Learning inside the classroom (Reflect group presentation) on 15th July 2014 in issue: Teaching Speaking
In language leaning, I always learn 4 skills; reading skill, writing skill, listening skill and speaking skill. Nevertheless, I was still weak on the issue of speaking skills because in the past I focused on grammar writing and reading. Therefor I would like to develop the skill to teach my future students so I participate in presentation in issue of “teaching speaking” by members in my class.
In the presentation, there are 4 topics; definition of speaking, principles of teaching speaking, techniques and activities of teaching speaking and teacher’s roles in speaking activities. Before go to learn the topic teaching speaking, you have to know what is speaking? Speaking is the productive oral skill. It consists of producing systematic verbal utterances to convey the meaning. Moreover speaking skill is an important skill in language teaching not less than other skill so teacher has to know the principles for teaching speaking. First of the principles is be aware of the differences between second language and foreign language learning contexts. Its mean, speaking is learned in two broad contexts: foreign language and second language situations. The challenges you face as a teacher are determined partly by the target language context. Thus you should have to try to use it with people who speak English or native speakers. Second is teacher should give students practice with both fluency and accuracy. Third is teacher provides opportunities for students to talk by using group work or pair work, and limiting teacher talk. Fourth is teacher plans speaking tasks that involve negotiation for meaning. And the final important is teacher design classroom activities that involve guidance and practice in both transactional and interactional speaking. In addition, there are several techniques and activities are interested in teaching speaking skill; information gap, jigsaw activities, building the speaking habit, the hot seat, interview the picture, turning on the inner voice, buzz groups, sentence to discussion, prompt cards, reaching a consensus, pyramid discussions, telling stories, making oral presentations, simulation and role-play. Besides teachers know principles and techniques of teaching speaking, they also aware in the teacher’s roles in speaking activities. When students are trying to express themselves in speech, teachers can to make this work.
To summarize, many language learners regard speaking ability as the measure of knowing a language. These learners define fluency as the ability to converse with others, much more than the ability to read, write, or comprehend oral language. So teachers should be aware 4 these issues in teaching speaking to learners; definition of speaking, principles of teaching speaking, techniques and activities of teaching speaking, including to the teacher’s roles in speaking activities.
PS. I would like to recommend a interesting book to teaching speaking skill, The Art of Teaching Speaking , KEITH S. FOLSE
Description
What elements make a speaking activity successful?
Which tasks or activities really help build speaking
fluency?
What does the research show regarding speaking
activities?
What mistakes do ESL teachers often make in speaking
activity design?
Teachers will find the
chapters on Twenty Successful Activities and Ten Unsuccessful Activities
particularly valuable. The successful activities are provided for classroom use
and are reproducible. The book also contains five appendixes that explain what
teachers need to know about vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar and how they
affect the teaching of speaking. Samples of successful lesson plans and a list
of resources useful for teaching speaking are also included.
This is an example video for teaching speaking
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