Which is better?
As a generalization, it is probably advisable to base most oral fluency activities on tasks. But there is usually a small but significant minority who prefer a topic-centred task and find them interesting.
Three of activities for developing Speaking skills are:
? What do we mean by activities of these types? (activities 1-24)
Knowledge ≠ Skill
? What analogy can you draw here? (knowledge – about a language; skill – using a language)
There are two basic ways to see a skill
motor-perceptive skill interaction skill
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involve perceiving, recalling and articulating in the correct order sounds and structures of the language
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involve making decisions about communicating, such as: what to say, how to say, and whether to develop it, in accordance with one’s intentions, while maintaining the desired relations with others
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problem transfer of skills
‘If all the language produced in the classroom is determined by the teacher, we are protecting {the learner} from the additional burden of having to make his own choices. He will not be able to transfer his knowledge from a language – learning situation to a language – using situation.’
David Wilkins
Activity 5. Here is a list of things that we tend to teach in language courses. Which are only examples of motor-perceptive skills and which are also examples of interaction skills?
1. Show an ability to produce at least 35 of the 40 phonemes in British English.
2. Form the perfect tense correctly with have followed by the past participle of the lexical verb.
3. Be able to ask someone the time.
4. Have the ability to introduce yourself to someone you have never met.
5. Be able to use at correctly with expressions of time and place.
6. Show an ability to describe your flat or home clearly to a decorator or estate agent.
7. Be able to use correctly the three forms of lexical verbs.
8. Be able to use the telephone to obtain info about trains / plane / bus times.
Think of criteria for a good speaking class involving 5 elements:
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our reasons why
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The teacher
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The learners
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The atmosphere
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Correction
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Activities
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