Types of classroom speaking
Controlled practice focused on form.
Imitative
A language where the amount of time it takes to say something depends on the stressed syllables it contains.
stress-timed languages
•Activate prior knowledge.
•Demonstrate how to carry out activities.
•Provide a model.
Scaffolding
Semi-controlled practice where students answer teacher’s questions.
Responsive
It’s part of the short-term memory. It can hold up to 7 items of new information.
Working Memory
Activities that require S-S interaction and have a communicative goal.
Communicative activities
Activities that promote and maintain social interaction.
Interpersonal
Language teaching that places emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice.
Drilling
Emphasize mistakes are NORMAL and even necessary during the learning process.
Building student confidence
Free practice with open-ended tasks where students need to use all the language they've been exposed to.
Transformational
Strategy where Ss feel the stress, rhythm, intonation and melody of the language.
Humming
Acknowledge students’ contributions, efforts, and participation.
Praising & feedback
Controlled practice focused on discrete items of grammar or phonology.
Intensive
Two words that vary by only a single sound.
Minimal pairs
It helps to give students control and feel responsible to work on the given task plus it favors independence.
Assigning student roles