Step 2. Determining the causes of the problem. Students brainstorm individually and in pairs about the causes of poverty. They build their research, think critically what is the main cause of poverty. They exchange their drafts, review questionnaire, compare their notes on the causes of the poverty with each other and join in collaborative discussions to enhance their knowledge of the issue.
Step 3. Proposing a solution to the problem. Students research possible solutions that could improve living standards and reduce poverty. Teacher can suggest some questions that might help them: What are some obstacles that countries face in getting out of poverty? What is the role of international organizations in reducing poverty? Are there any things that citizens can do to help?
At this point students can use their notes to begin free writing and developing their ideas regarding the solutions to poverty. Students work individually and collaboratively in pairs to discuss the solutions they have thought about and researched. They use the results from the research, the data from the questionnaire and combine all their drafts and revise the complete text. Finally, students will do a final revision and submit their papers.
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Speaking skills are the skills that give us the ability to communicate effectively. These skills allow the speaker, to convey his message in a passionate, thoughtful, and convincing manner. Speaking skills also help to assure that one won't be misunderstood by those who are listening.Early English learning is one of the priority directions in educational policy of Kazakhstan. At the same time nowadays two stages of early English learning are neatly determined: pre-school education (from 5 till entering the school) and early school education (primary school). On the majority experts’ opinion, the foundation of language and speaking skills of children that are necessary for studying of foreign language is laid exactly at this stage. Renovated State obligatory standard of education is directed on the forming of basis of communicative competence through the development of 4 types of speech activity (listening, speaking reading and writing). In general educational program of English language that was worked out for pilot schools for approbation of renovated State obligatory standard, the forming of initial communicative skills for exchanging of information, understanding the meaning of phrases and expressing and using them in the definite situations is determined as one of the main goals of English teaching at school. For successful solving of communicative problems during the English learning at the initial stage of learning, general educational program performs definite themes for communication in educational aims .F.e- The 1st grade — «Objects around me» The 2nd grade — «My house»The 3rd grade — «World around me» The 4th grade — «My country». Communicative principle is actualized through the using of role plays in the everyday situations, that are directed on the solving of communicative tasks, with a help of special prescribed language sources — active speech and active grammar material.
Role-playing games are actively used in teaching English. This is a technique with very good learning opportunities, so it is often used not only for children, but also for adults. The use of role-playing games in the classroom allows to increase the effectiveness of classes. Learning activities become more interesting and diverse, the participants actively interact with each other, which allows them to accelerate the development of speech skills. What is the use of role-playing games? Help in the formation of speech skills. Involvement in the game and personal involvement in what is happening allow you to actively join in the conversation, even those students who are usually laconic. Gradually, speech becomes more confident, fluent and diverse. In the role-playing game there are three stages: – preparatory, – the game itself, – final. The preparatory stage in the class provides the introductory conversation of the teacher, who introduces students to the role-playing situation and the vocabulary of the role-playing game. Preparation at home includes reading texts, articles on the problem. After the role-playing game, the necessary element is the final stage, which involves the implementation of certain tasks for example, writing an article in the newspaper on the problem, writing to a friend, etc.
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Depending on the purpose of the lesson and the level of preparedness of the students, role-playing games can be held in pairs, in subgroups and in the whole group. To use the role-playing game, the topic “Shopping” is very favorable: as a separate topic for studying in the first year, as well as a sub-topic when passing the topic “Travel”. Introduced the necessary vocabulary on the topics “Shops”, “Products”, “Clothing”, repeated formulas of courtesy: Can I help you? What would you like? What can I do for you? Introduces interactive replicas on the topic: How much does it cost? What is the price of...? Have you a... of my size? etc. A role-play is played most often in pairs according to the situation, for example, “Preparing for the New Year. You are preparing to celebrate the New Year. You have made the menu of the holiday table. What do you buy at the store? Act out the dialogue between the seller and the buyer. ”Taking the form of this program as a basis for a role-playing game, I use it as a final lesson on various topics: “American holidays”, “Famous Americans”, “Sport and health”, “New Year and Christmas”, etc
So a role-playing game is learning in action, improving the quality of learning; – this is a highly motivating factor, since the game arouses the interest of students, especially in terms of the unpredictability of the outcome; – gives students a foothold: suggests what kind of speech patterns can express one or another thought in this particular situation; – accompanied, as a rule, by an emotional uplift, which has a positive effect on the quality of training, increases its effectiveness. Role play is a technique that helps students improve their speech skills in the dialogical speech, as well as try their hand at acting
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