Unit 10TeachingSpeaking
Unit 10 Teaching Speaking
Warming-upQuestionsDo you think speaking is very important inlanguagelearning?(Wang:156)Do you think speaking has been paid muchattention to for most middle school Englishteachers?
Do you think speaking is very important in language learning? Warmingup Questions (Wang: 156) Do you think speaking has been paid much attention to for most middle school English teachers?
(Wang: 158)Some main speakingactivities in classWhat doyou thinRepeating after the teacherk of themReading aloudLearning a piece of text ordialogue by heartDoing drills
Some main speaking activities in class Repeating after the teacher Reading aloud Learning a piece of text or dialogue by heart Doing drills What do you thin k of them ? (Wang: 158)
Main topics for this unitDifferences between spoken languageand written languagePrinciples for teaching speakingDesigning successful speaking tasksTypes of speaking tasksOrganizing speaking tasks
Main topics for this unit Differences between spoken language and written language Principles for teaching speaking Designing successful speaking tasks Types of speaking tasks Organizing speaking tasks
I. Differences between spoken languageand written languagein fairly simple sentence structuresinincompletesentencesin informal, simple or common vocabularywith broken grammar, false starts, hesitationfillers, etc
I. Differences between spoken language and written language in fairly simple sentence structures in incomplete sentences in informal, simple or common vocabulary with broken grammar, false starts, hesitation, fillers, etc
I. Differences between spoken languageand written languagewith a high proportion of repetition or redundancylargely unplanned organizationa low density of informationcontext dependent (Background knowledge isnecessary to understand exactly what is beingexpressed.)Gu: 210Wang: 156-158
with a high proportion of repetition or redundancy largely unplanned organization a low density of information context dependent (Background knowledge is necessary to understand exactly what is being expressed.) Gu: 210 I. Differences between spoken language and written language Wang: 156-158
Il.Principles forteaching speakingRead the part of the textbook from Page 159to Page 160
II. Principles for teaching speaking Read the part of the textbook from Page 159 to Page 160
Ill. Designing speaking tasksQuestionWhat are theproblems in gettinglearnersto talkintheclassroom?
III. Designing speaking tasks Question What are the problems in getting learners to talk in the classroom?
Whatproblems do we havein our oral English classes?What are the1. Reluctance :factors that mayThe learners arecausereluctancereluctant to speakfor the learnersin the classroom.to speak?
What problems do we have in our oral English classes? 1. Reluctance : The learners are reluctant to speak in the classroom. What are the factors that may cause reluctance for the learners to speak?
口Cultural factorsLearners'prior learning experiences andthe expectations created by theseexperiences (e.g. learners educated in largeclasses, learners taught in schools wherespeaking was simply not encouraged, etc.)
Cultural factors Learners’ prior learning experiences and the expectations created by these experiences (e.g. learners educated in large classes, learners taught in schools where speaking was simply not encouraged, etc. )