UNIT 8 SPEAKING
Speaking
is also one of the four skills
we have in English and it is a productive skill as writing. This skill involves speech to
communicate with other individuals from a community. As I mentioned on
Listening with speaking we do not plan what to say exactly because we just try
to say sentences or phrases related to the topic but immediately. Now talking
about the ways teachers in some schools teach this skill is in a boring way so that
is why students hate speaking. Joanna Baker and Heather Westrup say that “In
some classrooms, speaking means that the students repeat sentences or
dialogues, or chant English words. Repetitions is only one useful way of
practicing new language.it is important for learners to practice the language
they are learning in situations which are similar to life outside the classroom”
(Joanna Baker, 2003) They also suggest that students need to
practice real communication such as: talking
about their lives, talking about news, expressing their ideas and discussing issues.
However, like in the other skills in speaking, we have
some subskills:
making use of grammar, vocabulary and functions; making use of register to speak appropriately;
using features of connected
speech; using body language; producing different text types; oral fluency (speaking at
a normal speech with little hesitation
repetition of self-correction
and with smooth use of connected speech); using interactive strategies (ways of keeping
people interest and involved in what we are saying)
I would like to teach speaking through real
communication like for example talking about their pets.
Pictures about 2 people talking about personal experiences
video about:
5 Succsessful ESL Speaking Activites
bibliography:
Joanna Baker, H. W.
(2003). Essential Speaking Skills. New York.
It is a productive skill where pupils have the opportunity to produce the language in a natural way, for that reason teachers must incorporate activities to help them develop this skill.
ResponderEliminarSpeaking is one of the helpful skill because through this students are going to be able to communicate with others what they think.
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