This link http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/speak.shtml from the BBC website, it lists the major skills of teaching speaking. At first, it writes that teachers should know “what students need.” The reason is that students are actually taught, but they have no chance to practice, and are afraid to speak when they meet “real people.” For example, students should learn the difference of formal and informal spoken lang. Later, students should be encouraged to speak and should be given enough time to prepare the words or usage they just learn, increasing the range of language used in the performance in the task. Finally, most strategies suggested in this website are based on “interaction.” Since speaking is comminucation, so teachers need to create an enviroment with some tasks for students to complete through “speaking,” such as role-play.
Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Greenery by iLemoned.
Alice Chiu said,
April 17, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
I like the point your share here, “students should learn the difference of formal and informal spoken language.” That’s why in some textbooks, there’s this dialogue section in addition to the reading part. Usually, they focus on the same topic but offer formal usages of words or phrases and demonstrate informal language in the conversation. We teachers should be aware of the differences and present them when needed.