‘why do think we should do

micro-teaching?’
when you get rattled while speaking, you
may use stalling devices such as..
• intrusive fillers : umm... | err...
• silence: pausing for seconds

nervous embarrassed a little bit annoying → less fluent

How can we improve it? → Task 7
• I’m not sure
• Let me think
• It’s hard to say
• that’s a good question

• I haven't thought of that before

• well..., actually, basically
Recap
Task 9

• In pair, find a picture you feel interested in and discuss what the
animal is in the picture. Record youself.

• Every time you catch yourself just saying “intrusive fillers,”tap your
leg.
Homework
• Exchange recordings with people in your group and find out
grammatical errors for each other. Transcribe the sentence and let
your parterners correct themselves.