Teaching Speaking!

Students are often reluctant to speak because, among other reasons, they are worried about speaking badly.

• True

• False

Teachers may offer discrete suggestions during speech, every time they do it supportively, without disrupting the discussion or forcing the student out of role. Doing this transforms the teacher in:

• participant

• prompter

• feedback provider

• facilitator

Teaching pronunciation with new vocabulary can work with students who have a ‘good ear’ or speak a related language. However, it can be hit and miss with students whose mother tongue has no relation to the target language. Pronunciation teaching should start with phonemes.

• True

• False

__________ speakers are rarely able to predict which lexical item may or may not appear in a particular situation. They tend to depend almost solely on the sounds which they hear.

• teachers

• native

• non-native

• students

A recording is an example of a ____________ speaking event.

• transactional

• interactive

• non-interactive

• unplanned

Speaking serves an ______________ function when it is all about maintaining and sustaining a good relation with people.

• unplanned

• interactive

• transactional

• planned

Planning, organizing, choosing a speaking topic, and determining a purpose and an audience, are all aspects of:

• Pre-speaking

• While speaking

• Post speaking

The language produced by native speakers, produced by a real speaker for a real audience, conveying a real message is known as

Both fluency and ___________ are a must when providing feedback.

Techniques should not cover the spectrum of learner needs. Simply message, interaction, meaning, and fluency.

• True

• False