation
• Library sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vIQON2fDWM
• Study stream
https://www.studystream.live/focus-room
• Study with me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ex_bNIFR1A
• Music for studying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjkrrmBnpGE
What problems do students face when doing
speaking activities?
• Stress
• Incoherency
• Lack of ideas
• Forget necessry vocabulary
• Poor vocabulary
• Simple grammar structures
• Accuracy (vocabulary / grammar)
• Lack of fluency
• Give too short or long answers
• Pronounciation / intonation
Stress
• Practice
• Know how to
start
• Know how to
finish
Incoherency
Moving to another point epressions:
Structure
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
Answers are too long / too short
• Timing: https://www.timeanddate.com/timer/

• If too long – best ideas at the beginning

• If too short:
• What others think
• Practice brainstorming
Lack of ideas
• Ideas generator:
https://www.conversationstarters.com/generator.php
Extra challenge: give three arguments
• Speaking prompts:
https://eltbuzz.com/prompts/
Extra challenge: use new vocabulary
• The secret door:
http://ww3.safestyle-windows.co.uk/the-secret-door/
Extra challenge: use passive voice
• Once upon a picture:
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
Task: what‘s the extra challenge?
Lack of ideas
What problems do citizens of big cities face? What can be done to solve
them?

Answer garden:
https://answergarden.ch/create/

Sudying in another country – positive or negative?

Lack of ideas

Dialogue. The school has some available funds and is willing

to improve theschool‘s cafeteria. You and your friend are
responsible for generating some ideas how to improve it.

Different points of view:

• Students
• Cafeteria staff
• School administration
• Parents
Forget necessary vocabulary
• Delaying tactics

• Giving clarification