Методическое пособие для учителей английского языка по обучению говорению. В аособии собран материал, разработанный учителем и апробированный на практике. В статье собраны разноуровневые упражнения для активизации навыков говорения у учащихся разных возрастных групп. В разделе 'Appendix' предложены планы докладов по внеклассному чтению с разным уровнем сложности, а также материал по проведению дебатов. Данные упражнения эффективны для подготовки учащихся к сдачи устных экзаменов.
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Teaching Speaking
Activities
1. Snowball story (group work for young learners)
Objective: training text retelling
Description: The first student says one sentence. The next student repeats it and adds the
second sentence. The third student repeats the first two sentences and adds one more.
The game lasts up to the last student in the group or as long as the students can remember
the whole story.
2. Composing a group story
Objective: trains memory, mind concentration, teaches to connect events logically, and
involves students into the lesson.
Description: The teacher suggests the theme of the story or its beginning. Each student
adds one sentence to develop the story. The sentences should be logically connected.
3. Exercise “Everything is connected”
(MindBlowing Facts That Prove Everything Is Connected)
Objectives: Teaches to build logical connections, develops overall knowledge. Examples:
1) Lightbulbs and pasta sauce are like distant, mindboggling cousins from Jersey.
Example:
The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison.
Thomas Edison lived and died in New Jersey.
New Jersey is the Garden State.
The Garden State produces a great number of fresh tomatoes.
Tomatoes are the main ingredient in pasta sauce.
Objective: teaches creative storytelling, develops wellroundedness.
In 1935, a sixtoed cat was gifted to the writer Ernest Hemingway.
2) Cats & Mars are connected?!
Ernest Hemingway transformed his home into a museum in Key West, Florida.
Florida is home to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, a venue that
launches spacecrafts.
Spacecrafts have achieved orbital launches in the US through NASA.
NASA has been developing the capabilities needed to send humans on a Journey to
Mars.
4. A 3sentence story:
Objectives: Teaches logic, imagination, to express an idea shortly, to make conclusions
The 1st sentence: The topic statement
The 2nd sentence: Details
The 3d sentence: Conclusion
Example: Teacher: “What made your day?”
Student: When I woke up today, I noticed that it was snowing outside. There was snow
everywhere – on the ground, on cars and trees, and even the people passing by were
covered with snow. The nature is full of surprises!
5. A vacation / weekend story
Individual work
Objectives: teaches to concentrate on details, to develop a story logically, makes each story
unique.
Task: You are going to take part in a standup story competition. Choose one event from
your vacation and describe it in details. What does it lead you to think of?
Pair / Group work
Objectives: teaches collaboration, to ask qs for necessary information, to select
information.
Task: Work in groups. Ask your partners qs for more information about their vacation. Take
notes. Report about one of your partners’ experience. Answer qs of the students from
other groups. The student who is spoken about gives the speaker points for correct
information.
6. Book report
Report with elements of analysis (see appendixes 1,2)
Review (a short variant)
Advertisement (choose the information to get the listeners interested in reading the book)
Objectives: teaches to collect material, select information, compare, contrast, analyze, draw
parallels; develops creativity, and involves role play (advertisement).
7. Controversial argumentative statements
Objectives: teaches to evaluate situations from different aspects, develops the ability of
reasoning, and prepares for debates and writing essays.
Task: Prove the teacher’s statement. Give one argument plus an example. Start with a
linking word.
Task: Monday is the best day of the week. Answer: Firstly, on Monday we still keep wonderful memories of the weekend which
brighten our day. On Saturday I watched a film “…” and I’m anxious to discuss it with my
classmates today.
8. Class debates (see appendix 3)
Objectives: teaches to see both sides of the coin, to listen to partners, to respect
opponents’ opinions; develops the ability to reason; prepares for debates and writing
essays.
The class is divided into two parts. The teacher gives students a ‘forandagainst’
statement. The students discuss it in groups for 57 min. Each of them chooses 1
argument. The 1st student introduces the group position and presents his argument in two
sentences. The 1st student from the opponent team introduces their position, disagrees
with his opponent, pointing out the weakness of his position and presents his argument in
two sentences. The debating lasts till the final argument. Then one member of each group
makes the conclusion summarizing all the team’s arguments.
Teacher’s reflection:
write down primitive and frequently repeated words and phrases,
discuss with the class synonyms and other possible ways of rephrasing. Appendix 1:
Plan of the Book Report (for young learners)
Introduction of the book for the report
Introduction: the role of books in our life
1.
2. What English books I’ve read this summer
3.
4. Short information about the author
5. What the book is about (the theme)
6. Where and when the action is laid
7. The main characters (what I have learnt about them)
8. Retelling (about 10 sentences in Past Simple)
9. The main idea of the book
10. How the book has changed me (my thoughts, opinions, behaviour in certain situations)
11. Conclusion (if I liked the book or not, why, my favourite character, episode)
Appendix 2:
Plan of the book report for advanced learners
Introduction
Information about the author
1.
2.
3. The historical survey of the epoch the author lived in. The reflection of its features in the book
4. The author’s contemporaries and other famous books of the period. Comparison.
5. The genre of the book. The rules of the genre. Prove that this book belongs to it.
6. Comparison of the book with other works in the same genre
7. Where and when the story is set
8. The book characters (facts + analyses and conclusions)
9. The plot (57 sentences)
10. Ideas and problems raised in the book
11. The lesson(s) you have learned from the book
12. Conclusion
DEBATES
Why debates?
Appendix 3:
1. Develop logic
2. Examine issues of importance
3. Develop understanding
4. Competition
5. Public speaking
6. Fun
7. Critical thinking skill
8. Each student’s work 1. Class
2. Club
3.
Internet
Where to debate?
What is debate?
Formal prepared argumentation where structure, logic and presentation style all contribute to making
your case
Unemotional
Entertaining
Educational
Memorable
How to debate?
usually a (positive) statement about an issue, where both sides of the issue are tenable
can be fact based on philosophical examples: Dieting should be illegal;
First get a Resolution (or a Motion)
Terrorism must be fought with terror
It’s better to be loved and lost than
never to be loved at all.
Pick a format
Cross examination
Discussion
Courtroom case
Parliamentary
Formal Hearing or Panel Debate
Debate Overview
1st affirmative 1st negative
2nd affirmative 2nd negative
Discussion / cross examination
Affirmative rebuttal Negative rebuttal
For Beginners
TEAM A
1st speaker argument
3rd speaker argument
TEAM B
2nd speaker argument
4th speaker argument
Questions for team A from team B
or audience
Questions for team B from team A
or audience
5th speaker arguments, summary
6th speaker contrarguments, summary
Have a practice round on an easy topic
Organize assessment or judging
Make a chart of arguments (2 coloured)
Helpful Hints Tips for Debates
Speak from notes, not entirely prewritten speeches
Listen to others
Ask “Why?”, “So what?”, “Can you support that?”
Think of as many arguments as possible for your side, and try to anticipate the opponents.
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