by Diana Vázquez » Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:22 pm
1. Look again at the speaking activities mentioned in exercise 1.
Role play
Show and tell
Debate
Conversation
Chat
Do you use all of these different types of speaking activities? Why / why not?
In some of cases I use these different types of speaking beacuse my students don´t have a high level of englisg and that is why sometimes it is difficult for them however their topics of interest are about their favorite artists or any item of fashion.
What advice would you give to a teacher who was going to use one of these types of activities for the first time?
well, my advice would be to look for topics of greatest interest to the guys and also display many images that they can catch their attention.
2. Here are some of the potencial problems with discussion activities, which we looked at in exercise 2.
students make lots of mistakes
Not all the students participate
Sometimes students aren´t interested in the topic
The students spend a lot of time speaking in their mother tongue
What do you do to solve these problems?
I let my students choose topics and previosly read about it, I promote their motivation with some incentives such as extra participation that help their final grade, in addition allow them to seek that information on the webside working in teams or pairs with the purpose to help each other.
1. Look again at the speaking activities mentioned in exercise 1.
Role play
Show and tell
Debate
Conversation
Chat
Do you use all of these different types of speaking activities? Why / why not?
In some of cases I use these different types of speaking beacuse my students don´t have a high level of englisg and that is why sometimes it is difficult for them however their topics of interest are about their favorite artists or any item of fashion.
What advice would you give to a teacher who was going to use one of these types of activities for the first time?
well, my advice would be to look for topics of greatest interest to the guys and also display many images that they can catch their attention.
2. Here are some of the potencial problems with discussion activities, which we looked at in exercise 2.
students make lots of mistakes
Not all the students participate
Sometimes students aren´t interested in the topic
The students spend a lot of time speaking in their mother tongue
What do you do to solve these problems?
I let my students choose topics and previosly read about it, I promote their motivation with some incentives such as extra participation that help their final grade, in addition allow them to seek that information on the webside working in teams or pairs with the purpose to help each other.
