TEACHING SPEAKING

CHALLENGES IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS

DIFFICULTIES INHIBITION TONGUE TIED LOW/UNEVEN PARTICIPATION MOTHER TONGUE USE SOLUTIONS USE GROUPWORK PROVIDE LANGUAGE PROMPTS APPOINT A CHAIRPERSON WHO WILL REGULATE PARTICIPATION ENCOURAGE USE OF TARGET LANGUAGE

REASON FOR USING CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES

DEVELOP CONFIDENCE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE BREAK PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIER PROVIDE PRACTICE PROVIDE LANGUAGE SUPPORT PROVIDE SCAFFOLDING

activity
1. Substitution drills

Language content/ language skill learnt

Gerund To ask and respond

2. Directed dialogues

To ask and respond

3. Modeling of dialogue

No clear example

4. Use dialogue to practice pronunciation

Pronunciation

5. Read, look up and say

No clear example

General out line of a speaking lesson

Presentation Provide learners with a preproduction model that furthers learner comprehension and help them become more attentive observers of language use.

 Practice involves learners in reproducing the targeted structure, usually in a controlled or highly supported manner. Evaluation involves directing attention to the skill being practised and asking learners to monitor and assess their own progress.

 Production consist of activities that ask learners to use the strategy or skill in a different context or authentic communicative situation, or to integrate use of the new skill or strategy with previously acquired ones.

Communicative language teaching

 Receptive skills Listening Reading

Productive skill Speaking Writing

CLT
Communicative language teaching is to develop students communicative competence. Knowledge about the language (the usage of the language) Knowledge about hot to use the language appropriately(the form of the language)

Features of communicative language teaching

Allow students opportunities for authentic and creative Focuses on meaning Learning should be relevant Given task to perform What people do with language, inviting, greeting, apologizing, greeting and introducing

 Communicative principle activities that involves real communication promote learning Task principle activities in which language is used for carrying out meaningful tasks promote learning Meaningfulness principle language that is meaningful to the learner supports the learning process.

Learn the language through engaging in a variety of communicative activities

Functional communicative activities Identifying pictures discovering identical pairs Discovering missing features Discovering sequence or locations Discovering differences Pooling information to solve problem Following directions

Social interaction activities Role-playing through cued dialogues Role-playing through cues and information Role-playing through situation and goals Role-playing through debate or discussion Large scale simulation activities improvisation