1. Teacher Training Conference
July 2016

2. GETTING STUDENTS TO SPEAK
Daniela Clarke

3. What makes a good speaker?
Key questions
Key questions
Martina
How can I help?
What makes a good speaker?

4. Areas for improvement
Martina
How can I help?
Unclear focus of activity - accuracy or fluency - students just speak
No teacher aims
No help with ‘ideas‘

5. Areas for improvement
Areas for improvement
Martina
How can I help?
Ineffective error correction
Students not pushed enough to use new language in speaking activities
Underchallenged students: no task given to ‘listeners‘

6. SPEAKING: Accuracy
Accuracy
Martina
How can I help?
Learner focus on:
correct use of language
Teacher focus on:
correction

7. SPEAKING: Accuracy
SPEAKING: Fluency
Fluency
Martina
How can I help?
Learner focus on:
communication
message rather than language
Teacher focus on:
no correction
delayed correction

8. ERROR correction

9. How can I help? When to correct? When to correct SPEAKING: Accuracy
Martina
How can I help?
When to correct
When to correct
AIM:
Accuracy or fluency?
Language or communication?

10. Teaching FLUENCY

11. Promoting fluency SPEAKING: Accuracy Promoting fluency Martina
How can I help?
Work in pairs.
Watch the mime.
A: Tell the first part of the story ...
B: Tell the next part of the story ...

12. Pushing students to
USE NEW LANGUAGE

13. Look at the photo.
What speculations do the reporters make about the event?

14. Why do you think the man did this?
What happened in the end?

17. Tasks for LISTENERS

18. SLIP IN A SENTENCE

19. IDEAS

20. SPEAKING: Accuracy
Use your mobile ...
Martina
How can I help?
Mobile phones
Find a photo:
of someone you love
that you wish wasn‘t taken
important to you