Speaking Activities

How many types of speaking activity are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

In this activity, students are supposed to be working in pairs. One student will have the information that the other partner does not have and the partners will share the information.

• Role-plays

• Games

• Information gap activities

Each learner acquires a personality or interprets a character and receives a card with some information about their role and the situation.

• Role-plays

• Games

• Discussion activities

"one student has a picture and has to describe it to a partner who tries to draw what he or she is describing"

• Describe and draw

• Describe and arrange

• Describe and identify

"students have to identify which picture their partner is describing"

• Describe and draw

• Describe and arrange

• Describe and identify

"Learners carry out a survey of their class on a topic they like"

• Surveys

• Planning

• Debates

"Learners can be given a statement and they have to decide whether they agree or disagree and why"

• Surveys

• Planning

• Debates

 

"The learners can talk about a topic (chosen by the teacher or by themselves) and then, they express possible solutions"

• Discussing and solving problems

• Ranking activities

• Debates