New Ways in Teaching Speaking

Contents

Part I. Developing Fluency
Part II. Developing Accuracy
Part III. Developing Pronunciation
Part IV. Speaking in Specific Contexts
Part V. Speaking and Technology
Additional Online Resources

Part I. Developing Fluency

Conversation

• 3-2-1 Icebreaking
• Conversation Champions
• Finding Commonalities in Conversations
• Reflecting With Art Cards: Expressing Thoughts and Feelings

Interaction

Cats vs. Dogs Debate

Group Work

• Getting the Hang of Group Discussions
• News Groups

Dialogues and Role-Plays

Making Requests: Holiday Role-Play

Game-Based Learning

• Bluff
• Double or Nothing
• The Say 3 Challenge
• Un-Taboo: Modified Taboo

Part II. Developing Accuracy

Grammatical Task-Based Speaking

• Confirming or Denying Truths and Lies
• Devil’s Advocate: Teaching Students How to Disagree Politely
• Let Me Ask: Yes/No Questions

Vocabulary

• I’m Proud to Be…
• Vocabulary Scattergories

Part III. Developing Pronunciation

Segmental Phonemes

• Favorite Things: Learning the Pronunciation of the Final –S Sound
• Pronunciation Practice: \v\ and \f\ Sounds (Graphic Organizer)
• Vowel Walk

Suprasegmental Phonemes

Focused Pronunciation Practice for Presentations

Miscellaneous

• Peer Dictation
• Pronunciation Workouts
• Quote of The Day

Part IV. Speaking in Specific Contexts

Interviews and Questioning

• Class Statistics
• Job Interviews in Pairs: Talk and Evaluate
• Who’s Who in My Community

Oral Presentation Skills

• Binary Feature Assessment for Presentations
• Compelling Conclusions to Speeches
• Confronting Challenging Sentences
• Dynamic Transitions

Oral Presentations

Movie Magic Collages

Spoken English for Academic and Professional Purposes

• Discussion and Facilitation: Strengthening Skills in Class Activities
• Group Presentation of a Community-Based Business Plan

Young Speakers

• Family Survey
• Ordering Food in a High School
• The Country That I Want to Go To
• Walkie-Talkie Role-Play

Part V. Speaking and Technology

Developing Fluency and Accuracy Using Technology

• Star in a Viral Marketing Video
• Storytelling with Cell Phones
• Teaching Small Talk

Developing Pronunciation Using Technology

Numbers Ping Pong With Speech Recognition

Spoken English for Academic and Professional Purposes Using Technology

• Improving Presentation Skills With PechaKucha
• Postpresentation: Peer Feedback and Self-Reflection
• Using Set Summary Phrases to Reference Outside Sources

Additional Online Resources

Online Resources

Watch a free webinar - Student Centered Speaking Activities to Increase Fluency & Accuracy