SPEAKING SKILLS

Jose Medina
Elmer was different.
Elmer was patchwork.
Elmer was yellow
and orange
and red and pink
and purple and blue
and green and black
and white.
When we read out loud,
are we practising
our reading skills or our
speaking skills?
 Lexical SEARCH SKILLS
Can read aloud some specific Can speak about themselves
phrases (previously rehearsed) using a series of short
without visual aid prhases

Can read aloud some words Can read aloud a short,

and specific phrases rehearsed basic previous
(previously rehearsed) presentation on a familiar
with visual aid. subject

Can produce simple mainly

Can act out a previously isolated phrases about
rehearsed dialogue themselves and places (one
or more words)
 Lexical SEARCH SKILLS
Can speak about themselves
Can read aloud some specific
using a series of short
phrases (previously rehearsed)
prhases
without visual aid (2)
(3)

Can read aloud some words Can read aloud a short,

and specific phrases rehearsed basic previous
(previously rehearsed) presentation on a familiar
with visual aid. subject
(1) (3)

Can produce simple mainly

Isolated phrases about
Can act out a previously themselves and places (one
rehearsed dialogue or more words)
(2) (1)
Speaking: first and second year of Primary Education

• Can produce simple mainly isolated phrases about

themselves and places (phrases of 1 or more words)
• Can read aloud some words and specific phrases (previously
rehearsed) using visual aid
• Can reproduce the sounds and rhythms of English in the
form of a chant / song / etc.
Speaking: third and fourth year of Primary Education

• Can produce simple mainly isolated phrases about

themselves and places (phrases of 2 or more words)
• Can read aloud some words and specific phrases (previously
rehearsed) without visual aid
• Can act out a previously rehearsed dialogue
• Can reproduce the sounds and rhythms of English in the
form of a chant / song / etc.
 Speaking: fifth and sixth year of Primary Education

• Can produce simple mainly isolated phrases about themselves

and places (phrases of 3 or more words)
• Can speak about themselves using a series short phrases
• Can act out a previously rehearsed dialogue
• Can reproduce the sounds and rhythms of English in the form
of a chant / song / etc.
• Can read aloud a short, rehearsed a basic presentation on a
familiar subject.
 SPEAKING

  A2 Can give a simple description or

Basic presentation of people, living or working
User conditions, daily routines, likes/dislikes,
etc. as a short series of simple phrases and
sentences linked into a list.

A1 Can produce simple mainly isolated

phrases about people and places.
 SPEAKING WITH SUPPORT

• Using classroom phrases

• Saying rhymes and singing songs/chants
• Tongue twisters
• Playing vocabulary games
• Practising pronunciation.
 What is
‘classroom
talk’?
 USING CLASSROOM PHRASES

REPETITION
• Getting used to the English sounds
• Practising intonation patterns
• Gaining confidence.

SET EXPRESSIONS
• ‘What’s the meaning of…?’
• ‘Can I go to the toilet?’
• ‘How are you? I’m fine thanks, and you?’
• ‘Excuse me, can you help me, please?’
• …
 TEACHER-STUDENT TALK

TEACHER: What is the capital of England?

STUDENT: London
TEACHER: Yes, that’s right.
 TEACHER-STUDENT TALK
(exploratory talk)

TEACHER: How many balls are there in the box?

STUDENT: Six
TEACHER: How did you know that?
 TEACHER-STUDENT TALK
(exploratory talk)

TEACHER: What type of animal is a whale?

STUDENT: A mammal
TEACHER: Why?
 SAYING RHYMES AND SINGING SONGS/CHANTS

SPIDERS Who’s having fun? PUPPIES

Spiders in the sun!
Who’s having lunch?
Beetles in a bunch
Who’s chewing socks?
Puppies in a box
BEETLES
Who’s fast asleep? SHEEP

Three black sheep

JAZZ CHANTS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nPUuPryCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4MTyK_H2fs
TONGUE TWISTERS (PRONUNCIATION)
TONGUE TWISTERS (PRONUNCIATION)
TONGUE TWISTERS (PRONUNCIATION)
TONGUE TWISTERS (PRONUNCIATION)
 HOW CAN WE TEACH
PRONUNCIATION WITH THIS GAME?
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE...
 SPEAKING MORE FREELY

• ELICITING PERSONAL TALK

• SPEAKING GAMES
• SPEAKING IN GROUPS.
 ELICITING PERSONAL TALK

TEACHER: Liz, how many sisters have you got?

STUDENT: One
TEACHER: One. Very good. So you’ve got one sister...

Initiation > response > follow-up

 SPEAKING IN GROUPS

Speaking in pairs
and groups

Pupils...
...get more opportunities to speak.
...ask and answer questions.
...learn from each other.
...gain confidence (private).
...
 Pupils (in pairs/groups) can...
1 Speak about themselves and say what they like and
dislike.

1 Listing 2 Find what is similar and what is different in two

2 Ordering and sorting pictures or stories.
3 Matching 3 Do projects on chosen topics, or retell stories and
4 Comparing make up endings.
5 Predicting and 4 Think of names of things they can see or remember
problem-solving in a picture.
6 Sharing personal
5 Classify items accoring to category (e.g. big
experiences
animals, small animals) or put actions in a sequence.
7 Creative work
6 Find pairs of similar things, or match pictures to
words and numbers.
7 Say what will happen in a story or decide what to
do if you lose your purse or find something valuable
that is not yours.
STORYTELLING AND ACTING OUT
DESCRIBE AND DRAW

Listening and
speaking
come together.
SPEAKING GAMES
 SPEAKING GAMES

SENTENCE STEALERS
In spring it is rainy.
in Gran
In summer Canaria it is sunny.

In autumn it is cold.

in England it is cloudy.
In winter
it is hot.