Speaking skills for_english_language_learners

Speaking Skills for English Language Learners Joe McVeigh Literacy New York Spring Conference Saratoga Springs, New York April 17, 2010

Needs Assessment

Who are your students?

What do they want to do that they can’t do?

What do you need to know to help them?

Power Tools

Using language to get more language

Making recordings

Writing things down

Listening and pronunciation basics

Distinguishing sounds: minimal pairs

Word Stress

Sentence stress and reduced forms

Basic intonation patterns

Cultural differences Cultural differences

Nonverbal communication

Directness and indirectness

Language differences and interference

Working with speaking

Controlled to less controlled activities

Repetition and drills

Dialogs

Information gap activities

Free conversation

Who is doing most of the talking?

Questions

Useful resources

Photo Credits All photos from flickr used under a Creative Commons license
Biking daredevil Martin Terber
Men in hardhats USACE Europe District
Woman in bedroom with laptop Kenny Corbin
Boy with glowing light “The hills are alive” Caroline
Ryobi power tools Michel Ngilen
Saw blade Paul Hart
Audio recorders by “yoppy” & “edvvc”
Listening ears Ky Olsen
Twin sheep Donald MacLeod
Small and large buildings Ibrahim Iugaz
Blurred baby on swing Bart Everson
Roller coaster Justin Holzworth

Photo Credits All photos from flickr used under a Creative Commons license
Mother with baby Hamed Saber
Peaceful Chinese water village Luo Shaoyang
Colored lights patterns “ctd 2005”
Surprised girl Paulo Cruz
Control key Faramarz Hashemi
Red dimpled pattern “fdecomite”
Dialog Indi Samarajiva
Ice crevasse McKay Savage
Women in conversation Procsilas Moscas
Baby birds Robert S Donovan
Question mark Ethan Lofton
Colored thank you “vistamommy”

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