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Promoting
Speaking
Activities
for the benefit of Adult Learners
‘Andırın Centre for Education of People’
Project No. 2009-1-IE1-BRN06-007179
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Presentation Outline
Why is ‘speaking’ important?
What is ‘Teaching Speaking’?
How to teach ‘speaking’?
Activities to promote ‘speaking’
Practical application
Suggestions for teachers in teaching
speaking
• Conclusion
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Why is speaking important?
Speaking is a crucial part of second
language learning and teaching.
Today's world requires that the goal of
teaching speaking should improve students'
communicative skills, because, only in that
way, learners can express themselves and
learn how to follow the social and cultural
rules appropriate in each communicative
circumstance.
Project No. 2009-1-IE1-BRN06-007179
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Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
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What is "Teaching Speaking"?
• To use language as a means of expressing values and
judgements and organize their thoughts in a meaningful
and logical sequence.
• To produce the English speech sounds and sound patterns
• To use word and sentence stress, and intonation.
• To select appropriate words and sentences.
• To use the language quickly and confidently with few
unnatural pauses, which is called as fluency.(Nunan, 2003)
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How To Teach Speaking?
• definetely, by "interacting".
-Communicative language teaching and
collaborative learning serve best for this aim.
-Communicative language teaching should be
based on real-life situations that require
communication. By using this method in ESL
classes, learners will have the opportunity of
communicating with each other in the target
language.
Project No. 2009-1-IE1-BRN06-007179
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Activities to promote Speaking
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Discussions
Simulations
Storytelling
Reporting
• Playing Cards
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Role Play
Information Gap
Interviews
Story Completion
Picture Describing
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Suggestions for teaching Speaking:
While teaching oral language teachers should;
• provide a rich environment that contains collaborative
work, authentic materials and tasks
• try to involve each student in every speaking activity
• not correct students' pronunciation mistakes very
often
• reduce their own speaking time while increasing
student speaking time
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Practical Application:
let’s play ‘spot the differences’ game
• Divide into two groups,
• Look at the pictures and try to find ten
differences!
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Project No. 2009-1-IE1-BRN06-007179
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Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
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Project No. 2009-1-IE1-BRN06-007179
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Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
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•Practical Application:
let’s play ‘cocktail party’ game
• Get a half of the picture,
• Do not show to others,
• Describe your picture and
try to find the rest of yours!
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Conclusion
• Rather than leading students to pure memorization,
providing a rich environment where meaningful
communication takes place is desired.
• Learners should be more active in the learning
process by means of interactive activities.
Take Home Message:
Speaking English is the main goal of many adult ESL learners.
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Questions & Discussion
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