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How can technology provide focused practice for the development of English language learners speaking skills?
In selecting appropriate technology uses to enhance speech opportunities for language learners, one has to consider what type of interaction needs to be facilitated. For instance, video is a natural way to teach information routines requiring prediction in various ways that encourage communication and provide increased and more varied communicative opportunities for students to utilize their oral skills. some websites offer opportunities for students to listen to dialogs on various conversational topics and respond to real-life situations. some software programs utilize audio and video clips of everyday scenes in which people are engaged in interaction routines. They cover topics such as social engagements, dining out, travel, around town and etc. in highly interactive ways. Some other programs are also provide a rich resource for listening and speaking practice using dialogs again from everyday situations involving greetings, weather, telephone calls, restaurants, and travel.
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Listening discrimination of minimal pairs within a sentence- students listen to a sentence and identify which one of the two minimal-pair words (for example, lake or rake) the speaker is saying.
Sample sentences with several words utilizing the targeted sound.
Dictations- students listen and repeat or write what the speaker is saying.
Cloze exercises- students listen to sentences and select/produce correct missing words. Suprasegmental exercises that practice intonation, rhythm,stress, timing. http://www.eslflow.com/pronunciationlessonplans.html http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
POSSIBLE FEATURES: 1. Fact of error indicated 2. Location indicated 3. Opportunity for new attempt given 4. Model provided 5. Error type indicated 6. Remedy indicated 7. Improvement indicated 8. Praise indicated
Break-out Activity
With a partner/group, read the situations and write your predictions about what will happen. Briefly discuss the main purpose of this activity and what learning strategies does it involve?
References
Brown, H.D. (2007). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (3rd ed). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education. Richard-Amato, P.A. (2003). Making it happen: From interactive to participatory language teaching theory and practice (3rd ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education. Bailey, K.M. and Savage Lance (1994). New Ways in Teaching Speaking: New Ways in TESOL Series. Innovative Classroom Techniques. Richards J.C. Ur, Penny (1984). Teaching Listening Comprehension. Cambridge University Press. Butler-Pascoe M.E. and Wiburg K.M. (2003). Technology and Teaching English Language Learners. Pearson Education. Ur, Penny (1988). Grammar Practice Activities. A Practical Guide For Teachers. (21st ed.2006) Cambridge University Press. Hanreddy, J. and Whalley E. (2007). Mosaic 1. Listening and Speaking. Mc Graw Hill.