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5 ways to use speed dating by Ta Hintze
- 1. 5 ways to use speed dating to improve speaking
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Office of English Language Programs
- 3. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
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To teach your students one activity that you can then vary to elicit different skills
To provide your students with more student centered, yet guided, talk time
- 5. Use this to help students feel comfortable or to change the dynamic in class
Ta Hintze: 5 ways to use speed dating to improve speaking ©2016
- 6. First week introduction activities
10 minute review
Back from break focuser
Introduction to new topic
Shift pace of class
Use this as an informal speaking
diagnostic
Focus is on getting students talking, so
keep corrections to a minimum
Students can stand or sit for this
activity
Use this to help yourself learn
students’ names
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- 7. Use speed dating as a traditional 3-2-1
Ta Hintze: 5 ways to use speed dating to improve speaking ©2016
- 8. Focus is on repeating the same
material with different partners
Material is already known to students
Teacher listens for errors common to
group to ask students to notice
Change the speaking times to suit you
and your students’ needs.
Elicit ways of stretching out or
condensing a talk
“Why are we doing this?” Explicitly
discuss the purpose with students.
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- 10. Review the target language on the board first
A: My name is ______________.
B: Your name is ___________________.
A: I am ______ years old.
B: You are ______ years old.
A: I am wearing __________________.
B: You are wearing ____________________.
Right-hand line starts first, so different students start first
Listen for errors and correct students between changes
Use this type of format to teach or
review specific structures
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Sentence frames for TOEFL iBT
• Common expressions
Ta Hintze: 5 ways to use speed dating to improve speaking ©2016
- 11. A guided alternative or addition to group work
Ta Hintze: 5 ways to use speed dating to improve speaking ©2016
- 12. Do at each stage of the project
Students practice organization or
delivery
Partners listen for specific things:
Organization, intonation, pronunciation,
content, task
At end of each round, include a
feedback round:
What you did well
What you can improve
Discourages procrastination
Improves organization
Allows students to see that practice
improves delivery
Allows students to work on technique
without the nervousness
Encourages community spirit
You can also use this to work on
notetaking skills
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- 14. Allows students to share ideas instead
of waiting for the “right” answer
Provides students with different ways
of explaining what they think
Encourages students to evaluate their
views after hearing other views
Pushes students who would otherwise
not develop their ideas
A low-stakes way of running a
discussion
You listen for ideas in common, major
conflicts, or repeated errors
After the speed dating, you can open
the discussion to the class in general
Students will then be able to express
their ideas more confidently and
clearly
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- 15. Speed dating is a low impact form of mini-speeches
NO ONE, including the teacher, interrupts when
students are talking
Have interrupters sit on their hands
Each student talks for the required period of time
Teach strategies for stretching out or condensing talk
Pay attention to errors, and make corrections
BETWEEN switches
Use a loud timer, or music that you turn off
For TOEFL classes, allow students to use their own
cells to keep track of time
Pay attention to students’ mood and adjust time
accordingly
If you are also teaching US culture, students turn in a
clockwise direction (to their left)
Be clear about students’ task or goals
before you start
Speed dating is structured talk, not a
conversation.
BUT, you can use it as you wish, just
make sure the guidelines are clear to
students.
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To teach your students one activity that you can then vary to elicit different skills
One flexible activity wastes less time in explaining instructions and creates
routines that help students feel confident, responsible and in control.
To provide your students with more student centered, yet guided talk time
All students are engaged all the time, and you are no longer the sole focus.
And, since students are generally all doing the same task, it allows you to
listen for errors.
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