The session stared with DR Spallinger. we discussed effective strategies for teaching speaking, listening skills. When discussing listening, it is important to remember some key terms- Schema theory: content, formal and language. we discussed pre, during and post activities. There are some useful websites:
Let's play Fluency wheel. it helps students to develop their fluency:
Conversation circle. one activity that will help you not only with your spoken conversational English skills will be leading conversation circles.
Impromptu Speeches:
1) give students a short prompt and a few minutes to prepare,
2) can focus on eye contact,
3) can focus on fluency/development,
4) can focus on organizatioonal patterns(PREP):
P- Point of view
R- Reason
E-Example/Evidence
P- Point of view restated
Language for:Stating you opinion, agreeing, disagreeing, politely interrupting.
Communicative Framework for teaching pronunciation
steps:
1) description and analysis
2) controlled practice
3) guided practice
4) communicative practice
Great post, Nino! Thank you for your great work as an Access Teacher. We look forward to hearing about ways you are sharing your new knowledge with your colleagues in your home countries. Keep up the great work!
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Melinda
Thank you for giving us the opportunity, we can achieve some our goals!
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