Teaching Speaking
Hi, Mom I’m studying
English and I like, my
ices teacher told me:
speaking is quite
important, owing to; Hi, Darling, I’m happy
speaking activities for you, and remember:
provide rehearsal speaking tasks in which
opportunities we can students try to use any or
chances to practice real all of the languages they
life speaking in the know provide feedback
safety of the classroom. for both teacher and
students

He also said to their
students: we have You be able to use words
opportunities to and phrases fluently
activate the various without very much
elements of language. conscious thought.

The last class, my
teacher used “an
information gap” my As you now, speaking
best friend had a is only practice in real
picture which they environment; in my
must not to me, and he case, telling stories is
started give good, you can use the
instructions and information- gap, as
kmb
descriptions. you have said.

And the new groups
have to work out what
story the original
Yeah, it is easy; each
picture sequence told.
group is given one of a
For the story
sequence of pictures,
reconstruction to be
the pictures are taken
successful, they have to
away. New groups are
describe the pictures
formed which consist
they have seen, talk
of one student from
about them.
each of the original
groups.

Meeting and greeting is a
good activity, by reason of, as
students role-play a formal
business social occasion where
they meet a number of people
and introduce themselves.